LOCATION
NAME
AUDIENCE
AVAILABILITY

AREA / DISTANCE

TALK TOPICS

BACKGROUND / CONTACT

Blakeney
s.w. of Gloucester

Roger Wade

Adult groups, students, sixth forms
Day/evening

Bristol Gloucester Birmingham area and around Cardiff (works Cardiff)

General talks on Climate Change.

Specific talks on:

Marine Renewable Energy
Carbon Trading
Climate Change and Agriculture
Climate Change and Health

Involved in environmental issues for over 30 years. Climate Change Policy Advisor for the Environment Agency in Wales. Has given evidence to the Sustainability Committee of the Welsh Assembly Government on carbon reduction, and presentations to the National Assembly Renewable Energy group on carbon trading. Member of the Climate Change Commission in Wales sub-groups on emissions reduction and health impacts.

e-mail: roger.wade@environment-agency.wales.gov.uk
tel: 01594 517192 (work: 02920 468891)

Bodmin-Camborne

Dr. Mike Hunt

Any audience
Day/evening

Cornwall and Devon

Renewable energy technologies, micro-generation.

Experienced, enthusiastic speaker. Manager of UK's first foundation degree in renewable energy technologies; active with local groups and climate change initiatives.

e-mail: m.hunt@cornwall.ac.uk
tel: 01209 616118 / 07968 411 443

Bridgwater-Glastonbury

Dr. Pat Hill-Cottingham

Adult groups, sixth forms
Day/evening

Somerset,  reasonable distance

Climate disruption.
Emphasis on effect on man and wildlife, globally and locally, especially in Somerset.

Local sustainability and renewable energy.

"Global warming, weather and wildlife".

Has been a teacher and independent ecological consultant, as well as a public speaker for many years on various aspects of wildlife and natural history. She is now a writer and editor and holds, amongst other positions, the Chair of Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society.

e-mail: hillcottingham@yahoo.co.uk
tel: 01458 210557

Bristol

Stuart Tomlinson

Any audience
Evenings, wkends.

Bristol area - central or pick up from station.

Various climate change issues including scientific implications,
political situation, renewables, the nuclear debate, the biofuel debate.
Workshops are tailored to audience and experience level.

Currently work is in climate change communications. Previously worked for the Centre for Alternative Technology (sustainability education and research centre) and People & Planet (environmental campaigning organisation).

e-mail: stuart-talks@terravivi.net
tel: 07739 455 247

Chippenham
Wiltshire

Shirley Halse (15)

Day/evening
Any audience

Reasonable distance within the South West

Youth perspective on climate change.

Shirley is the Defra Climate Change Champion for the South West of England, as announced by the Prime Minister in February 2008. She is available to speak at regional events across the South West. Please make contact via Adam Nethersole at Defra:
email:adam.nethersole@defra.gsi.gov.uk
tel: 0207 238 3392; 07740 948284

Ilminster
Somerset

Joe Burlington

Any audience
Day/evening

Normally within 50 miles

"How should we respond to the dangers of climate change?"

Joe is a retired physics and maths teacher. As the founder of "South Somerset Climate Action", Joe is now on the Board of South Somerset Together, the Local Strategic Partnership which he addressed in March (2008)

e-mail: Joe@JBurlington.co.uk
tel: 01460 55323

Kingsbridge
Devon

Alwyn Marriage

Any audience
Day/evening

South Hams, inc. Kingsbridge, Totnes, Salcombe, Dartmouth.

Also listed under South-East (Guildford)

All aspects of climate change.

Dr. Marriage is a writer and environmental consultant. She is experienced as a guest speaker at conferences and societies. 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 (sic)
tel: 01483 560775; 01548 531969

Par
Cornwall

Lindley Owen

Adult audiences
Day/evening

Cornwall by bike or train.

Realising the health co-benefits which can and should be seized as part of a constructive, society-wide response to the twin challenge of climate change and peak oil.

Consultant in public health (Cornwall PCT) with responsibility for sustainability. Member of Groundswell Cornwall. Has spoken at events on the health implications of climate change and peak oil.

email: lindleyowen@hotmail.com
tel: 01726 813409; 07855 015050

Plymouth
Devon

Andrew Pratt

Any audience
Day/evening

Plymouth, Tavistock and reasonable distance

General, including global and local implications of climate change, actions we can take.

Experienced environmental campaigner and speaker, including for Oxfam. Tries to put sustainable development into practice.

e-mail: andyprattt@hotmail.com (sic)
tel: 07980 602088

Taunton

Dr. Laurence Matthews

Any audience except primary schools
Day/evening

Reasonable distance

Why should I do my bit, unless everyone else does too? And what about China? Realistic answers to these questions can be surprisingly up-beat and inspiring.

“Why light-bulbs are important – but not for the reason you’d think”.

Has worked in universities and in industry; recently gave evidence to the House of Commons Environment Select Committee on the psychology of tackling climate change.

e-mail: laurencematthews@hotmail.co.uk
tel: 01823 276490

Teignmouth

Antony Turner

Any audience
Evenings - Mon & Fri 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

Totnes
Devon

Naresh Giangrande

Any audience
Day/evening

Reasonable distance

The Transition Town vision.
'Why should I bother about ecology?'

Co Leader of "Transition Town Totnes". This inspirational project is creating a sustainable town, and creating a model for sustainable re-tooling that has been already taken up by a further 7 towns in the UK.
My workshops, called 'Living on the Cusp' are Eco-literacy primers, and opportunities for personal re-visioning.

e-mail: georgegiangrande@yahoo.co.uk
tel: 01803 840763; 07812 998047