Writing

2025

2024

CapX: Open letter to Ed Miliband
Stagnation, overregulation, deindustrialisation. Can Europe bounce back?
What if Germany hadn't phased out its nuclear power plants?
IEA: Not invented here series: food
Ten nuclear announcements for your week
Big tech is thinking smart about how to power AI
IEA: Not invented here series: climate change
Let's pause to appreciate nuclear medicine
Interview in L'Express
Panel at FUSION24: The importance of public perception
Against the appeal to nature fallacy
CapX: Only nuclear can deliver a cleaner, brighter future
Is this the most natural form of energy generation?
Interview on The Dissenter podcast
We can solve water scarcity, but it's going to need a lot of energy
Academy of Ideas: Hippy activists have harmed more people than they have saved
Interview on Sprott Radio Podcast
Human Progress: Organic farming activism threatens millions - and the environment
The pro nuclear movement is winning
The nuclear renaissance is here
The surprising reason why we should recycle nuclear waste
Unearthing the truth about organic food and farming
Article (in German) in Schweizer Monat: Nuclear power is the new fire
Spiked: Greenpeace's campaign against Golden Rice is a campaign against humanity
Interview on Safer Cleaner Planet Series
We can win the battle against energy scarcity
Plymouth Humanists: What you think you know about decarbonisation is probably wrong
We can build nuclear reactors quickly. Here's how
Why you should embrace the age of AI
Freethink: Retired coal plants can aid the energy transition - by going nuclear
Human Progress: AI is a great equaliser that will change the world
Nuclear phase-outs increase dependence on fossil fuels. Journalists should stop acting surprised
Energy density is key to protecting the environment
Exposing the inconvenient truth about gas
Public: Halting new natural gas exports will hurt people
AI panic could do more damage than AI itself
Based energy: South Korea's secret path to riches
Human Progress: India's good fortune: How the country is tackling energy poverty, increasing growth, and building the future
Confessions of a former hippy
The Rational View podcast interview
Greenpeace's 10 favourite myths about energy, refuted
Interview on Times Radio with Jane and Fi
Spiked: Why Britain should go big on nuclear power
Is small always beautiful?
Interview on LBC with Iain Dale
Can we prevent this virus from infecting people?

2023

Feature interview in Swedish newspaper Tidningen Näringslivet
The International Risk podcast: Dissecting the Fukushima Wastewater Release
What's Happening Now podcast interview
Declaration: It's not just another COP out!
Interview on Bridge City News
Humanists UK Holyoake lecture: Can we even 'just stop oil'?
Is it possible to just stop oil?
What climate activists won't tell you about protecting the planet
Energy Insecurity and Green Infrastructure Week interview
Fissionary podcast: How the Simpsons got Nuclear Wrong
Protest! Boycott! Panic! There's tritium in the water!!
Finland's greatest climate act
Quillette: The European Union is finally coming around to gene-edited seeds
Humanist Climate Action interview
Interview in Slovakian weekly news magazine .týždeň
A brief history of energy politics in the UK: Who is really to blame?
Finding Barakah: The country where clean energy is a blessing
Net Zero Week panel: Just how green is nuclear?
Human Progress: Language Change, Not Climate Change: Finding the Words to Describe a Prosperous Future
Q&A with Salvatore Cali for Nucleare e Ragione
What do we misunderstand about energy? Talk at Humanists Convention UK
In search of lithium: Exploring geology, electric vehicles, and a short history of Cornish mining
Do you suffer from Radiophobia?
Scientific Section Presidency, British Science Festival 2023
Interview on Sky News Australia
This community in Wales wants nuclear reactors in their back yard. Why can't they have them?
National Observer: For this Environmentalist, the Solution to the Climate Crisis is Loud and Nuclear
Maxed Out podcast: Nuclear Revolution
Human Progress: What Might an Energy-Rich Future Look Like?
Interview in Spanish media NIUS
German documentary on ARD: Germany Shuts Down: The Nuclear Phase Out and the Consequences
Climate Perspectives for Changemakers: What does an evidence-based energy transition look like?
What about the cost? A thorough comparison of clean energy sources
Uncomfortable Conversations podcast with Josh Szeps: Is Nuclear Power the Answer?
Everything's Not Awful: Moving Beyond Negativity Bias
The Skeptic magazine: Energy Conversion: How to Change a Mind
'Renewables.' You keep using that word. It does not mean what you think it means.
Human Progress: Will we learn from the deindustrialisation of Germany?
Podcast interview: The Swift Half
Should we be afraid of nuclear meltdowns? I used to think so
Everything I believed about nuclear waste was wrong
Interview in French media Valeurs
Australia is a nuclear nation. So why is there a ban on clean energy?
openDemocracy: England has long been starved of access to nature. It's time to reclaim it
In an era of eco-anxiety, how do we protect young people from the lure of doomerism?
The Free Press: Climate Activism Has a Cult Problem

