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NAME
AUDIENCE
AVAILABILITY

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Buxton

Mike Monaghan

Any adult group
Day/evening

Reasonable distance

General climate change.

Operation Noah (Christian Ecology Link) member/speaker.


e-mail: monaghan@primex.co.uk
tel: 01298 22607

Manchester

Ali Abbas

Adult audiences
Day/evening

Within one hour by public transport from central Manchester

"Climate change - the science, the implications, the politics, and what
we can do about it"?

Lead Climate Campaigner of Manchester Friends of the Earth, with three years experience of campaigning, speaking and political lobbying on climate change.

e-mail: ali@manchesterfoe.org.uk
tel: 07786 090520

Stockport

John Rodway

Any audience
Day/evening

Greater Manchester and adjacent areas

Graded for schools but adults are welcome to attend:
Performances:
Energy Links (KS1)
Candles and Lamps (KS2)
The Sun, Moon and Earth Show (KS2)

Activities:

Special Energy Investigators (KS2)
Hypothesis Testing (KS3, 4, sixth form, adults)
"KS": schools "Key Stages"

Has led "Performances" and "Activities" related to various aspects of energy.  All have been developed and used in work for the Centre for Research, Education and Training in Energy (CREATE).
Has been involved in environmental issues as teacher, head of college biology and environmental science depts, public speaker and broadcaster.  Assessor for the Eco-schools Award Scheme.

e-mail: john@create.org.uk

tel: 0161 430 4724

Wigan

Donald McQueen

Any audience age 16+
Day/evening

Merseyside, West Lancs, W. Cumbria

Eco-effectiveness Vs Resource efficiency.
Climate Change explained [in layman terms].
Demand for goods & carbon emissions.
Environmental Conflicts & Contests.
Climate & Weather - Growing conditions & seasons - food production in a changed climate.
Ecological Interdependency.
Natural limits, Energy, Imports - virtual water and embedded energy.
The principles of Sustainability.

"Nature knows best - the closed loop economy"

Director of own Environmental Consultancy Business.

BSc (Hons) in Environmental Studies (The Open University). Also an active member of the Green Party in England.

Has worked in the Agricultural, Mechanical Engineering, Financial Services (UK & The Middle East) sectors, and the third sector in England.

email: don@v-cyc.com
tel: 01695 622 579 (work/home);
      07727 074 801 (mobile)