Charlie Wood

Charlie has over a decade of experience working as a campaigner, organiser, and policy advisor across the environmental movement. She is the former Campaigns Director for 350.org Australia, where she helped to launch and implement the Australian fossil fuel divestment campaign, push some of the world's biggest banks to say no to funding fossil fuel projects and grow the national #StopAdani network. Prior to this, she worked as a national grassroots campaigner with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition and in Parliament as an advisor on climate, energy and environment. She now works at Tipping Point supporting grassroots climate movements like the school students striking for climate justice.

Environmental pollutants microbiome

Environmental Pollutants and the Microbiome

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021

Environment/Immunity & Autoimmunity/Research & Commentary

The pollution we release into the environment affects all of us, not least of all the delicate ecosystem of gut microbes that

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sleep

Is It Really Worth Losing Sleep Over Anything?

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021

Family Health/Research & Commentary

There is a global crisis that seldom makes the headlines – it’s about sleep. Specifically that we are not getting enough and

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the problem with glyphosate

The Glyphosate Problem

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021

Environment/Research & Commentary

Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup® – the world’s most popular broad spectrum herbicide used by gardeners and farmers to increase

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covid and climate change

Are Climate Change and Covid-19 Connected?

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

Covid/Environment/Research & Commentary

Twelve months ago, my country was in the grips of our deadliest bushfire season ever. The scale of devastation was enormous with

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