- Community Sustainability Projects and Transition Towns
o I have co-founded or supported the establishment of over twenty community sustainability projects including Transition Leicester, Green Fox Community Energy and Greenlight festival
o I worked for two years running a local support hub for such projects in the Leicester area
o I now work as an academic researching, supporting and evaluating the impacts of these projects
- Project Planning and Development
o I have strong skills in initiating, planning and supporting the development of community projects
- Research
o I am a social scientist, interested in sustainability initiatives at a local scale and the psychology and social issues affecting how they are run
- Supervision and Mentoring
o As well as being a Tutor for Permaculture Diploma Apprentices, I also supervise PhD and Masters students doing work in the area of community action for sustainability
- Environmental Psychology
o I teach a course at De Montfort University which explores the socio-psychological and contextual influences on public engagement with sustainability and low-carbon lifestyles
- Teaching and Education
o I hold qualifications in teaching in lifelong learning and higher education and English as a foreign language
o I am passionate about participatory and inclusive learning, and have many years’ experience of teaching in this way in a variety of settings