Guerilla Guest Blog
Summertime means music festival season for many, but revellers at some of this year’s events may encounter science alongside the singing
18 August 2010
Pulse Podcast
You can hear me on the Pulse Podcast as the guest journalist for an hour-long discourse on bird migrations, gorilla play tactics and lots more this week in science.
28 July 2010
Guerilla scientists infiltrate Secret Garden Party
Synaesthesia, Petra Boynton's intimate places, communicating with the comatose and Marcus du Sautoy all feature at this weekend's Secret Garden Party, courtesy of Guerilla Science.
23 July 2010
Greenheart: Scotland’s brave new world
Eco-erotica, cleaner whisky and wild animals – more independence means a more natural environment for visitors, too
9 July 2010
Can hookworms cure allergies?
Some chronic allergy sufferers are infecting themselves with hookworm parasites to treat their symptoms. Does this therapy have merit or is it just an icky fad?
2 July 2010
Workers of the world, relax
Some people work to live, others live to work. But the logic of growth means we produce more stuff with more efficient technology and less labour. So why not share those productivity gains in the form of less work?
1 July 2010
Shell shut down
At a time when expansion of the sands looks more certain than ever, some feel the need to express dissent more necessary than ever.
21 May 2010
“I’ll die doing this”
Indigenous people in Alberta, Canada, are becoming ill as a result of tar sands pollution. They share their stories of cancer, cover-ups and courage.
23 April 2010
Shareholders Vote on BP’s Plan to Move into Canadian Oil Sands
“The oil sands are an expensive business — we are asking for relatively innocuous disclosure and transparency.”
16 April 2010
Simple ways to shrink your water footprint
Fresh water on our planet may seem plentiful and abundant, but we are actually facing an imminent water shortage.
1 April 2010
You water what you eat
You may be surprised to learn how much water it takes to make the food you eat every day
1 April 2010
“This isn’t about who wins – this is about who votes.”
If disillusioned Brits still want to vote responsibly they can choose to not have to decide at all - by donating their vote.
29 March 2010
Searching for a substitute
The race is on to make to make something just as good polycarbonate plastics made with bisphenol A - now banned in baby products in Canada.
13 March 2010
Copenhagen’s Climate Control Circus
Copenhagen accomplished nothing, but did at least signify something: the political process isn’t working, and local and individual efforts are not just important solutions but — for now — the only solutions.
11 February 2010
Bluewash is the new greenwash
The winner of the first Greenwash award in Davos? The UN.
5 February 2010
Food packaging chemical linked to heart disease
New study adds to more than 200 papers that have linked BPA to human health concerns, including diabetes, breast cancer, obesity, hyperactivity and behavioural problems, and early puberty.
18 January 2010
Over the moon (cup)?
Every woman who uses one swears by it: silicone or latex menstrual cups. But what if you just don’t like the bloody things?
14 January 2010
Votes of no confidence
Prime Minister Harper has prorogued parliament for the second time in just over a year.
13 January 2010
Much ado about a napkin
Why had The New York Times announced a climate "deal" so many hours before any other major news outlet – and why the optimism?
23 December 2009
Head in the tar sand
The only thing perhaps more shocking than the scale of the Alberta tar sands operation is the ignorance of it beyond Canada’s borders.
18 December 2009
Reality bites
The week of futile talks in Copenhagen has demonstrated unequivocally that climate change is an issue of social justice and human rights - and not merely a “scientific” or “environmental” concern.
17 December 2009
The other conference, and the other climate cause
Negotiations at Copenhagen leave water and its effects on climate change out of the picture
16 December 2009
The new enviro-guilt: water footprints
Now that you've figured out how to reduce your carbon impact, another global problem is emerging. We may see a future in which everyday items will be labelled with the amount of water required to produce them
11 December 2009
Death by a thousand cuts
A new analysis concludes that pollution from the tar sands is up to five times higher than industry figures state.
8 December 2009
The Age Of Stupid
"If you want to change the world, make a documentary."
21 November 2009
“Your money is being used to bankroll the tar sands”
First Nations activists banned from Canadian House of Commons invited to Parliament in London to discuss British investments in the tar sands
17 November 2009
Green Leadership at the NFB
Canada's National Film Board is trying to overhaul the movie industry, making itself the flagship for green practices
6 November 2009
Science sceptics
'We've wasted 20 years when we should have been tackling the problem of climate change instead we wasted our time debating with deniers.'
4 November 2009
The Climate Change Mythbuster
PR expert Jim Hoggan tirelessly combats lies about global warming—and the PR machine working to spread them
12 October 2009
Toxic planet
Melting ice-caps and rising sea-levels tell us the writing is on the wall. But the poisons in our bodies tell us that it is also written in our blood. The air, water, land – and consequently our bodies – are suffused with deadly chemicals. The solution to toxic pollution, like climate change, is not technology but sustainability.
1 October 2009