Chair, secretary & patron
Mike is the author of three books on climate change and sustainability:
* How Bad Are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint Of Everything
* The Burning Question
* There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break years
Previously he established a land services social enterprise for Groundwork, had a leading role in the successful establishment of the Land Restoration Trust and established and led the first national external funding team at the Environment Agency.
As an environmental scientist, a regular volunteer with local community organisations, and someone who enjoys walking and running in the Lake District, David welcomes the opportunity to support the successful development of CAfS.
Tim recently retired from BT after 37 years of working with global customers, including six years working on the London 2012 Olympics. Tim was responsible for the Games-Time services delivered to press and broadcast organisations. He has published papers and presented on minimising the carbon footprint of the communications technologies of the 2012 Games and on how to build communities of interest.
He is a member of the British Computer Society, Institute of Engineering and Technology and a chartered engineer. He moved in 2018 to Ambleside from West Yorkshire and enjoys cycling, mountain walking and orienteering in his spare time, as well as travel.
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Adrian has been involved in environmental work throughout his life, working for local and national charities as well as governmental bodies and community enterprises. His main focus was environmental and wildlife conservation. Adrian has also been able to share his knowledge and experience as a lecturer, including teaching on countryside management for Newton Rigg and the University of Cumbria.
He was previously a rural development officer with Cumbria County Council, focusing on community and economic development. He’s a member of Cumbria Wildlife Trust and honorary warden of Smardale Gill National Nature Reserve. Adrian’s also a director of Learning Fields, a farm-based community wellness centre near Appleby.
Her support will help CAfS with the ‘people’ part of the three Ps; supporting Cumbrians to make the biggest difference they can in our challenging times.
Mandy was a change consultant for Government for several years, focusing on multi-agency working for the benefit of young people. She has an MBA from London Business School, and worked in the arts and museums, before specialising in a collaborative approach to caring and community.
Mandy is highly committed to creating a zero-carbon, wellbeing way of living that will support our 12-year race for climate sustainability – professionally, politically and personally through her activism.
By background Tim is a geographer and a former Chair of the Royal Geographical Society’s NW region. Tim was Head of the Blencathra Centre and promoted low carbon energy solutions to mitigate climate change. This goes some way towards offsetting his earlier career as a planning analyst for ARAMCO, the world’s largest oil company. Tim left the corporate world to ‘make a difference’ working with young people. He has spent most of his career as a senior manager in education and the outdoor sector.
He will be stepping down from the FSC shortly and will be sharing his skills and experience to help CAfS have a positive impact towards building a sustainable economy whilst protecting biodiversity. His recent work has been building resilience in a competitive and complex marketplace against the background of the pandemic.
Tim moved to Cumbria in 2004 and is a former Threlkeld parish councillor.
Having trained and worked in London and run her own practice, Tracey moved to Cumbria in 2011. Since 2014 she has been associate director at 2030 architects in Penrith, and has strongly promoted the practice commitment to architecture with a low environmental impact.
Tracey has worked with CAfS on many occasions. She’s been doing a self-build renovation of an off-grid farmhouse and hosted home visits and talks as part of our Cumbria Green Build Festival. She brings a focus on the built environment and renewable energy, along with valuable experience in business management, communication and generating income.
When not working on her own house, Tracey loves walking on the fells with her two border collies and cooking up a storm using windmill power.