2022

Quillette: It's Time The Green Movement Stopped Demonising Nuclear
Interview on The Ryan Painter Podcast
Connecting EU 2022 panel discussion: The energy revolution
New Statesman: Sizewell C must go ahead
openDemocracy: Tomato soup, a famous painting and a viral clip. What makes a protest work?
IAEA Ministerial Conference panel: Reimagining Nuclear
Reuters: Grassroots advocates work to change the narrative around nuclear
Response to NYT article: Nuclear power does make sense, if you understand data
Debate at University of New South Wales, Sydney
Sky News Australia interview: ‘World’s most ardent environmental activists’ now backing nuclear power
What does it mean to be a good environmentalist?
Wall Street Journal interview
REF debate in Paris: The Price of Energy
l'Express interview
City Journal: The Green War on Clean Energy
Arirang News (South Korean TV) interview
Interview in El Mundo
Meenal's World podcast
La Tribune: War in Ukraine: Energy is Never Neutral
Sky News Australia: ‘Scientific consensus’ shows nuclear is needed for net zero
Sky News: Common Ground debate
Eco-friendly Kind World podcast
Social Studies podcast
Knowmad Institut journal: The (Missing) Role of Nuclear Energy in the Sustainable Development Goals
Deep Isolation podcast: Energy Poverty, Climate Change and The Nuclear Challenge
CapX: How the battle for energy dependence was lost
Challenging Climate podcast
Contribution to Rob Greenfield book Zero Waste Kids
Interview segment on Byline TV
Guest on BBC Politics Live
openDemocracy: Nuclear power is clean, safe and cheap. We need it to stop global heating
The New Flesh Podcast: The Future is Nuclear
How Do We Fix It? podcast
Gal-dem: What I've learned in my 16 years of climate activism as a woman of colour

2021

Atlantico.fr: Without Nuclear, A COP26 About Nothing?
IAEA interview at COP26
The Daily Telegraph Sydney: Extinction Rebellion to Climate Champion
Sky News Australia: Generations to come set to ‘benefit’ if nuclear energy is embraced now
Documentary: Going Nuclear: The Clean Energy Debate
Die Welt: Why I Have Been Fighting for Nuclear Energy as a Climate Activist
Bristol Activist: React Now
Spiked: Re-making the Case for Nuclear Energy
1729: The Countries That are Going Nuclear on Climate Change
l'Opinion interview: Zion Lights: "Being anti-nuclear is the climate equivalent of being anti-vax: the refusal of reason"
Atomkraft ja tak! speech in Aarhus, Denmark
Live video with Rob Greenfield
France 24: Interview on climate action
Marianne: The most dangerous nuclear power plant is the one you don't build
AFR: Why a Leading Environmentalist Changed Her Mind on Nuclear Power
CapX: The EU Must Not Give in to Ideologues Who Ignore the Science on Climate Change
The Australian: Savvy Activists Cast Nuclear Benefits in a Fresh Green Light
Decouple podcast
Le Point: Confession d’une repentie d’Extinction Rebellion
Interdependence podcast
Quillette: The Sad Truth About Traditional Environmentalism
Good Morning Britain discussion on plastic dog waste bags
Tyneside Geographical Society Lecture: Why geographers need to stand up for the planet
Persuasion: How to Get Real About Saving the Planet
Devon's Climate Emergency - What does it mean for the Devon Carbon Plan? Panel discussion
Talk at Wolfson College, Cambridge
The World radio segment
Slides from THINK series debate at The University of Essex. Full debate here
The Power Hungry podcast
Debatten (Danish television)
Video: How Fukushima is Still Killing Thousands of People
Pod of Jake podcast

