Leonie Joubert is a South African

science writer Science journalism conveys reporting about science to the public. The field typically involves interactions between scientists, journalists and the public. Origins Modern science journalism originated in weather and other natural history obs ...

and author specialising in climate and environmental collapse, energy policy, and why cities leave us hungry, heavy, and sick (the hunger-obesity poverty-paradox). More recently, her work delves into the realm of public mental health. She has spent the better part of 20 years exploring these topics through books, journalism, communication support to academics and civil society organisations, non-fiction creative writing, and podcasting.

Biography

Leonie Joubert has a Master's in science journalism from

Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University (SU) (, ) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Sahara ...

and a Bachelor's in journalism and media studies from

Rhodes University Rhodes University () is a public research university located in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is one of four universities in the province. Established in 1904, Rhodes University is the prov ...

. She is an author of more than ten books, including: ''Scorched, South Africa's changing climate'' (Wits University Press, 2006); ''Boiling point, people in a changing climate'' (Wits University Press, 2008); ''Invaded, the biological invasion of South Africa'' (Wits University Press, 2009) and ''The Hungry Season, feeding South Africa's cities'' (Picador Africa, 2012). Her first book, '' Scorched: South Africa's Changing Climate'', blends the facts of climate change "with humour, history, vivid descriptions of people" and delivers it with "an amazing personal sense of wonder". Her second book, ''Invaded, the biological invasion of South Africa's cities'', documents the consequences of the introduction of invasive alien plant and animals species into South Africa. ''The Hungry Season, feeding southern Africa's cities'', is an exploration of hunger and malnutrition in southern Africa.

Awards

Joubert was awarded two honorary Sunday Times Alan Paton Non-Fiction Awards, one for ''Scorched'' in 2007 and the other for ''Invaded'' in 2010.

Alan Paton Award The ''Sunday Times'' CNA Literary Awards are awarded annually to South African writers by the South African weekly newspaper the ''Sunday Times''. They comprise the ''Sunday Times'' CNA Literary Award for Non-fiction and the ''Sunday Times'' ...

.Their interview with the author
/ref> Leonie was the 2007 Ruth First Fellow (

University of the Witwatersrand The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (), commonly known as Wits University or Wits, is a multi-campus Public university, public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg, South Africa. The universit ...

), the 2009 SAB Environmental Journalist of the Year in the print media category, was listed in the Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans You Must Take to Lunch (2008), and was shortlisted for the 2016 City Press Tafelberg Nonfiction Award.

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