LOCATION
NAME
AUDIENCE
AVAILABILITY

AREA /
DISTANCE

TALK TOPICS

BACKGROUND / CONTACT

Leicester

Zoe Fleming

Any audience
Day/evening

Leicestershire or train to nearby towns

Air pollution and climate change.

Environmental field work including Arctic and Antarctica.

Researcher at Leicester University in air pollution monitoring and long term changes in air quality and climate. Have previously worked on calculating carbon footprints and done media research for Greenpeace. A campaigner for Leicester Friends of the Earth.

e-mail: zf5@le.ac.uk
tel: 0116 257 7970 (work); 0781 4922387

Leicester

Richard Holmes

Adult audiences
Day/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: 0116 2875588; 07977 965321

Leicester

Andrew Reeves

Adult audiences, 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

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: nottinghamecohome@ntlworld.com
tel: 0115 9143893; 07811 366188

Peterborough

Ashley Baxter

Any audience
Day/evening

Cambridgeshire, most of South Lincolnshire (South of Lincoln), West Norfolk, Rutland and East Northants

Energy efficiency, transport, lifestyle, international development.

"Climate Change - What's it got to do with you?" OR
"What's it got to do with our school?" OR
"What's it got to do with our church?"

MSc Energy & Sustainable Development.
Over 10 years working in the energy and environment industry.
Over 12 years involvement with East Midlands Green Party. Currently a Parish Councillor in Deeping St James nr Peterborough. On the Green Party list of Euro-candidates.

email: ashenergy@btinternet.com
tel: 01778 344070

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@ic24.net
tel: 01773 745274; 07866 496294