Alexa Phillips
Freelance journalist and writer
ABOUT MEI am a freelance journalist and writer, specialising in environmental and social issues. I have written for the i, Independent, Country Life, Positive News and Metro, and I was previously a staff reporter at my local newspaper, the Henley Standard, where I covered community campaigns to protect biodiversity and the River Thames.
I have an MA in Newspaper Journalism from City University, London, and a BA in English from Cambridge University.
Before becoming a journalist I worked in the charity sector for ten years, living and working in Amsterdam, Johannesburg and London for Greenpeace and ActionAid UK. I currently write and produce digital content for charities on a freelance basis, including for the Trust for Oxfordshire’s Environment and Nuffield Foundation.
I now live in Oxfordshire with my family.
MY WORK
Country Life, 18 Oct 2024
A nose for Nature (PDF)
With an uncanny ability to detect elusive species in the wild, dogs are poised to play a vital role in conservation and biosecurity, discovers Alexa Phillips
Henley Standard
Illegal sewage spills exposed
Henley Standard
The 77-year-old widow giving home to refugees
Henley Standard
Recyclable kitchenware made from recycling too
The Independent
Raise your game by going to the continent
Positive News, Oct 2024
Get on my land! (PDF)
From storytelling and saunas to yoga, art and even outdoor theatre, a new generation of UK farmers are encouraging people to connect with nature on their patches
Henley Standard
Square up to nature’s threat
Henley Standard
Orchid returns after 27 years
Henley Standard
Saturday night out with regatta Street Pastors
Henley Standard
Campaigner determined to have river cleared up
Henley Standard
80 volunteers sign up to test Thames for pollution
Henley Standard
Refugee helper criticises tents ban
Coast magazine, December 2024
Coast character (jpg)
The owner of C-Skins, a Cornish-based wetsuit company, is moving to plant-based rubber to help the planet
Wired, December 2024
How Christmas trees could become a source of low-carbon protein
In the nascent field of mycoforestry, tree-growers are combining saplings with symbiotic fungi to grow timber and mushrooms on the same plots of land.