Lucy Siegle

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Lucy Siegle Biography

Lucy Siegle - Conference facilitator, keynote speaker and awards host
Topics:
  • Sustainability
  • TV/Radio Presenter
  • Women

LUCY SIEGLE is a journalist, author and presenter who specialises in ecological and ethical lifestyle matters. Lucy Siegle is an experienced host and speaker.  She writes a weekly ethical living column for the Observer and is author of Green Living in the Urban Jungle and co-author of A Good Life.

Environment and Green Issues

Lucy offers  a unique and beguiling perspective on environmental and green issues. She is a humorous, highly informed and vibrant speaker, able to demystify green and environmental issues and make them relevant and appealing to small and large audiences alike. A young, fashionable woman, she is world’s away from the middle aged, almost exclusively male, apocalypse preaching environmentalist of old. She subscribes to Ghandi’s view that we should ‘be the change you want to see in the world’.

Individual action not only counts but is a vital catalyst to large scale change. She is equally at home explaining how people can use a wormery (and making them less afraid of nature), why green is the new black in fashion terms, or chairing a panel of top scientists, opinion formers and politicians. She is known as a provocative and fearless panellist and chair, and her opinions are underscored by years of serious research and reporting. She retains a wry sense of humour whatever the prognosis!


CURRENT AND RECENT TELEVISION


  • The One Show, BBC1 7pm
    In July 2007 Lucy joined the core reporting team of 14 well known faces when the show fronted by Adrian Chiles and Mylene Klass was relaunched. Her initial series, Waste Watchers generated hundreds of viewer responses and spearheaded a nationwide campaign. She also appears frequently in studio discussions &contributes live outside broadcasts from around the UK.
  • Live Earth, June 2007 Appeared live with Graham Norton and Wayne Hemmingway talking on celebs and being green.
  • BBC2 Guilt Trip, autumn schedule - In this groundbreaking show that mixes factual with entertainment, Lucy sends three members of the public on the trip of a lifetime that will change their perception of consumer goods forever.
  • The Clothes Show, UK Style - Lucy has featured in every series of the revamped Clothes Show, UK Style as a stylish, ethically dressed planet lover and astute commentator on the fashion industry and what it needs to do to change.
  • Richard and Judy, C4 Filmed well received four part eco series with comedien, Rowland Rivron whom she put on a carbon diet. Also in studio guest.

NEWSPAPERS AND FEATURES:


  • Columnist and feature writer, the Observer 2005 to present - Green expert,
  • Marie Claire 2006 to present
  • Contributes to the Evening Standard, New Statesman, Elle, Grazia, Marie Claire, Guardian, Vogue, Junior Parenting Magazine, New Consumer, the London Magazine.

Lucy’s green life is frequently catalogued and profiles, most recently in The Evening Standard 15 August, 2007. She has also been interviewed for Current TV (Al Gore’s eco web TV).

Conferences

Lucy Siegle recently facilitated the JobCentre Plus conference and moderated two conferences for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs where she hosted a Q&A session and gave the final summery speech in front of predominantly European audience.  This included Ministers from the Environment, Foreign Affairs, and Health departments and from Chemical Industries & Associates. Lucy traveled to Nigeria for the Environmental Performance Seminar where she gave a keynote speech and recently hosted the Women in Ethical Business Awards for Triodos Bank.

Corporate


  • Women in Ethical Business Awards – 2006, Host
  • Environmental Performance Seminar – Nigeria, 2006, Speaker
  • JobCentre Plus Age Diversity Conference – 2005, Host
  • London Design Week – 2005, Panelist
  • London Sustainability Festival – 2005, Speaker
  • The Ethical Consumers – 2005, Speaker at the Hay Festival
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – “Working Together, Implementing the Compact Code on Funding and Procurement within DEFRA”, 2005, Facilitator
  • Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs - “Workshop for Strategic Approach to International Chemical Management”, 2005, Facilitator
  • Low Impact Living – 2004, Speaker
  • Land Securities Trillium Environmental Conference – 2002, Host and Speaker 

Radio


  • You and Yours – 2005, BBC Radio 4, Interviewee 
  • The Jono Coleman Show - BBC Radio London, 2005, Guest
  • The Simon Mayo Show - Radio 5 Live, 2004, Ethical consumerism debate.
  • BBC Birmingham & BBC Scotland, London Live - Book publicity radio interviews

 

Journalism


  • Grazia Magazine – 2005, Features Writer
  • ELLE Magazine – 2005, Environmental Columnist
  • The Observer Magazine – 2004-Ongoing, Weekly Ethical Living column
  • Observer Food Monthly – 2004 Guide to Organic Food
  • Oxfam’s Make Trade Fair Campaign – 2004, Cover Story
  • OM Green Goddess – 2004, Cover Story
  • OM, The Eco Issue – 2003, Associate Editor

 

Literary

  • A Good Life –Transworld /The Guardian, 2005, Co-author
  • Recycle - The Essential Guide
  • Green Living In the Urban Jungle - Green Books Ltd, 2001, Author 

To Die For is Lucy’s major new book on the fashion industry & how fashion can become ethical

Awards:


British Press Awards, shortlisted Specialist writer of the year for Ethical Living column, the Observer.
IVCA Gold Award, Samaritans work/life balance CD ROM. Presenter.

