Tony Juniper

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Tony Juniper - keynote speaker, environmentalist, sustainability
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Tony Juniper is a renowned keynote speaker, campaigner, writer, and commentator, and one of the UK’s best known environmentalists.

For the last 25 years Tony 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.

Tony Juniper at Friends of the Earth

In 1990 Juniper joined Friends of the Earth. He has since maintained a strong public presence both for Friends of the Earth and personally, in the UK and abroad. In 2005 Country Life named him number 25 out of the top 100 most influential figures shaping the countryside.

In 1998 he became Policy and Campaigns Director of Friends of the Earth. From 2003 to 2008 he was the organization’s UK director. From 2001 to 2008 he was also elected Vice Chair of the 70-strong network of national organizations that comprise Friends of the Earth International.  He contributed to many of Friends of the Earth’s most important achievements including legislation enacted to protect wildlife habitats, recycling laws, legal controls on carbon dioxide emissions, and policy changes in the transport and farming sectors.

During his tenure as director the national organization of Friends of the Earth was the highest profile environmental group in the UK. The organization’s annual income increased to nearly £11 million and professional staff increased to over 160. At the same time Friends of the Earth International increased its profile and income, recruited many new member countries and for the first time adopted a comprehensive strategy.

Ornithologist

Tony Juniper previously worked as a professional ornithologist, and from 1989-1990 spearheaded a program with Birdlife International to prevent the extinction of critically endangered parrots. He became a recognized expert on this group and in 1998 co-published Parrots: A Guide To The Parrots Of The World, which was judged ‘reference book of the year’ by the UK Library Association In 1999.

Tony Juniper as Writer and Keynote Speaker

Other titles by Tony Juniper include the companion volume to the BBC series Saving Planet Earth (2007), How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take To Change A Planet? (2007) and Spix’s Macaw: The Race To Save The World’s Rarest Bird (2002). He is a prolific writer and regularly contributes to The Guardian and Resurgence magazine and blogs on Comment is Free at the Guardian website. Tony has also written a book entitled 'Harmony' with the Prince of Wales and Ian Skelly (released in 2010). Due to his talents, direct experience, and knowledge, Tony is a regular contributor on radio and TV and is in great demand as a keynote speaker. 

Prince of Wales' Rainforest Project

Tony Juniper now works as a special advisor to the Prince of Wales’s Rainforest Project and the Cambridge University Program for Industry, where he is a Senior Associate. He has worked on advisory panels for the British Council, the Ecologist and BBC Wildlife magazines and when the National Geographic launched their new Green Magasine Supplement in 2009, they appointed Tony as the Editor-in-Chief.

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12th July 2010This important study was launched yesterday to mark World Population Day and the study’s working group will involve the keynote speaker and founder-director of think-tank Forum for the Future, Jonathan Porrit CBE.
World’s First ‘Energy House’ to be Built
14th June 2010Scientists at the University of Salford are building the world’s first ‘Energy House’ and Friends of the Earth director and keynote speaker Tony Juniper was there for the launch.
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.
Round the world yachtswoman, Ellen MacArthur is to quit sailing to spread the environmental sustainable message
5th October 2009Dame Ellen MacArthur is giving up sailing in order to spread the word about saving resources in order to save the planet. The round the world yachtswoman made the astonishing announcement on this week's Desert Island Discs when she was the casterway of the show, hosted by television news presenter Kirsty Young
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1st October 2009Links between diversity and company image and inclusivity and staff retention are well known but it is new factors coming to light around increased creativity and better customer service that are ensuring diversity and inclusivity are keys to success.
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3rd December 2007Irish mobile operators have welcomed the introduction of a new application to allow mobile users to track their own carbon footprint.
Co founder of Green & Blacks, Craig Sams is using charcoal to fight climate change
2nd September 2009The entrepreneur, speaker who with Jo Fairley founded Green & Black's organic chocolate, has created a biochar business in a bid to combat climate change. The process involves taking waste from agriculture and fishing and turning it into charcoal by roasting it in a low-oxygen atmosphere. The process turns waste into raw carbon, which can then be used to fertilise the soil. Dan Morrell, a former music promoter and entrepreneur who co founded the company, Carbon Gold with Craig said that the technology had huge promise but needed to be proved in a large scale trial. The company's first deal with the government of the Maldives should provide the opportunity to do this.
Boris Johnson launches London's new bike hire scheme
30th July 2010London's long awaited cycle hire scheme has been launched today adding a valuable alternative to transport options in the capital. Designed to encourage people to cycle in central London, Transport for London is hoping to reach its target of 6,000 bikes across 400 docking stations later this year.
Wearing his environmentalist hat, entrepreneur Richard Branson launches green fund
11th August 2009Having criticised the 'green' movement recently and being in the environmentally unfriendly airline business, entrepreneur Richard Branson still believes in doing his bit for the environment. As such, he has launched a green enterprise and Virgin's Green Fund will invest in renewable energy projects
Prestigious Architecture Prize awarded to the UK Pavilion at Shanghai Expo
30th June 2010The Dandelion building, part of the UK pavilion at the Shanghai Expo has won Royal Institute of British Architects’ Lubetkin Prize. Designed by Thomas Heatherwick, the so-called "Seed Cathedral" was chosen to fit in with this year's theme of sustainable development.

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