Environment
Kate Lewis Hood writes about inspiring women leading the charge for environmentalism, and the dangers they face along their path.
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Ru Raynor shares her journey into environmental activism, issuing a call to arms that challenges consumerism and capitalism.
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“A Woman’s Place is in Antarctica”
Listen to these fascinating audio recordings of geologist Janet Thomson, the BAS’s first female scientist allowed to work in the Antarctic.
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Norwegian storyteller Georgiana Keable recounts the life and works of Wangari Mathaai, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her conservation work in Kenya.
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Emma Cooper’s calls for us to “overcome our plant blindness & develop a new generation of plant-savvy scientists”– dangerous women among them.
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Women and Parkour
Stacey Larner unpacks her experience of being a woman learning parkour–along the way dismantling previous lessons in bodily inhibitions, while reclaiming a physical presence in public space.
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Kate Schneider illustrates the vision of influential 20th century architect Alison Smithson and the gendered criticism she faced during her career.
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Pioneer botanist
In the 18th century, Jeanne Baret disguised herself as a young man to secure passage on a 3-year sailing expedition around the world, proving herself a skilled botanist in her own right.
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Groundbreaking scientist and environmental activist
During her lifetime, Dr Theo Colborn made many enemies, confronting some of the world’s most powerful industries and exposing how their products have wreaked havoc on the human endocrine system.
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