Blog - Page 14 of 18 - Catalyse Change

Fancy effecting social change through a career in politics?

May 8, 2018

Name: Laurie Davies Job title: Senior Caseworker for Member of Parliament and Councillor, Stroud Town Council Qualifications: MSc Marketing and Communications, BA Joint Honours in English Literature and Education Why did you become an environment/sustainability professional? From my initial experiences of volunteering with a social action charity I was inspired by the ability of people and myself to make positive change on many issues, along with the importance of engaging with young people and communities in general to enable change to happen,…

What does it take to run a Successful Sustainable Restaurant?

April 17, 2018

Traci Lewis

Name: Jennifer Best Job title: Director of Poco Qualifications: B.A. (Hons) in Philosophy Politics and Economics What was your first environment/sustainability job? When I was Manchester University I spent the summer after my first year doing an internship in Beijing with the EU-China Information Society Project. That was the summer of the Beijing Olympics, so perfect timing! My main responsibility was organising Chinese delegates to travel to Europe to learn about emergency response systems in leading areas of development. I…

Sustainability Summer Camp for Young Women – win a free place!

April 7, 2018

Traci Lewis

According to the Department for Health, 1 in 3 teenage girls now suffer from anxiety or depression. This shocking statistic, coupled with a passion for a happier, healthier planet, drove local sustainability leader Traci Lewis to set up Catalyse Change. Designed to support girls and young women to develop their skills and confidence to become effective changemakers, Catalyse Change has already reached over 500 young women, empowering them to become the next generation passionate about healthy, happy and green communities,…

Catalyst Bootcamp 2018 – why do you want to be a #Catalyst4Change?

March 19, 2018

Traci Lewis

For young women who want to be confident, resilient changemakers Catalyse Change will host its second annual ‘Catalyst Bootcamp’ in Bristol this summer. The three-day residential event is held at Bristol University on 1 – 3 August 2018, for girls and young women who want to know how to tackle social and environmental issues. The transformational educational programme will help you to: Build sustainability knowledge and the education and career opportunities available Build understanding of your personality strengths and interests…

Traci Lewis, Q&A, Global Sustainability Leaders

March 4, 2018

Traci Lewis

The U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce recently interviewed Traci Lewis, Catalyse Change Director, for their Q&A series, Global Sustainability Leaders #globalsustainabilityleaders http://usgreenchamber.com/global-leader-traci-lewis Name: Traci Lewis Company/NGO Name: Director, Catalyse Change CIC 1. What is the mission of your company/NGO? To empower girls and young women to develop sustainability skills and knowledge for ‘healthy, happy and green’ communities, careers and planet. 2. What is the most innovative or environmentally/socially impactful project/practice your company/NGO has implemented? After 18 years working for an environmental…

My Green Education & Career – Kate Bruintjes

January 31, 2018

Traci Lewis

Name: Kate Martin Bruintjes Job: Director, Green Unlimited, Bristol Qualifications: MSc Environmental Science Why did you become an environment/sustainability professional? I followed in my parents’ footsteps – they set up an environmental consultancy in the 1980s and, like them, I was always had a passion in geography/environment at school. For university I wanted to study something more modern and applied than pure geography and found that Environmental Science fitted the bill. What was your first environment/sustainability job? At university I considered…

Using mindfulness apps – my favourites

January 21, 2018

Traci Lewis

From checking emails before bed to constant notifications from social media, our phones can often contribute to our daily stress. However there are now a range of apps which you can use to help you manage and improve your wellbeing. Morwenna Bugg has written us a guest blog about her experiences using two of the most popular mindfulness apps.. A little bit about my experience using a couple of mindfulness style apps. I have only used them for short periods…

Green Careers for young women – workshop & free ebook

January 12, 2018

Traci Lewis

Imagine if you could create a career for yourself which you not only enjoyed but also helped to make the world a better place. If you could combine what your care most passionately about, with what you can also get paid to do. Bristol-based social enterprise Catalyse Change have just produced free ebook for young women ‘’ to help them do just that. We are faced with very real pressing economic, environmental and social problems which require urgent action. These…