For further information or to book Lucy Siegle, call us on +44 (0) 20 8365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk 

Lucy Siegle Video

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Outside of appearing and speaking at live corporate and private events Lucy Siegle has a number of retail products available that can be purchased through Speakers Corner. For upcoming new book and product launches related to Lucy Siegle then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0) 208 365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk

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Lucy Siegle News

A selection of relevant news related to Lucy Siegle and Sustainability stories. For more information on Lucy Siegle or details as to how to book Lucy Siegle for your corporate event, then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0) 20 8365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk

A Third of Women Take on the Role of Breadwinner
20th July 2010As a survey announces the rise of women’s involvement in domestic financial affairs, speakers such as entrepreneur Kanya King MBE and scientist Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE are also becoming increasingly popular. However, is there more to the figures than initially meets the eye?
BBC's 'One Show' is back
14th July 2007Adrian Chiles & Myleene Klass host BBC's One Show with an impressive line-up of talented presenters
Pen Hadow warns that the Arctic will be ice-free within a decade
16th October 2009The findings of the Catlins Arctic Survey analysed by Cambridge University and the WWF have shown that the Arctic is melting at such a rate that it could be almost ice free within 10 years. The results of the expedition will be presented to a UN meeting in Copenhagen in December as further evidence that the world must reduce carbon emissions in order to prevent the Arctic melting at an even faster rate. Pen's expedition last winter, was blighted by technical problems, and after the high tech radar equipment to measure the ice thickness failed after the first few days, they were forced to continue with a simple ice drill.
Diana Verde Nieto: Sustainable Communications
28th November 2008Diana Verde Nieto explains why businesses need to master the art of sustainable communications in order to emerge as winners of the global recession
London 2012 Releases Sustainability Plan
29th November 2007Highlights of the sustainability plan, Towards A One Planet 2012, include: a carbon footprint study to measure the climate change impact of the Games and identify and prioritize areas for reducing emissions
CSR communications taken to a new level
2nd November 2007CSR.TV is an online TV channel on corporate social responsibility (CSR), aiming to promote a sustainable and responsible business culture
Sustainability: A Nobel Cause
10th October 2007 Nobel laureates are meeting with top climate and energy experts and politicians to discuss global sustainability.
Polar explorer Pen Hadow launches World Responsible Tourism Day
3rd October 2007Polar explorer Pen Hadow puts World Responsible Tourism Day in the spotlight when he launches the day of action at on Wednesday 14 November 2007.
Tony Juniper talks about climate change in the Independent Review of the Year 2009
29th December 2009Tony Juniper is a campaigner, writer, speaker and commentator and one of the UK’s best known environmentalists. Tony is also the Green Party's General Election candidate for Cambridge. For the last 25 years he has spent his time seeking change toward a more sustainable society at local, national and international levels; from providing ecology and conservation experiences for primary school children, to making the case for new recycling laws, to orchestrating international campaigns for action on rainforests and climate change. Here he writes in the Independent Review of the Year 2009, looking back at the what has happened with regard to climate change in 2009. to read the article, click on the title.
Kevin McCloud launches his latest project - eco friendly social housing in Swindon
31st July 2009Host of Grand Designs and sought after keynote speaker Kevin McCloud has put in a planning application to build a development of environmentally aware housing in Swindon. The 42 properties will meet the testing Level 4 for sustainable homes, and include eco roofing, rainwater harvesting systems, and communal gardens to promote neighbourliness and a sense of community.

Lucy Siegle Reviews

Lucy Siegle has spoken and appeared at a number of recent corporate events. Please find some client speaker testimonials and reviews for Lucy Siegle for a number of these events and conferences. If you would like some additional information as to how to book Lucy Siegle for your corporate event, then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0) 208 365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk

"As I heard - I didn't watch her presentation"
BSI Meetings & Events

"Felt our audience really started to engage when she covered the realms of consumer buying habits and ways in which retailers can be more conscious of their green impact when influencing buying patterns. Presentation style was let down by constant staring behind her at the screen - offputting to the audience. "
JD Marketing

"Material for presentation 'pre event' - poor. Timekeeping on the day - poor -arrived very late. Would use again but mustget the basics right "
Creo

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