Leonie Joubert
@leoniejoubert
Science writer. Disobedient woman tackling pollution (carbon = climate collapse; sugar/junk food = hunger/obesity; etc), patriarchy, Capitalism. @NatGeo
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Al Jazeera produced an excellent video about degrowth, consumerism, and unequal ecological exchange, featuring Jason Hickel, Juliet Schor, and Ndongo Samba Sylla/nssylla.bsky.social. Check it out! Our obsession with economic growth is deadly | All Hail The Planet youtu.be/KLiXmteCvUI
Putting my account on ice indefinitely, while I reconfigure my relationship with social media... find me on leoniejoubert.co.za or [email protected]
A Perfect Storm: How the deadly 2022 Durban floods hold crucial lessons for the future of the city and others like it theoutlier.co.za #climatechange # coastalresilience via @The Outlier excellent science writing by Leonie Joubert
Our project "A Perfect Storm" was just shortlisted for the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards👏Laura Grant You can call me Al 📈 Leonie Joubert Tanya Pampalone Gemma Ritchie Gemma Gatticchi Paul Botes. Congrats to all our journalism colleagues who made it onto the shortlist. Some super stiff competition!
Thrilled to have been part of this important, exciting, and tough reporting project. Covering issues as complex as this can only happen with a skilled team and the kind of funding provided by the Earth Journalism Network. Well done everyone.
Breaking news on #WorldAlbatrossDay: 1st fatal mouse attacks on adult birds spark red alert at world's biggest #wanderingalbatross breeding colony. Damian Carrington BirdLife International BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 Christine Dell'Amore @RSPBNews #wanderingalbatross #MouseFreeMarion dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-0…
“I belong to a higher cult of mortals for I have seen the albatross.” Robert Murphy (1912) I joined this group as a rookie writer in 2003. Heartbreaking to pen this 2 decades later. BirdLife International BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 @RSPBNews Damian Carrington #worldalbatrossday dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-0…
Breaking news on #WorldAlbatrossDay: 1st fatal mouse attacks on adult birds spark red alert at world's biggest #wanderingalbatross breeding colony. Damian Carrington BirdLife International BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 Christine Dell'Amore @RSPBNews #wanderingalbatross #MouseFreeMarion nature.com/articles/d4414…
Breaking news: first adult bird deaths after mouse attacks on world's biggest #wanderingalbatross breeding colony. #NatureAfrica #seabirds BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 BirdLife International Minister of Environment, Forestry & Fisheries 🇿🇦 Damian Carrington #MouseFreeMarion #MarineProtectedArea Helen Lockhart nature.com/articles/d4414…
Very sadly, the House Mice on Marion Island are now killing adult Wandering Albatrosses. The island supports 1/4 of the world's population of this iconic albatross. You can help; see mousefreemarion.org. Albatross Task Force BirdLife Seabirds BirdLife International BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 Leonie Joubert
(Features) In this category, we have joint winners. Congratulations to the Media Hack team for “A perfect storm” and the News24 team for “When the rains came” Media Hack News24 🇿🇦 SANEF Standard Bank ZA #SBSJA23
We have to stop the killing of Wandering Albatrosses and other birds. Visit mousefreemarion.org to support this globally-important project. Leonie Joubert Daily Maverick BirdLife Seabirds Albatross Task Force Environmentza Minister of Environment, Forestry & Fisheries 🇿🇦 WWF South Africa BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 Interim BirdLife CEO; please see @martinBirdLife