Knowledge Pond

This part of the website is about the amazing people that the foundation has discovered, who are working to make their environment better.

One of the most valuable outcomes of the Earth Champions Quests is the creation of an ever-expanding Knowledge Pond. Earth Champion nominations from every country are being entered into this website for access by the world community.

— Fiona Mathews, CEO at Earth Champions Foundation

Sara Venn – Project Leader at Incredible Edible Bristol

17 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“If everyone can make a tiny difference the result can be massive – People Power!”,Sara Venn. What is your job about? Incredible Edible Bristol has come out of two things – the Incredible Edible network and the 300+ Incredible Edible groups worldwide. We are also very interested in what is going on in the US […]

Steve Glover – Founder of The Severn Project

17 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“For the future I hope to see more of everything that is happening now”, Steve Glover. What is your job about? We produce local food, as a vehicle to provide education, training and employment. It involves empowerment of individuals, communities and generation of revenue on a sustainable basis. Volunteers, paid staff and apprentices, run the […]

Sheila Thayer – Project and Training Officer at Tree Life Centre

17 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“Life is like a tree, the branches go in all different directions but your roots will always stay in place”, Sheila Thayer. http://www.tcv.org.uk/southwest/tree-life-centre What is your job about? The Tree Life Centre is based on Grimsbury Community Farm in Kingswood and is managed by The Conservation Volunteers. We currently have a group of dedicated […]

Lisa Jones – Coordinator Chief Execs Office the Soil Association

17 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“We need to work closely with nature rather than using our resources and destroying it. I think that would lead to a greater respect among people as well”, Lisa Jones. What is your job about? The Soil Association is about helping people get access to good food, we try to address food inequality and the […]

Alastair Sawday’s – Founding Director at Sawday’s

15 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“We need to understand that a different life is possible, desirable and achievable”, Alastair Sawday’s. What is your job about? I run a travel business called Sawday’s. We promote carbon neutral travel based on local and organic practices at the destinations. It is good for local economy and local food. It also raises awareness […]

Alexandra Geldenhuys – Founding Director at New Dawn Traders

15 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“It is easy to become emotional but that should not stop you from doing what you want”, Alexandra Geldenhuys. What is your job about? Our higher goal is to connect communities around the world through the trading of cargo by sailing ship. Until we have our own ship we currently work closely with a […]

Poppy Brett – Chief Executive Officer at LifeCycle

15 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“I wanted to do something positive. I wanted to do something to change the world for the better”, Poppy Brett. What is your job about? Our vision as an organization is to transform people lives and the environment through cycling. We are not about the people who already cycle but we are about trying […]

Ben Lynam – Head of Communications at the Travel Foundation

15 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“I like to hope that my work has a positive effect for the environment and sustainability”, Ben Lynam. What is your job about? We are an independent charity that works with the travel and tourism industry towards a sustainable future, both for the industry and holiday destinations. We enable travel companies to protect the […]

James Lucas – Founder of the Bristol Bike Project

15 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“Tell me and I will forget; Show me and I may remember; Involve me and I will understand”, proverb that captures the essence of what the project is trying to achieve, James Lucas. What is your job about? It is a comprehensive, community bike project. We repair and relocate unwanted, and unused bikes in […]

George Ferguson – Previous Mayor of Bristol

15 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“All of us can make a difference, all of us can learn from failure. Everybody should recognize that”, George Ferguson. What is your job about? I am the Mayor of Bristol. I consider wellbeing as a vital issue and I want and I am trying to put health at the top of my agenda. We […]

Ruth Barden – Head of Environment and Catchment Strategy at Wessex Water

15 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“I am interested in understanding what the better solutions are and how I can make a difference”, Ruth Barden. What is your job about? I am the Head of Environment and Catchment Strategy at Wessex Water. Wessex Water is a water and sewage company for this part of South-West of England. We have got […]

Hugh Thomas – Director, Consultant, Trainer and Workshop Leader at Learning Ships

15 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“Water is an integral part of everything but people tend to ignore it in the city”, Hugh Thomas. What is your job about? ‘Learning Ships’ is led by – My Future My Choice (MFMC) a Bristol based education agency. MFMC work nationally providing CSR activity for businesses supporting education. Their work has been developed in […]

Oliver Hill – Environment Officer for the Environment Agency

15 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“Anyone can look good when things are going well, its what you do when times get difficult that show who you are”, Oliver Hill. What is your job about? My title is Environment Officer for the Environment Agency. I work in the community and I am involved locally in various different parts of the […]

Dermot O’Regan – Co-founder of Grow Bristol

15 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

The hard times actually help you to keep on going”, Dermot O’Regan. What is your job about? Grow Bristol is a new urban farming venture. We are developing and demonstrating innovative and sustainable ways of growing food in the city spaces of Bristol for the benefit of all its inhabitants and the wider world. […]

Natalie Fee

15 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“Nothing is ever as serious as it seems, you need to have a sense of humour it gives you a lightness of being”, Natalie Fee. What is your job about? I have a number of different hats. I present and produce ‘The Source’ everyday on ‘Made In Bristol’ it’s a what’s on type of tv […]

Caroline McDonald – Director of Oggadoon Ltd

15 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“When the times get tough no matter what is happening I remember that the sun will rise, birds will sing and the world will go on. I always try to notice the beauty around me”, Caroline McDonald. What is your job about? We run a PR and marketing. We work in the area of […]

Sam Thomson – Chair of Friends of Horfield Common

15 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“Green spaces are vital for all aspects of human well being”, Sam Thomson. What is your job about? I am the Chair of Friends of Horfield Common which is a community parks group. It was set up by a group of local people in North Bristol to improve the state of Horfield Common. It’s a […]

Professor Jim Longhurst – Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Environment and Sustainability at the University of West of England in Bristol

15 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“I do it because is the right thing to do”, Jim Longhurst. What is your job about? My job is Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Environment and Sustainability at the University of West of England in Bristol. UWE is one of the largest University in the country with 30,000 students, 3.5 thousands staff located on three […]

Emma Peddie – Sustainable Productions Advisor at BBC

15 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“We are very short-term thinkers but once you have children your perspective lengthens. I thought I cannot just sit here and do nothing I have to do something”,Emma Peddie. What is your job about? I work at the BBC my job title is Sustainable Productions Advisor. I support all of the TV programme makers […]

Andrew Grant – Founding Director of Grant Associates

15 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“I want people to be aware of what is happening in the world. We need to allow people to have a direct contact with the natural world around them. We need to immerse kids in the wild, let them learn”, Andrew Grant. What is your job about? We are landscape architects our main agenda […]

Rajeshwari Raj – Director of Raj Architects

15 January 2019/by Earth Champions® Foundation

“I feel I am adding value to the community and the environment with the work I do”, Rajeshwari Raj. What is your job about? Building sustainable social housing on brown field sites. Homes were built on a garage site with links to local parks extending landscape belts. The project focused on constructing homes which were […]