2020

Wales Arts Review: Visions of the Future: The Stories We Are Missing
Jobs Not Snobs: How Workers are the True Climate Heroes
The Rational View podcast: From Darkness to Zion Lights
Nuclear and Nature: The Love Story No One Wants to Tell
Interview with Yascha Mounk for The Good Fight podcast: How (Not) to Change Minds
Supporters of Nuclear Energy panel discussion
Interview with Syed Kamall for IEA: How to Reach Net Zero
Article in Turkish news Camlik: Famous British journalist tells the story of transforming from nuclear antagonism to advocacy
L'Express interview: Every nuclear power plant shutdown is a crime against the planet
Resurgence interview with Emmanuela Shinta: Standing up for land in Indonesia
Public address to Stand up for Nuclear event, Paris
Daily Mail article: Hot air doesn't add up: Zion Lights has doubts about Boris Johnson's plan to make every home wind-powered by 2030
Telegraph article: Nuclear power is a huge opportunity to save the planet and boost our economy
Article on BBC: Nuclear Power 'Only Option' Says Former Spokeswoman
Zero Waste Countdown podcast
East Anglian Daily Times: Protest beach party uses inflatable bananas in support of nuclear energy
Thomas Thor interview
Telegraph article: Why I Left Extinction Rebellion to Campaign for Nuclear Power
Daily Mail article: Why I Rebelled against Extinction Rebellion...and Went Nuclear
Ecomodernist Soapbox podcast
City AM article co-authored with José González: Be eco-rational: The world’s environmental problems are too serious for petty political dogma
East Anglian Daily Times: Protest held in support of Sizewell C
Climate Fix podcast: A New Type of Climate Activist
Mentally Sound: Life in Lockdown podcast
Article in Technology Times
Isodope interview with Isabelle Boemeke: Zion Lights on nuclear energy, Carl Sagan and being pro-evidence
My story: Mums for Nuclear article
Left Wing Political Bible interview
Matthew Faccianai podcast: Social Science Hour
City AM article: An open letter to the PM: Britain must build Sizewell C — nuclear sits at the heart of a green recovery
The Mallen Baker Show: Zion Lights on nuclear power, Extinction Rebellion and the joy of science
CapX article: Boris should make a new nuclear plant the keystone of our green recovery
Decouple podcast: Coming out as pro-nuclear feat. Zion Lights
Article in Valeurs: La porte-parole d'Extinction Rebellion se convertit en... lobbyiste pro-nucléaire
Article in The Daily Mail: Extinction Rebellion spokeswoman Zion Lights quits green movement to become lobbyist for nuclear power saying: 'I changed my mind'
Sky News Australia: Former Extinction Rebellion activist backs nuclear power
City AM article: Fellow environmentalists, join me in embracing nuclear power
Alliance magazine article: The Time is Now
NOW documentary by Jim Rakete
Leading in a Climate Changed World podcast
Resurgence magazine interview with Blythe Pepino
Women & Climate Change: The Forgotten Solution, UN Women Oxford panel discussion
The Satanic Temple TV episode
Women Making Waves podcast

