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Leicester

Andrew Reeves

Adults, sixth forms
Day/evening

Leicestershire or nearby

Community action on climate change, climate change communication, Transition Towns, Carbon footprinting, personal carbon allowances, Carbon Rationing Action Groups.

Community climate change officer for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland area. Member of Transition Leicester steering group. Former climate campaigner for Leicester Friends of the Earth and member of Leicester Carbon Rationing Action Group.

PhD from De Montfort University in Climate Change and Sustainable Development (focussed upon retrofitting existing housing stock to reduce carbon emissions).


e-mail: reevesie@gmail.com
tel:
0116 254 5436

Nottingham

Richard Holmes

Adult audiences
Evening

Reasonable distance

Climate change general.
Energy efficiency and carbon management in buildings and organisations - providing advice.

"Turning concerns into actions".
"Keeping Climate Change in Perspective".

Has worked in Carbon Management since the early 1990s; provides an advisory service for individuals and organisations with regard to Climate Change - web site: www.third-stone.co.uk

Has travelled the UK and EU running presentations & seminars. Low Carbon Consultant, Member of the Energy Institute and IEMA, Chartered Environmentalist.

email: Richard.Holmes@Third-Stone.co.uk
tel: 0115 9231707; 07977 965321

Nottingham

Penney Poyser

Any audience
Day/evening

Reasonable distance by public transport.

Any UK location for larger groups and events.

Wide range of topics:

Greening our homes and gardens.

The Nottingham Ecohome.

Domestic renewable energy.

Reducing our impact.

Women and the Environment.

Water and Energy - the link.

Climate Change and Me.

Greening your baby.

De-tox your home.

Author, broadcaster, journalist and campaigner on green issues.
Co-owner of The Nottingham Ecohome, an advanced eco retrofit of a Victorian home.
Regular guest on TV, radio, podcasts. Expert witness.
Particularly interested in the role of women; works closely with low income groups and women from the Muslim community.
Mentor and lecturer with children and students from primary school age up to PhD.

email: penney.poyzer@gmail.com  
tel: 0115 9143893; 07811 366188

Ripley
(Derbys)

Robert Pick

Any audience
Day/evening

Reasonable distance, mainly within East Midlands

Overall climate change topics.

Planning, business and sustainable development consultant. Environmentalist. 28 years in local government inc. Head of Service (waste, energy, green transport, biodiversity, trees, environmental issues). Sustainable Development adviser at Nottingham Trent University, Ofsted Lay Inspector of Schools.

e-mail: bob.pick@btinternet.com
tel:
01773 745274; 07866 496294