Leonie Joubert
Encyclopedia
Leonie Joubert is a freelance science writer with a special interest in climate change
, biodiversity
, natural history, agriculture, energy issues and wine.
Her first book, Scorched: South Africa's Changing Climate (Wits University Press, 2006), blends the hard facts of climate change "with humour, history, vivid descriptions of people" and delivers it with "an amazing personal sense of wonder" (Brenda Martin, Goedgedacht Forum).
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"The judges have chosen to cite Scorched for an Honorary Award for breaking into the new territory of science journalism, and its skill in popularising this often inaccessible field."
Fellowship by the University of the Witwatersrand
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Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
, biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet. Biodiversity is a measure of the health of ecosystems. Biodiversity is in part a function of climate. In terrestrial habitats, tropical regions are typically rich whereas polar regions...
, natural history, agriculture, energy issues and wine.
Her first book, Scorched: South Africa's Changing Climate (Wits University Press, 2006), blends the hard facts of climate change "with humour, history, vivid descriptions of people" and delivers it with "an amazing personal sense of wonder" (Brenda Martin, Goedgedacht Forum).
Awards
In May 2007 Scorched was awarded an Honorary Mention by the judging panel of the Sunday Times Alan Paton AwardAlan Paton Award
The Alan Paton Award is a South African literary award that been conferred annually since 1989 for meritorious works of non-fiction. Sponsored by the Johannesburg weekly the Sunday Times, recipients represent the cream of contemporary South African writers who produce works that are judged to...
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"The judges have chosen to cite Scorched for an Honorary Award for breaking into the new territory of science journalism, and its skill in popularising this often inaccessible field."
Further research
Leonie has just been awarded the Ruth FirstRuth First
Ruth First was a white South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar born in Johannesburg, South Africa...
Fellowship by the University of the Witwatersrand
University of the Witwatersrand
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg is a South African university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University...
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