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LOCATION
NAME
AUDIENCE
AVAILABILITY |
AREA
/
DISTANCE |
TALK
TOPICS |
BACKGROUND / CONTACT |
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Anglesey
(Menai Bridge)
Dr. Gerry Wolff
Any audience
Day/evening |
North Wales |
Power from deserts: the
huge potential of 'concentrating solar power' (CSP); transmitting solar
electricity over very long distances, and the several bonuses from CSP.
Also: cutting personal CO2 emissions. |
Dr. Wolff is a former university
lecturer, Chartered Engineer and long-time environmental campaigner.
(The web addresses for CSP are:
www.trec-uk.org.uk
www.mng.org.uk/green_house/)
email: Gerry@mng.org.uk
tel: 01248 712962 |
|
Brecon Beacons
James Cresswell
Any audience
Day/evening |
Any.
Travels abroad for part of year - in UK August, October, November 2010. |
"Polar Climate
Crisis"
How and why the polar regions are changing and what
this means for the rest of the world. |
Has been an expedition guide in the Canadian
Arctic, Greenland, Svalbard, Antarctica and S. Atlantic islands.
Has a degree in geology and masters in oceanography.
Involved with the British Council's International Climate Change Champions
programme.
Web:
www.climatechangewitness.org
(links to short video)
email:
james@climatechangewitness.org
tel: 01497 847262 |
|
Cardiff
Susan Richardson
Any audience
Day/evening |
Reasonable distance |
ARCTIC and sub-arctic;
Antarctica
'Creatures of the Intertidal Zone': the impact of climate change in the
Arctic - poetry reading and talk - rooted in ice and ocean and the journeys
made across them by humans and animals. |
As well as readings to
various societies, regularly performs on Radio Wales and at literature
festivals, environmental events & conferences. Has run workshops for all
ages in several countries.
email:
susan@susanrichardsonwriter.co.uk
tel: 029 20395229 |
|
Cardiff
Dr. Roger Wade
Any audience
Day/evening |
Cardiff area |
General talks on Climate Change.
Marine Renewable Energy
Carbon Trading
Climate Change and Agriculture
Climate Change and Health
Experimental Climate Change- A description of Climate Change and the
impacts through experimentation.
|
Involved in environmental issues for over 30
years.
Climate Change Policy Advisor for the Environment Agency in Wales. Has given
evidence to the Welsh Assembly Government on
carbon reduction.
Past
member of the Climate Change Commission in
Wales
sub-groups on emissions reduction, health impacts and land use.
Involved in Severn Tidal Power investigations.
Royal Statistical Society Climate Change initiative with schools.
email: roger.wade@environment-agency.wales.gov.uk
tel:
0780
3586048; 02920 468891 (work) |
|
Haverfordwest
Peter Davies
Any audience,
esp. business
Day/evening |
Reasonable distance.
All Wales for major meetings. |
All aspects of climate
change.
|
Vice Chair (Wales) of the
Sustainable Development Commission; Member of the 2020 Task Force on the
Future of Agriculture and the Environment in Wales; Co-ordinator of The
Prince’s Charities in Wales; Associate Director "Business in the Community".
email: peter@pdpartnership.co.uk
tel: 01834814955; 07976457032
|
|
Hay-on Wye
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.
email: laurencematthews@hotmail.co.uk
tel: 01497 820152 |
|
Northop, Flintshire
Dr. Tom Rippeth
Adults and secondary schools
Day/evening |
Wrexham, Flintshire,
Chester |
Climate physics, ocean
circulation, climate change in the high Arctic. |
Teaches aspects of
climate and climate change at both undergraduate and MSc level.
Has BSc Meteorology, PhD
Physical Oceanography. Researched the role of oceans in absorbing
atmospheric CO2, also the Arctic Ocean and its link to global climate.
Appearances on BBC Wales
Café Scientific.
email:
t.p.rippeth@bangor.ac.uk
tel: 01352 840972;
01248 382293 (work)
|
|
South-East Wales
Stop Climate Chaos Cymru: several speakers available
Various audiences |
Including Swansea,
Cardiff, Torfaen, Bridgend |
General overview of
climate change and why action is important. |
Contact the co-ordinator
Kate Meakin
email: kate@stopclimatechaos.org
tel: 0300 200 1269 |
|
St. Davids
Andy Middleton
Any audience,
esp. business
& government
Day/evening
|
Reasonable distance
All UK for major events and conferences. |
Facilitator, speaker and
chair. Hot topics on behavioural change in relation to climate solutions;
what climate change means for business and government. Ways of changing
threat into opportunity. Practical examples from a business that is making
the shift to carbon positive. Designing and implementing your own 80%
reduction plan. |
Managing Director of the
TYF Group, eco entrepreneur and consultant to business and government.
Member of Prince of Wales’ Business & Environment Programme; Board member of
Cynnal Cymru/Sustain Wales; Council Member, Countryside Council or Wales;
Founder, St Davids Eco City Project; Associate, Carbon Sense. Regular
climate change media work for newspapers, magazines, TV & radio.
email:
andy.m@tyf.com
tel: 01437 720879; 07778 678 754 |
|
Swansea
Michael Wiseman
Any audience
Day/evening |
Reasonable distance |
"Six degrees and
counting":
Climate change and the various aspects of the effects on indigenous peoples
around the world and the probable effects on us in the UK.
"The Thin Red Line":
Our place in the Solar System. How we arrived here and what may happen if we
upset that coincidental balance of Nature. Will we end up as Mars or Venus
perhaps through our actions? |
Studies all aspects of
environmental and climate situations, as well as the relevance of our
existence in the context of the universe.
Honours degree in Geosciences, diplomas in Earth Sciences and Computing.
email:
m.wiseman1@sky.com
tel:
01792 204630
(home); 07889 056224
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