Doreen Cunningham

17/09/2023 28 min
Doreen Cunningham

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Doreen Cunningham is an Irish-British writer born in Wales. After studying engineering she worked briefly in climate related research at NERC and in storm modelling at Newcastle University, before turning to journalism. She worked for the BBC World Service as a international news presenter, editor, producer and reporter, for twenty years. She won the RSL Giles St Aubyn Award 2020, was shortlisted for the Eccles Centre and Hay Festival Writers Award 2021, and longlisted for the Wainwright Prize for writing on Global Conservation, for Soundings, her first book.


Composting toilets https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/dec/09/no-flush-movement-composting-toilet-clean-water-waste-fertiliser-eco-revolution


Earhart the grey whale https://www.pugetsoundexpress.com/10-gray-whale-sounders-have-returned/


Indigenous languages https://en.unesco.org/courier/2019-1/indigenous-languages-knowledge-and-hope


Travel-sickness remedy https://www.rivieratravel.co.uk/blog/12-ways-banish-seasickness


Regrowing spring onions https://www.allrecipes.com/article/save-money-diy-fresh-green-onions/


Take Me To Church by Sinéad O'Connor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMzY_KQIKjU&pp=ygUlVGFrZSBNZSBUbyBDaHVyY2ggYnkgU2luw6lhZCBPJ0Nvbm5vcg%3D%3D



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