Be (ing) The Change - Andrew Mercer energises the Be The Change audience with a description of how he became a low carbon entrepreneur. 17 Nov 2007
Weaving together a mix of interview clips and the Greenpeace video on Anita Roddick’s activism, with a very personal description of the events and the people who’ve influenced and helped him on his journey to becoming a low carbon entrepreneur, Andrew Mercer gave the 700 plus audience some interesting ideas on how they could “Be The Change”.
Entrepreneurs with Conscience release Genie. 26 Sep 2007
One important result of the launch of Entrepreneurs with Conscience earlier this year in Bath was that low carbon entrepreneurs Karl Watkin and Michael Edge rescued the children’s climate change book, The Genie in the Bottle, written by fellow event attendee, and intensive care specialist, Dr Hugh Montgomery...
Changing the business climate – Business XL.
May 2007
Irregular weather patterns suggest the environment isn ’t quite what it should be. Top-level entrepreneurs recently met the CEOs of three major international charities to come up with ways to tackle climate change...
Western Daily Press. 26 April 2007
Twenty three years ago a group of popstars recorded a song that helped millions of starving people. Now the man behind Band Aid is asking business leaders in the West to do their bit to change the world...
Why entrepreneurs?...
Never doubt that a small group
of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Winston Churchill
Today’s agents of change are often individual entrepreneurs and increasingly they are listening to their consciences and applying the talents they used in building their businesses to tackle major social problems... Read: Why Entrepreneurs?
Don’t let it go...
On a sunny April evening in Bath, Midge Ure reprised his pivotal 1984 role in pricking the nation’s conscience by urging an audience of entrepreneurs and other businesspeople “not to let it go” in the fight to tackle climate change. Midge was joined on the stage of the Roman Baths by the leaders of three major environmental NGOs, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and The Climate Group.
The main purpose of the evening was to demonstrate to the entrepreneurs in the audience what they could do as individuals, both professionally and personally, and to highlight the astonishing array of business opportunities that the global, long term problem of climate change offers for those with the wisdom to spot them. The main vehicle for communicating this was a specially commissioned film featuring interviews with entrepreneurs already taking advantage of low carbon business opportunities.
Following on from the success of the Bath event we will be organising similar events in other cities in the UK. Our priority for these events remains convincing the UK business community to act by inspiring our best entrepreneurs to take the simple, practical steps in their professional and personal lives to both reduce the causes of climate change and mitigate its effects.
We believe that entrepreneurs, more than any other group in society, are uniquely placed to show leadership in tackling climate change.
Climate change is affecting us now so why aren’t we more concerned?
We experience the effects of climate change as weather and, since April 2007, we have witnessed exceptional annual floods in India, Bangladesh and China that have killed thousands and affected millions more. Closer to home, tens of thousands of people had to live without water and electricity during unprecedented summer flooding in Yorkshire and Gloucestershire. While forest fires rage around the globe destroying lives, property and habitat and turning vast areas of natural beauty into moonscapes... Read: Climate change?
“What a brilliant opportunity to look at the greatest challenge of the 21st century, and there are business opportunities.” Steve Howard, Founder and CEO of the Climate Group
And, with uncanny prescience:
“When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed
of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” John F Kennedy
"If I could get 25 of the biggest music stars in one room to contribute to a song that no one had heard before why can't a group of entrepreneurs get together and use their talents to make a difference?" Midge Ure