2019

New Left Review journal: Hot Earth Rebels interview
Humans of XR profile
Segment in Al Jazeera documentary What is Climate Change?
Naked Diner Podcast online
Reasons to be Cheerful podcast with Ed Miliband: Keep it Civil (and Disobedient)
Article in The Ecologist: Naga Munchetty, False Balance and Fascism
Summary of discussion at News Impact Summit
Andrew Neil Show full video
Nation of Change interview: Our demands remain the same
Communicate 2019 presentation The Rise of Extinction and panel
Article in The Metro: We need to disrupt your day with climate protests so you sit up and take notice
BBC World News Impact TV panel: Does protest work?
JUNO magazine issue 62: Interview with Hannah & Fin
Devon Live & Western Morning News: Climate Change: It's Time to Panic
JUNO magazine issue 61: Interview with La Juega, column 'Singing the Praises of Unsung Heroes'
Resurgence magazine: How Do We Sustain Public Interest in Climate Breakdown?
JUNO magazine issue 60: Feature on eco-disposables, column 'Lowering Carbon Emissions using Data'

JUNO magazine issue 59: Interview with Sophie Pavelle, column 'Rebels with a Cause'

2018

Resurgence magazine: Interview with George Monbiot
JUNO magazine issue 58: Interview with Mac McCartney, column 'Why We Need to Talk to Our Children About Climate Change'
Resurgence magazine: When Green is Too White
JUNO magazine, issue 57: Interview with Isis Kameko
Good Morning Britain video: Should balloons be banned to protect marine wildlife?
JUNO magazine, issue 56: Interview with Angela Mills
JUNO magazine, issue 55: Interview with Paul Fryer, column 'If Every Day Was Earth Day'
JUNO magazine, issue 54: Interview with Matt Postles, column 'Guilt-Free Parenting'
JUNO magazine, issue 53: Interview with George Marshall, column 'Nurturing a Love of Nature'
Country Child Magazine: Eco Parenting: Helpful Ways to Reduce Your Family's Carbon Footprint
She Went Wild magazine: Wild Green Parenting

2017

JUNO magazine, issue 52: Interview with Adrian Harris, column 'Dreaming of a Green Christmas'
Eco Kids Planet magazine: How to Throw a Kick-Ass Eco-Friendly Children's Party
JUNO magazine, issue 51: Interview with Dawn Heubner, column 'Teaching Children About Climate Change'
The Huffington Post: Our Moral Duty to Prepare Children for Climate Change
JUNO magazine, issue 50: Interview with Ruth MacLaren, column 'Embrace the Wild'
JUNO magazine, issue 49: Interview with Michael Solomon Williams, column 'We're All Going on an Eco Holiday'
JUNO magazine, issue 48: Interview with Colin Beavan
Eco Kids Planet magazine: Science in the Park: Hibernation
Eco Kids Planet magazine: Science in the Park: How do Butterflies Survive Winter?
JUNO magazine, issue 47: Column 'Spring Cleaning, Greening and Meaning'
Eco Kids Planet magazine: Science in the Park: How to Explain the Basic Natural Processes to Your Child

2016

JUNO website: Compost for the Planet
JUNO website: Eco Ways to Stay Warm this Winter
Eco Kids Planet: How to Stay Connected to Nature in Winter
JUNO magazine, issue 46: Interview with Rob Greenfield, article 'Where Does it Come From? A Closer Look at Baby Mattresses'
JUNO magazine, issue 45: Article 'How Our Microbes Hold the Secret to Good Health'
JUNO magazine, issue 44: Interview with George Monbiot, interview with Mark Sears, article 'Compost for the Planet'
BBC Wildlife Magazine: How Eating Chocolate Can Save the Rainforest
JUNO website: Revolutionary Clothing: review of Climbing Trees T-shirt
JUNO website: A Different Kind of Education: review of 'Finnish Lessons'
The Huffington Post: Can Man-Eating Mushrooms Offer us a Clean Death?
Baby London magazine: The Green Parent
JUNO magazine, issue 43: Interview with Jay Griffiths, article on nappy science, review of Finnish Lessons

