Climate Majority Project: how do we bring climate into the mainstream?

Presenter(s) Bio

Rupert Read

Co-Director

Rupert Read is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, former spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion and co-director of the new Climate Majority Project. He authored several books, including This Civilisation is Finished, Parents for a Future and Why Climate Breakdown Matters and has been many times on the Today programme, QuestionTime, Newsnight, Politics Live, Al Jazeera, and more.

Helena Farstad

Catalyser

Helena is a Chartered Management Accountant and a Business Consultant having worked in the Environmental Sustainability space for over a decade. Helena co-founded Catalysers in 2019 and has been primarily focused on raising awareness of and agency to address the environmental crisis through connecting with the crisis on an emotional basis.

Helena is also the co-founder and director of This is Agency, director of Youths & Environmental Advocacy Centre UK, and have co-founded two local London based activist groups focusing on Air Quality and Net Zero. She is Norwegian, married, mum of two girls and two dogs.

Stu Pickles

Stuart is a Regenerative Leadership Coach & Influencer.  He believes that we can create a better future for society and the planet, whilst also enabling organisations and communities to thrive.  He blends his ex-CFO acumen and coaching expertise with 12+ years of researching and developing leadership of sustainability and social purpose.

This combination gives his clients a supportive coaching experience that creates a practical roadmap towards truly transformational, regenerative leadership. Stu is a Global Coordinator of the Climate Coaching Alliance, Founder of Winchcombe Green Town Movement, and CEO of Aim Higher Leadership.