Bristol 2015 Ambassadors
Meet the ambassadors supporting Bristol's year as European Green Capital 2015.
The Chew Valley School pupil writes the successful Birdgirl blog, with posts about nature and the environment from around the world.
First appearing in BBC4’s “Twitchers: a Very British Obsession” as a delightful 7 year old, she has been listed with George Ezra and Maisie Williams as one of Bristol’s most influential young people.
The Octonauts is a television series for children, following an underwater exploring crew.
Captain Barnacles is the leader of the crew and always the first to rush in and help whenever a problem arises.
He has worked extensively in television, stand-up comedy, radio and musical theatre.
Many of the central themes of his work were first addressed during the time when he was studying at the University of Bristol.
He is widely recognised for his Last Chance to See conservation expeditions with Douglas Adams, first aired on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.
He is also a best-selling author, a wildlife tour operator and leader, and a magazine columnist.
His River Cottage books and Channel 4 series have earned him a substantial popular following.
He is also a patron of the National Farmers’ Retail and Markets Association.
She is the owner and head chef of Romy’s Kitchen, a restaurant that opened in September 2013 on Castle Street, Thornbury.
She was also shortlisted for the 2014 Asian Women of Achievement Awards.
She secured a Bsc in Biology and an MSc in Conservation, then went on to facilitate the national coalition Wildlife & Countryside Link, before joining The Wildlife Trust Movement in 1998.
She was also awarded an OBE for services to nature conservation in 2009.
He has previously played at number eight, blindside flanker or second row for Bristol Rugby.
He was also an IRB International Player of the Year nominee in 2008.
He is a Business Fellow of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise & Environment.
He is also a regular lecturer for Cambridge University’s Programme for Sustainability Leadership.
He served as the Vice Chair of Friends of the Earth International (2000-08).
He was also the Green Party’s parliamentary candidate for the Cambridge constituency at the 2010 general election.
He has been working in the field of wildlife film making for over 30 years.
He also received an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2011.
He has composed and orchestrated various scores for television and film.
He is also known as UK’s Green Poet and is widely recognised for his many green poems and poetry books.
She writes about her experiences in various articles for different publications and is currently writing her third book.
She is also an accomplished musician and a qualified scuba diver.
Kevin McCloud is a broadcaster, designer and developer and is best known for Channel 4’s BAFTA-nominated Grand Designs and for his past coverage of the Stirling Prize. He believes that the best architecture relates to where it is, as much as who it’s for.
This is a philosophy enshrined in his development company, HAB Housing, which is now building homes and shaping communities towards a One Planet Living way of life.
His latest book, The World We Made, seeks to inspire people about the prospects of a sustainable world in 2050.
He is also Chancellor of Keele University and a Director of Collectively, an online platform celebrating sustainable innovation.
In 1991 he co-founded Green & Blacks – the world’s first organic chocolate brand, and is co-founder of Carbon Gold biochar company.
He is currently a trustee of Slow Food UK Trust and was previously Chairman of the Soil Association and Soil Association Certification.
He read Law, headed up a VSO programme in Papua New Guinea, taught as a VSO in St Lucia, and ran a disaster relief team for Oxfam in Turkey.
He also taught French in the UK, ran as a Green Party candidate and was founder-Chairman of Avon Friends of the Earth.
He is an unusually bright sheep who lives on a traditional small northern British farm.
He is the leader of the flock and prone to mischief but adept at getting out of it.
He has worked for 10 years in the music industry as composer/producer in both rock music and opera.
He has also received a variety of national awards including The Royal Society of Arts Albert Medal (2003).
Pieminster opened in 2003 in Stokes Croft and is a Bristol-based family business known for its ‘award-winning’ pies.
It has won many “great taste” awards since 2009 and is the only nationwide pie company to use 100% free range meat and eggs.
He was the Director of the Policy Foresight Programme at the James Martin 21st Century School at Oxford University.
He is also the author of Climate Change and World Affairs (1977 and 1986) and Mary Anning of Lyme Regis (1996).