2015

The Huffington Post: The Flight of Reason in the Face of Airport Expansion
The Wildlife Trusts: Every Child Wild
JUNO magazine, issue 42: Interview with Charles Eisenstein
The Huffington Post: Confessions of a Climate Denier: I'm One, and You Are Too
JUNO website: Review of Free Range Learning
The Huffington Post: 'Science Can't Save Us'. Do You Have Any Science to Back That Up?
Moral Fibres magazine: 5 Easy Ways to Go Green
Book release: The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting
JUNO magazine, issue 41: Reviews, alternative schooling feature, article 'What is Environmentally Aware Parenting?'
JUNO website: Rewilding From The Roots Up
The Huffington Post: Young Girls Are More Than Just Pretty Faces: Let's Remember That
The Huffington Post: People vs Austerity: An Assembly of Hope
JUNO website and magazine, issue 40: Reviews including Festivals Fortnight series, articles including feature on children's musician Poco Drom

2014

Environmental Education Journal, by the National Association for Environmental Education (NAEE), How Forest School Fosters Risky Play
JUNO magazine, issue 39: Interview with Carlos Gonzalez, festivals feature
JUNO magazine, issue 38: Interviews, reviews and articles
The Huffington Post: Radical Change is Needed to Fix Our Education System - This Could Be It
JUNO magazine, issue 37: Interview with Natalie Bennett, book reviews including this one of Sweet Sleep
Resurgence: A Resurgence of Heirloom Plants
Green Living Ideas: 5 Nontoxic Alternatives to Polyurethane
Green Living Ideas: 6 Natural Remedies for Eczema
Breastfeeding Matters: An Unexpected Weaning
The Huffington Post: In Defence of Bedsharing - Dispelling the Shoddy Science and Examining the Facts
Green Living Ideas: 8 Franking Myths Debunked - Updated
Green Living Ideas: 8 Natural Remedies for Arthritis
Green Living Ideas: 6 Natural Remedies for an Upset Stomach
The Express & Echo: The Nature Connection: Forest School and Children
JUNO Magazine: Can Apps Be Helpful to Gentle Parents?
The Express & Echo: Fun in the Sun at Outdoor Pools
The Express & Echo: A Trip to the Donkey Sanctuary
JUNO Magazine: Remembering Maya Angelou
The Huffington Post: Who's Afraid of the Green Party?
Green Living Ideas: 8 Natural Remedies for Constipation
Green Living Ideas: 6 Natural Remedies for Heartburn
The Express & Echo: A Great Start to Festival Season at Honiton Cider Festival
Green Living Ideas: 10 Natural Remedies for Depression
The Huffington Post: The Festival Where The Greens Gather
The Express & Echo: Walking with Dinosaurs
Green Living Ideas: 6 Natural Remedies for Treating and Preventing Gout
The Huffington Post: What We Can Learn From Students Protesting Corporate Power on Campus
Green Living Ideas: 8 Natural Remedies for Insomnia
The Express & Echo: Trip to the Past at Exeter Museum
Green Living Ideas: Top Ten Natural Home-Based Therapies for Anxiety and Panic Attacks
The Huffington Post: Food Freedom and the People who are Planting the Seeds of Change
The Express & Echo: Drivers Need to Help Make Roads Safer for All
The Express & Echo: An Exeter Pound Could Help Boost Community Spirit
The Huffington Post: Britain Must Invest in 100% Renewables Before the Lights Go Out
The Express & Echo: Our Children Need More Wild Time
The Express & Echo: Charity Shopping to Give Something Back
The Express & Echo: A Return to the Original Tweeting
JUNO Magazine: Starting a Home Ed group
The Huffington Post: Now That We're Using the C-Word, Let's Talk Preventative Measures
The Express & Echo: Cafe Culture to the Rescue
The Huffington Post: How One Project is Making Nature Cool
The Express & Echo: Learning Life's Lessons from Tortoises
The Huffington Post: Fertile, Fecund, Fructiferous: Why Composting is Sexy
The Express & Echo: A Crafty Way to Keep Youngsters Occupied
The Huffington Post: The Random Acts of Kindness that are Sweeping the World
The Express & Echo: Getting a Flavour for Local Devon
The Huffington Post: The Battle of the Boob and Poor Professionalism
The Express & Echo: A Glimmer of Hope
The Huffington Post: The Big Six Energy Hikes Are a Green Light for a Green Energy Revolution

