|
LOCATION
NAME
AUDIENCE
AVAILABILITY |
AREA /
DISTANCE |
TALK TOPICS |
BACKGROUND / CONTACT |
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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 |