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Leonie Joubert is a freelance science writer and also an author and journalist, with a special interest in climate change, biodiversity, natural history, agriculture, energy issues and wine. Joubert has a master's in science journalism from Stellenbosch University and a bachelor's in journalism and media studies from Rhodes University. She is an author of four books: ''Scorched, South Africa's changing climate'', publisher Wits University Press (October 1, 2006); ''Boiling point, people in a changing climate'', publisher Wits University Press (January 1, 2008); ''Invaded, the biological invasion of South Africa'' publisher Wits University Press (October 17, 2009) and ''The Hungry Season, feeding South Africa's cities'', publisher Picador Africa (September 6, 2012). Her first book, ''Scorched: South Africa's Changing Climate'' (Wits University Press, 2006), blends the 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〕 Her second book, ''Invaded, the biological invasion of South Africa's cities'', documents the consequences of the introduction to alien species into South Africa. Her last book, ''The Hungry Season, feeding southern Africa's cities'', is an exploration of hunger and malnutrition in southern Africa. It focuses on the story about hunger, and malnutrition, in a world where they are surrounded by food. She states that it's the access to the food and what choices we make when we get the food. ==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.〔"(Sunday Times Literary Awards, 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. )"〕〔(Their interview with the author )〕 Leonie was awarded the Ruth First Fellowship by the University of the Witwatersrand. She was also honored as SAB Environmental Journalist in the print internet category in 2009, and has always been committed to drawing attention to a whole range of environmental concerns. She also maintain several columns in the Mail & Guardian, and other outlets as well. She writes for many publications such as ''Getaway'', ''Africa Geographic'', ''Engineering News'', ''SA4x4'', ''Xplore'', ''African Decisions'', ''Progress'', ''EarthYear'', ''Farmers Weekly'', ''Wine Magazine'', the ''Extra Virgin'' newsletter, ''Wine News'', the ''Sunday Independent'', ''Sunday Argus'', ''Sunday Tribune'', and ''Cape Times''. In 2007 she was the Ruth First Fellow, list in the ''Mail & Guardians "200 Young South Africans You Must Take To Lunch" (2008). Her recent projects include Adapted the SA National Biodiversity Assessment Report into Life: The State of South Africa's Biodiversity 2012, she wrote WWF-SA's ''Better Production for a Living Planet'' and ''The Hungry Season'', an animated video on food security in the city. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leonie Joubert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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