2013

The Huffington Post: Birth Rights are a First World Problem
The Huffington Post: How People are Fighting Child Poverty in the UK - With Knitting Needles
The Huffington Post: Anti-Begging Campaigns Do More Harm Than Good
Positive News: Campaigns Round Up
JUNO Magazine: The Milk of Human Kindness
Permaculture Magazine: An Overview of Geoengineering
The Huffington Post: Green Consumerism? I Don't Buy It
Cracked.com: 5 Amazing Things You Didn't Know Babies Could Do
The Huffington Post: Where Next for Human Rights in Australia?
One Green Planet: 4 Easy Ways to Incorporate Permaculture Into Your Life
The Huffington Post: Could You Live Without Money?
One Green Planet: 10 Global Sanctuaries That are Transforming the Lives of Animals
Permaculture Magazine: Should Cloning be Used to Bring Back Extinct Species?
The Huffington Post: Can You Make Art Without Oil?
The Huffington Post: The Allergies to Life That We Don't Understand
Vegan Views: Spring into Gardening - The Vegan Way
One Green Planet: A Guide to Buying Sustainable, Fair-Trade and Cruelty-Free Clothing
One Green Planet: 10 Daily Habits That are Killing the Environment
The Huffington Post: The Power of Voice: Protesting Oil Sponsorship of the Arts
One Green Planet: The Sharing Economy and Sustainability: A Silent Revolution That Keeps Giving
Permaculture Magazine: The Truth About Fracking - 8 Fracking Myths Debunked
The Huffington Post: How EDF Is Trying and Failing to Quash British Freedom to Protest
One Green Planet: Toxic Slime: The Human, Animal and Environmental Costs of Fracking
The Huffington Post: How I Came to F***ing Love Science
The Huffington Post: Is This the Age of Communication?
One Green Planet: If GM Foods are Safe, Why Aren’t They Tested on Humans?
The Huffington Post: Is There a Right Way to Parent?
The Huffington Post: Home-Education is About Learning, Not Schooling

2012

One Green Planet: Why is Animal Testing on the Rise in the U.K. in Spite of Years of Protest?
The Huffington Post: It's Time to Start Recognising Birth Rape
One Green Planet: The Ultimate Guide to Cutting Your Paper Waste
The Huffington Post: It's Not Morally Grey to Race Hounds; It's Simply Wrong
One Green Planet: The Impact of Gadgets on People and the Planet
One Green Planet: How Tar Sands Extraction Is Destroying the Planet and What you can do to Stop it
JUNO Magazine: Co-Sleeping Will Not Spoil My Baby
The Green Parent: 8 Steps to Becoming an Urban Farmer
One Green Planet: It’s Time to Start Thinking About the Environmental Impact of Poo
One Green Planet: Why Fish Farming is Unsustainable and Harming the Planet
One Green Planet: The Human and Environmental Impact of Bananas
The Huffington Post: Anne Marie-Slaughter Is Not Controversial, But The Truth Is
The Vegan Woman: Are Fish Spas Vegan?
One Green Planet: What is Ecocide and What Can You Do About it?
One Green Planet: 4 Ways Hemp Can Save the World
One Green Planet: Guide: Vegan Products and Palm Oil
The Vegan Woman: The Lady Behind THAT Lush Campaign
The Huffington Post: The Caste Prejudice Still Plaguing a Culture
One Green Planet: What’s So Bad About Plastic Bags?
One Green Planet: What’s the Problem with Plastic Bottles?
One Green Planet: Get Up, Stand Up: Discover the Power of Direct Action
The Ecologist: 6 Reasons to Become an Urban Beekeeper
One Green Planet: Are You Eating Dirty Oil? The Environmental Impacts of the Palm Oil Industry
The Vegan Woman: Forays Into a High-Raw Vegan Diet
One Green Planet: Consumer Power in a Capitalist World: The Benefits of Buying Organic
The Vegan Woman: Baby-Led Weaning for the Mini Vegan
ABC Magazine: Parents are Not to Blame
One Green Planet: 5 Reasons Why Composting is the Greenest Thing You Can Do