Experience

Arc Biodiversity & Climate Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  United Kingdom Arc Biodiversity and Climate is a UK consulting team based in the Isle of Wight UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, specialising in enhancing communities, economies and ecosystems. We provide advice, training and mentoring, technical services, and research collaboration to the public, private and voluntary sectors, working at any scale to deliver sustainable and resilient change. We support organizations through the life-cycle of their projects; from a first concept, bid or proposal through… Show more Arc Biodiversity and Climate is a UK consulting team based in the Isle of Wight UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, specialising in enhancing communities, economies and ecosystems. We provide advice, training and mentoring, technical services, and research collaboration to the public, private and voluntary sectors, working at any scale to deliver sustainable and resilient change. We support organizations through the life-cycle of their projects; from a first concept, bid or proposal through to long-term delivery and legacy. Arc provides services to a wide range of clients including overseas governments and local councils in the UK, asset managers, housebuilders and environmental regulators. Arc advises on ecosystem services, environmental performance, ecological health, and community wellbeing to create better and more sustainable places, for people, business and wildlife. Arc’s purpose is the reconnection of human society with its natural environment and its framework for delivery is called Shaping Better Places. At its core, Arc uses ecological principles to protect and enhance human society, reducing demands on public health services and creating resilient environments for living and working. Show less



The Common Space

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Company Director

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  The Common Space is an Isle of Wight non-profit dedicated to the re-imagining and re-utilization of public land and public buildings, keeping them public and finding new ways to deliver benefit to communities.



Artecology (R&D Dept of Arc)

• Director

  • Sep 2015 - Present

  Artecology (ärt-ĭ-kŏl′ə-jē). Mixed discipline ecology/art dealing with biological relationships between organisms & the built environment. Supported by various large and small organisations, Artecology is creating systems for bioactive building and development: new construction and landscaping materials that deliver enriched environments for wildlife and people alike. Artecology is collaborating with leading universities in green-grey infrastructure and asset resilience research… Show more Artecology (ärt-ĭ-kŏl′ə-jē). Mixed discipline ecology/art dealing with biological relationships between organisms & the built environment. Supported by various large and small organisations, Artecology is creating systems for bioactive building and development: new construction and landscaping materials that deliver enriched environments for wildlife and people alike. Artecology is collaborating with leading universities in green-grey infrastructure and asset resilience research to bring you the most successful solutions for built environments. Artecology is being used for climate-change adaptation, tackling coastal squeeze on defended coasts; as retrofit urban ecosystem enhancement; in masterplanning design guidance for new developments and as a tool for stakeholder engagement. Artecology is engaging communities, schools and the public with their local environments to create spaces that are improved for wildlife and humans. Show less



Environmental Consultancy

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration

• Consultant

  • Dec 2004 - Jan 2015

  All manner of ecology and environmental advice and surveys.



Natural Enterprise

• Food and Beverage Services

• Consultancy Practice Manager

  • Aug 2006 - Jan 2014

  Management of the environmental consultancy, projects include ecology/landscape advice and reports for planning applications, LVIAs and EIAs, climate adaptation, sustainability and public engagement. The consultancy profits support environmental and community projects benefiting the countryside and people of the Isle of Wight. I manage Gift to Nature (our conservation project) involving the practical management of sites, fundraising and community engagement.