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Our Hopes for The Climate Crisis

January 6, 2021

Survey finds hope at the heart of our experiences of the climate crisis Written by Jenna Holliday On 29 November a group of catalysts hosted a Mock COP Fringe event “Our Climate Vision” sharing findings from original research into people’s experiences of climate change. In this blog Catalyse Change Director Jenna Holliday provides a note of some of the key findings from the survey. One of my personal 2020 highlights has been acting as the admin for the Our Climate…

Our Climate Vision: A Mock COP Fringe Event

November 11, 2020

Traci Lewis

Our Climate Vision: From Experience to Action Last week a group of our catalysts launched their Mock COP Fringe event ‘Our Climate Vision.’ Team member Zoe Montgomery here outlines their journey creating this innovative event, which will take place on 29th November. We have embarked on a mission to create an event that allows people of all backgrounds to share their stories relating to the climate crisis. This event will include sharing findings from original research about how people have…

Helen Taylor has joined our Board

September 1, 2020

Traci Lewis

We are delighted that Helen Taylor has joined our Board. Here she shares some of the learning from her own remarkable green career journey. “I’m really delighted to be joining the Catalyse Change Board. This is the perfect fit for me, given I passionately believe in providing young people with the opportunity to build their skills and experience and flourish in their career. Plus, with sustainability at the heart of all I do, this is a fabulous way for me…

Thank You for Joining Us!

July 30, 2020

Traci Lewis

Thank you for joining us! Wow. What an incredible time we have had at the Catalyst Summit, thank you to everyone for joining us. We’re blown away by the inspirational women that we met. This includes those that are already sustainability professionals, and the Catalysts because they make the future look so much brighter with them in it! We’d like to take this time to summarise the event for those who want to reflect or couldn’t attend. Catalsyt Summit Day…

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Meet our Catalyst Summit Mentors

July 6, 2020

Traci Lewis

We’re very excited about our upcoming Catalyst Summit, which will empower young women to start their journey as changemakers. In this blog post, you’ll get to meet our Catalyst Summit Mentors. They will help guide our changemakers for up to 6 months after the summit. The event is taking place over three days in July – 8th, 15th and 22nd. If you attend all three days, you will get matched with your own mentor who will be a sustainability professional.…

My Environmental Career Journey

June 27, 2020

Traci Lewis

MY ENVIRONMENTAL CAREER Name: Lola Okunrinboye Job title: Environmental Manager at Dragados UK and Women in Sustainability Network Aberdeen Hub Lead Qualifications: Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) , MSc(Eng) Environmental and Energy Engineering, BEng(Hons) Chemical and Process Engineering. Why did you go into an environmental career? Growing up, I loved everything to do with the environment and always wanted to make a difference and impact. What was your first environmental job? When I completed my MSc in Environmental and…

Top tips for how to live more sustainably

June 14, 2020

Traci Lewis

Hellie shares her 5 top tips for how to live more sustainably. Since lockdown began, questions have been raised about the links between pandemics and the environment. This has sparked an increased interest in sustainable living. Over 75% of people surveyed in the UK – according to Futerra – said they had done something during this time to make their lifestyle more sustainable. Over 87% thought we should be making some of these drastic lifestyle changes, which we have made…

Catalyst Summit will empower future female sustainability leaders

June 14, 2020

Traci Lewis

The Catalyst Summit is for girls & young women who want to save the world. Feeling worried about your future and the future of the world? You want to make a difference but are not sure how to go about it? The Catalyst Summit is a new online 3-day event that will empower young women to build a sustainable future. This new summit replaces the summer Catalyst Bootcamp that was due to take place in Bristol, as a face-to-face event.…