Environmental Matters: Seasonal Changes
Anna Turns, Sally Vincent & Anna Koska interviewed by Jo Loosmore
Join environmental journalist and author, Anna Turns, illustrator and author, Anna Koska and local author, Sally Vincent, discussing the effects of climate change on the seasons, biodiversity loss and the problem of chemical pollution, with BBC journalist and producer, Jo Loosemore.
Fri 20 Sep 11am-12pm
Flavel Auditorium
Tickets £10
There will be a book signing in the auditorium after the talk.
Anna Turns – Environmental journalist & author.
Since studying biology, Anna has worked in the media for more than two decades, from TV production to magazine journalism and radio broadcasting. As a freelance environmental journalist, she has written regularly for many national publications including The Guardian, BBC Future, New Scientist and Positive News. Her first book, Go Toxic Free: Easy and sustainable ways to reduce chemical pollution, was published in 2022. Her work focuses on solutions – progress, innovations and the changemakers pushing for a greener planet. Anna lives in Devon by the sea and is the senior environment editor for The Conversation, a website that brings academic research to a mainstream audience.
https://theconversation.com/uk
Anna Koska – illustrator and author
Anna and her family moved from East Sussex to Devon in 2020 and she now finds inspiration for her artworks in the ebb and flow of the tide throughout the year, the flotsam and jetsam washed up on the shore and the creatures spotted in the air, on land and tucked away in rockpools. She has written and illustrated two beautiful books: ‘From Field & Forest: An Artist’s Year in Paint & Pen’ and ‘From Coast and Cove’, chronicling a year in the natural world captured in materials ranging from pencil, pen and ink, watercolour and egg tempera.
She is an enthusiastic supporter of the charity ‘Till the Coast is Clear’
Sally Vincent – author
When Sally Vincent left London for a quiet valley in Devon, she and husband Paul took on far more than a farmhouse renovation. Taken from her successful blog, Raining Sideways charts her rural adventures from townie to fully-fledged farmer, braving extreme weather, blight, sheep rearing and much more in between. Sally experiences first-hand the massive impact of the supermarkets, and highlights the deception of food production and food labelling in the UK. But as she faces the turbulence of the outside world, she turns to her garden for solace, finding light and happiness in nature, animals and her surroundings.
Jo Loosemore – interviewer
Radio maker. History finder. Theatre lover. Jo is a broadcaster, curator and actor. For the BBC, she has created radio dramas, documentaries and live programmes. This includes World War One at Home (in partnership with the Imperial War Museums) for network and local radio, regional tv and online. From Brazil to the Battlefield, the story of Exeter fighting footballers, was broadcast on BBC 5 Live. She also produced the Listening Project’s national tour for BBC Radio 4 and BBC local radio contributing the 1000th conversation to The British Library’s collection. She was an ARIAS nominee (Best Factual Series) in 2023, and is the creator of the podcast Red Earth about the 1943 evacuation of the South Hams. She curated Mayflower 400: Legend and Legacy for The Box, Plymouth, and was co-curator of Wampum: Stories from the Shells of Native America (for national tour). She is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Plymouth.
