LOCATION
NAME
AUDIENCE
AVAILABILITY

AREA / DISTANCE

TALK TOPICS

BACKGROUND / CONTACT

Bristol

Robin Whitlock

Any audience
Day/evening

By public transport

Overview of the climate change and peak oil problems, including causes and actions to mitigate them.

Views of prominent writers, e.g. Lovelock, Monbiot.

Transport, effects on species populations, habitats.

Member of Transition Bristol.
Involved in mainstream environmental issues since 1994 including cycle action groups, Green Party.

Written articles for "The Ecologist" mag.
Currently writing environmental articles for a technical social media discussion forum and inputting information on cleantech companies for a research firm in London.

email: robinwhitlock66@hotmail.com
tel: 0117 9715 198; 07790 156 486

Ilminster
Somerset

Joe Burlington

Any audience
Day/evening

Normally within 50 miles

Climate uncertainty? Not as bad as the scientists say, perhaps, but could it be worse?
OR:
Food, water, energy, raw materials: ‘There’s plenty and they’ll always find enough’ – or will they?
OR:
Population is a problem - and we do know what to do about it!

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

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

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