LOCATION
NAME
AUDIENCE
AVAILABILITY

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DISTANCE

TALK TOPICS

BACKGROUND / CONTACT

Chris Church

Adult groups
Day/evening

All London; further depending on event

Can talk on a range of issues, including:

Climate change - problems and solutions.

Making a difference about climate change locally and globally.

Runs training on climate change communications and public speaking for the Climate Outreach information Network and Talk Action.
Chair of the London 21 Sustainability Network and author of recent reports on action on climate change in London and also in Eastern Europe. Director of Community Environment Associates.

e-mail: chrischurch@phonecoop.coop
tel: 020 8806 1836; 07710 409590

Anthony Day

Adult groups, businesses, sixth forms, secondary schools
Day/evening

All UK for business audiences

Climate change, energy security, peak oil.

 

FCMA - speaker, broadcaster and author of “Will climate change your life?”. Specialises in energy and climate change issues.
website at www.anthony-day.com
Writes blogs at: http://anthonyday.blogspot.com/
Sustainable business podcast at: www.susbiz.biz

e-mail: mail@anthony-day.co.uk
tel: 01904 654986; 07803 616877

Hugh Fraser

All audiences
Day/evening

Reasonable distance, by public transport
 

Presentations and workshop-style events.

Determining our personal 'Carbon footprint' is the first step to
finding out what we can all do about Climate Change. Then getting our legislators on-side.
 

As a journalist overseas thirty years ago, Hugh researched and wrote about enviro issues, including rainforest destruction, topsoil erosion, desertification. "Those major issues pale into lesser significance with the onset of Climate Change".

e-mail: hughrfraser@yahoo.com
tel: 0208 969 2866; 07910 234 868

Deborah Grayson

Any audience
Day/evening

Reasonable distance

The importance of direct action in climate change and in fermenting social change.

Involvement in the campaign "Climate Rush" to raise awareness of climate change.

Why climate change is a women's issue.

After hearing about the imminent loss of the Arctic sea ice, changed her life and became an activist, largely with the women-led group Climate Rush and the Climate Camp movement. Particularly interested in the psychology of disempowerment and how this can be overcome on a wider scale.

email: deborah.grayson@gmail.com
tel: 07951225127

Dave Hampton

Any audience inc. business
Day/evening

100 mile radius of Marlow, inc. all London area.

The Carbon Story, The Big Picture.
Where does all the CO2 come from?
How can we get off our addiction to fossil fuel?

A positive approach, leaving people with a feel-good factor.

"Dave's delight is helping the world come off its addiction to fossil fuel...one by one...one on one. A Cambridge engineer and former international rower (1982/83), Dave is a well known public speaker. Also provides life-style coaching - helping influential individuals trim their 'home' carbon dioxide bubble - saving cash - while enhancing personal reputation and leadership potential".
www.carboncoach.com

e-mail: dave@carboncoach.com
tel: 07768 806 451
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Jason Hawkes

Any audience
Day/evening
 

Inner London

General climate change, energy efficiency, lifestyle advice, built environment
 

Environmental consultant and partner in a green architecture practice. Also undertakes energy reports and advice to community, commercial and private clients. MSc Architecture from Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT); thesis written on 'Healthy Schools'. Visiting lecturer and group teacher at CAT. Co-designed award-winning 'eco' roof garden and renewables system at a North London primary school.

e-mail: jason@j3buildingfutures.co.uk
tel: 07958 727121

Polly Higgins

Any audience
Day/evening

Reasonable distance, by public transport

Particular focus on big Solutions: Environmental Jurisprudence, EU and international Renewable Energy legislative frameworks to progress to zero carbon energy use.

- Wild Law and the call for a Universal Declaration of Planetary Rights.

- Mediterranean Solar Plan (The use of the deserts to build Concentrating Solar Power plants to provide clean electricity for Europe, Middle East and North Africa).

- Women and the environment.

Independent consultant for promotion and legislation of Concentrated Solar Power, advising government ministers, NGOs, investors, finance organisations, etc., working closely with TREC-UK: http://www.trec-uk.org.uk

Founder of Wise Women (Women in Sustainability and the Environment): www.wisewomen.me.uk and The Lazy Environmentalist: www.lazye.co.uk

Polly blogs on all matters environmental: http://thelazyenvironmentalist.blogspot.com

Previously 10 years as a barrister.
 
e-mail: pollyhiggins@mac.com
tel: 0845 337 2105; 0751 538 9066

Anthony Kleanthous

Adult groups inc. companies
Day/evening

Reasonable distance

Consumer behaviour and its influence on climate change; the role of businesses in influencing more sustainable behaviour by customers and other stakeholder groups.
 

Senior Policy Adviser on Sustainable Consumption at WWF-UK. Also advises industry associations, companies, universities and think tanks. Author of influential reports and articles. Lively, engaging and presents complex ideas in easy-to-grasp ways. Recent speaking engagements include the Chartered Institute of Marketing, London College of Fashion, Cranfield Business School, WWF-UK’s One Planet Leaders course, Omnicom, Interbrand and Procter & Gamble.

e-mail: anthony@kleanthous.net
tel: 020 8452 2451; 07823 776613

Tamsin Omond

Any audience
Day/evening

Reasonable distance

Involvement in the campaigns Climate Rush, Plane Stupid and Climate Camp.

The role of the media in dealing with climate change.

Founder member of the Climate Rush women-led activist group that takes inspiration from the Suffragettes.
Active in Plane Stupid's campaigns (dropped banners off Parliament roofs).
Has a unique relationship with the media to draw attention to the climate crisis.
Her first book, 'Rush: the Making of an Activist', is due out in October 2009.

email: tamsinomond@googlemail.com
tel: 07878 535968

Antony Turner
& colleagues

Any audience
Evenings - Tues & Wed only

Reasonable distance

The ‘carbon story’ i.e. the reason behind ‘climate change’.

How you and your organisation can be part of solutions.

Founder and Managing Director of "CarbonSense" which advises business, government and communities. Wrote the industry submission on wave and tidal power for the House of Commons Science & Technology Committee. Has launched innovative technologies and solutions worldwide.

e-mail: antony@carbonsense.org
tel: 01626 777274; 07973 641131

Paul Williams

Adults, sixth forms
Day/evening

London area. (Also listed under South-Central, Reading)
 

All aspects of climate change, including "Will the Gulf Stream Shut Down?"

DPhil in atmospheric, oceanic and planetary physics from Oxford. Currently holds a research fellowship in climate change at Reading University. Author of numerous scientific papers, also a climate change report commissioned by the European Parliament.

e-mail: p.d.williams@reading.ac.uk
tel: 0118 378 8424 (work)

Brian Whitington

Adult audiences
Day/evening

 

London area.

Also UK wide for larger audiences, subject to travel & subsistence paid.

"Climate change, community responsibility and case for action"

"Climate change, renewable energy and youth through working with schools".

"Practical action for sustainability".

Director of www.sustainableschoolsuk.org which works with schools to help do three things:

- Trains teachers on how they can make their school more sustainable through
looking at energy efficiency, composting, keeping livestock, renewable energy and grants.

- Organises conferences for senior school staff to look at stragegic decisions for their school.

- Practical environmental projects teaming up with the probation service.

Previously Head of Community Projects for the Energy Conservation & Solar Centre, working on renewable energy and energy efficiency projects across the UK. Ass. Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing.

e-mail: brian@sustainable-schools.info
tel: 07939 845351