Tony is an Environmental Scientist with degrees from University of East Anglia and Imperial College London, and has been working as a consultant for five years. Tony manages dcarbon8’s team of carbon and sustainability consultants and is passionately committed to finding continuous carbon reductions on all his projects. In his time with the company he has project managed carbon impact assessments for consumer products, multi-national companies, multi-billion dollar infrastructure masterplans and green buildings, all with an emphasis on measuring through Life Cycle Assessment and reducing through comprehensive Carbon Action Plans (CAPs).

During this time he has worked as Head Carbon Consultant with Masdar City (UAE) to develop a Masdar City carbon and Lifecycle Assessment strategy, measure the embodied impact of its construction, conduct life cycle assessments on its supplier’s products, and advise on reductions and the choice of sustainable materials. He has also managed the global carbon impact assessment for Amer Sports, owner of major sports brands including Wilson and Salomon. Through his work, Tony has worked with and trained world leading firms such as Foster & Partners, Deloitte, CH2M Hill, Louis Berger Group, Smith & Gill, Faithful & Gould and Parsons Brinckerhoff to help them embed high quality sustainability and carbon practices in their operations.

Blanche Cameron

Senior Lecturer at the Graduate School of the Environment, CAT and Director and Trustee of the environmental training charity RESET.

Blanche is a Senior Lecturer at the CAT Graduate School of the Environment masters in environmental architecture, with the University of East London.

She has worked as a carpenter and builder, in rammed earth, straw bale, timber frame, as an architectural designer in the UK, France and Germany, as a green building design consultant for commercial and private clients for feasibility studies, housing design and community projects (design and build). She works with community groups and young people in design and build, and with various Transition Town initiatives.

In 2007, Blanche helped set up and is a director of the charity RESET – Renewable Energy, Shelter & Environment Training. RESET delivers practical training, raises awareness and shares information, research and skills across communities, organisations and countries, to promote resilience to climate change and move development away from fossil fuel dependency.

Lyla Patel, Head of Education, Traid

With a background in Sustainable Development, and a gift for communicating TRAID's complex work, Lyla runs TRAID's Education Department working directly with thousands of children, young people and teachers every year. Lyla delivers a programme of participatory workshops for all ages which are designed to unpick the issues around ethical fashion, clothes recycling, the environment and world poverty.  She started at TRAID as a volunteer and today her intelligent and inspiring workshop skills are in high demand in schools, universities and further education institutions across the UK

David Lale, Founder, People Unlimited and forum3

David set up Charity People in 1990 - one of the first recruitment businesses operating exclusively with non profits. He also launched forum3 - Europe's largest career and volunteering event for the non profit sector. Charity People is now renamed as People Unlimited and works within the green and non profit sectors .

Katherine Tubb, Director, 2 Way Development

 Katherine began her career in tourism and marketing in the commercial sector, working for the Sydney Opera House and Hyatt Regency Hotel.

After a VSO placement working as Project Manager in a Nepalese NGO KEEP - the Kathmandu Environmental Education Project - Katherine went on to become a researcher at the University of Queensland, looking into issues of tourism to fragile communities in developing countries and publishing work in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism. Katherine then set up 2Way Development in 2003 and has placed over 200 individuals to volunteer with NGOs tackling issues of poverty world wide. She recently was special advisor to the Lonely Planet on their 'Volunteering and make a difference' publication. She holds a Masters degree in Development Studies from the London School of Economics.

Feedback from our last Positive Change event in September:

"Positive Change events are definitely a great idea.  I regret not knowing about the first event on International Dev."

"The Event fulfilled its promise! It was a very good introduction and gave lots of ideas to build on. The speakers were engaging and had real enthusiasm for their subject (not to mention the many humorous moments!). The presentations were punchy and informative. Although I did not speak to any of the speakers, they seemed very happy to chat to attendees and one got a sense that this was not a PR event, but that it was really aimed at informing and helping attendees get more information and chose a career. All in all, it was a thoroughly enjoyable evening and I have recommended Positive Change events to a friend."

"I absolutely loved the passion and dedication of the speakers, especially when sharing their own perspectives and personal experiences. I was especially impressed by the fact that it gave me so much useful information about what charities are looking for despite my fears that it would be too specifically geared towards fundraising and marketing - which I am not that interested in. Yet I found it incredibly useful as an overview of the sector and a brilliant introduction."

"Fantastic speakers who really went into depth about the charity sector rather than just firing off the same buzz words that everyone has heard before!"

Organisations involved:

2Way Development, Arup, Centre for Alternative Technology, Coral Cay Conservation, dCarbon8, Fairtrade Foundation,  The Forum for the Future, People Unlimited, The Rainbow Collective, RESET, Traid, WWF 

The Brunei Gallery
The School for Oriental and African Studies Thornhaugh Street
Thornhaugh Street
WC1H OXG London
United Kingdom

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM (GMT)

People Unlimited and 2 Way Development

The Positive Change seminar series is brought to you as a collaboration between two organisations both committed to and experienced in helping people develop careers in the not for profit sector.

People Unlimited are a leading national recruiter to the non profit and green sectors. Set up in 1990 as Charity People, they have 20 years experience in recruiting staff for non profits in the UK and overseas. Based in London, they are also the organisation behind forum3, Europe's largest careers and volunteering event for the non profit sector. See www.forum3.co.uk and www.peopleunlimited.co.uk for more details.

2Way Development is a volunteer agency for people looking to gain overseas experience in the development sector. Set up in 2003, they place hundreds of volunteers into projects across the developing world. Take a look at the website www.2waydevelopment.com