LOCATION
NAME
AUDIENCE
AVAILABILITY

AREA /
DISTANCE

TALK TOPICS

BACKGROUND / CONTACT

Bexhill
E. Sussex

Barbara Echlin

Any audience
Day/evening

Reasonable distance.

General climate change.
What we can all do.

Operation Noah (Christian Ecology Link) member/speaker. Also: Climate Justice for the Earth Community.


e-mail: bjechlin@btinternet.com
tel: 01424 219788

Brighton

David Hirst

Adult and student audiences
Day/evening

Normally Sussex

Climate change background; also UN Framework/Kyoto, Oil peaking, renewable energy, carbon allowances.

Sustainable electricity systems and policies.

Speaks professionally on climate change.
Runs own technical consultancy - work includes efficiency improvements in electricity supply.


e-mail: david@davidhirst.com
tel: 07831 405443

Caterham

Matthew McLuckie

Any audience Day/evening

20 miles from Caterham, also London area.

Carbon offsetting and the relationship between developed and developing world. ie. how climate change affects us all.

"Climate change is the opportunity to make a difference".

Director and founder of Sustainable Carbon Solutions, developing environmental efficiency projects in South & Eastern Africa and in South America.
MA Hons in Geography from University of Edinburgh. Focused on climate change. 

email: matthew@sustainablecarbonsolutions.com
tel: 07738 985 604

Forest Row
East Sussex

Mike Grenville

Adult and student audiences
Day/evening

By public transport: local and London

Peak Oil; Climate Change; Community Action; Transition Towns.

Environmental campaigner, founder of Transition Forest Row, editor of the Transition Network newsletter, and writer for other publications including Positive News. Expertise as a seminar Chairman. Comfortable speaking to a wide range of audiences including students, community groups and business people.

For courses, books, events and previous speaking engagements, see: www.changingworlds.info

e-mail: mgrenville@gmail.com
tel: 07974 924289

Guildford
Surrey

Alwyn Marriage

Any audience
Day/evening

Guildford and nearby area/towns.

Also listed under South-West (Kingsbridge)

All aspects of climate change.

Dr. Marriage is a writer and environmental consultant. Her work has included being a philosophy lecturer, a director of two international aid agencies, and editor of a journal. She has an MSc in Environmental Architecture and Advanced Energy Studies.
web: www.marriages.me.uk/alwyn.htm

e-mail: a.marriage@surrey.ac.uk
tel: 01483 560775; 01548 531969

Reigate

Rob Basto

Any audience
Day/evening

Surrey, Sussex, West Kent,
London

Talks on most aspects of climate change. Two specific examples are:
"Think Big" A look at renewable energy around the world and how we can take advantage of the abundant energy available.
"Taking on the Climate Challenge": effective ways we can make a meaningful contribution to reducing emissions.

A physicist, originally doing research into the earth's atmosphere. Now runs a software business and is actively involved with local environmental groups.

e-mail: rbasto@intertechsoftware.co.uk
tel: 01737 771 614

Shoreham-by-Sea
West Sussex

Ashley Ralston

Any audience
Day/evening

Reasonable distance

General climate change.

"An interactive guide to climate change".

Director of Better Tomorrows, a waste prevention initiative for sustainable lifestyles (non profit making community interest company): www.bettertomorrows.org.uk

Operation Noah (Christian Ecology Link) member/speaker.

e-mail: ashley.ralston@ntlworld.com
tel: 01273 885916

Three Bridges
(Gatwick area)

Tony Book

Any audience
from age 14
Day/evening

100 miles

Climate change and the technology; wind, solar, ground source, etc.

"Spaceship Earth...where is it going?….to destruction or can we save it?"

Schools scientific educational ambassador.
Chairman of UK ISES.
Executive Director of Riomay Ltd, solar water heating systems.

e-mail: tonybook@riomay.com
tel: 01323 648641 (work); 07850 880837