Blog - Page 11 of 17 - Catalyse Change

Could you be a Catalyst 4 Change?

May 1, 2019

Empowering & Skilling young change makers Catalyse Change CIC are running a new sustainability mentoring programme, providing up to six months of support, guidance and mentoring for young women, aged 14-19 years. It is funded through Bristol City Council’s Youth Sector Support Fund, run by Quartet Foundation. Mentoring is a proven and effective method of impacting the ability of young women to develop their confidence and to assume leadership and management positions later on. This project aims to help raise…

My journey from Sustainable Food to Fashion

April 10, 2019

Traci Lewis

Amelia Twine tells us about her varied career journey, working in many different areas of sustainability, from food to fashion..”I really enjoyed hosting the Catalyse Change Meet Up. Together, we sat around a table in a cosy – albeit a little chilly – yurt in the centre of Bristol to talk about sustainable food and potential career paths. I loved having an opportunity to talk about my career journey to date – this is a little flavour of what I…

How I transitioned to a Green Career

April 9, 2019

Traci Lewis

Heloise Balme – a member of our Catalyse Change Advisory Board – tells us all about career journey and transition to sustainability through a Masters in Sustainable Development at UWE. Tell us a bit about your background and reasons for your interest in sustainability. My career in sustainability is relatively new, but I’ve long held an interest in the field due to my love of the natural world and strong belief in social justice. Four years ago, these personal values…

Would you like to Mentor a Young Woman?

April 4, 2019

Traci Lewis

Catalyse Change CIC are recruiting mentors to help them inspire and empower girls and young women as confident, resilient change makers. As in addition to their Catalyst Bootcamp and workshops they also connect young women with a mentor and network of professional female role models. As a mentor, you’ll be a professional working in sustainability who wants to make a difference, to the life of a young woman who wants to be a change maker. In order to inspire and…

Learn how to help save the planet this summer

April 1, 2019

Traci Lewis

Fancy a sustainability summer camp? It’s a stressful time for anyone who cares about the future of our people and planet. The world’s leading climate scientists have warned there are only a dozen years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5C, beyond which even half a degree will significantly worsen the risks of drought, floods, extreme heat and poverty for hundreds of millions of people. It can be hard as an individual to know how to…

Changemaker Voices: Ruby Dixon

March 15, 2019

Traci Lewis

Ruby Dixon, who attended the 2018 Catalyst Bootcamp in Bristol, tells us all about her experience of it and her journey as a changemaker. I am 17 and currently completing my A-levels in: government and politics, sociology, and French. Alongside this I’m completing an Extended Project Qualification on the subject of fast fashion and doing my Duke of Edinburgh Silver award. Outside of school I enjoy reading, art, and cycling. I also take part in a young ambassador’s group at…

Sustainable home decor? Not just a drop in the ocean…

February 8, 2019

Traci Lewis

Interview by Sophie Harvey-Rich, a member of our Young Women’s Advisory Board who attended our first ever Catalyst Bootcamp in 2017 Following the wave of consciousness that was Blue Planet II, the world has well and truly woken up to the realities of our plastic-ridden oceans. According to a poll by the Earthwatch Institute, 91% of the public now aim to reduce their personal plastic use to help tackle the issue. However, important as this behaviour change is, it’s only…