Bryony has worked in Cornwall as a videographer for 10 years specialising in documentary environmental films. She has filmed as an independent film maker for NGOs, charities and other organisations such as Greenpeace, the Centre for Sustainable Energy, Rame Peninsula Beach Care, the Peninsula Trust and Exeter and Falmouth Universities.

Previous to her move to Cornwall she worked for eight years in London for production company Salt Pictures, working as associate producer on projects in Bethlehem, Kenya and London. She then went on to work as Producer Director at CTVC, heading up over 500 short online films to start up Truetube, now a BAFTA-winning free online educational platform producing documentary, drama and animation films aimed at teachers, students and young people.

Bryony has a unique style and ability to film, record sound and edit, and her strengths are telling people’s stories in a natural, honest and intimate way.

Claire worked for many years as a print and radio reporter, author and as a press officer for the International Fund for Animal Welfare, in the UK and abroad (Philippines, South America and East Africa).

In 2013, Claire set up Rame Peninsula Beach Care, a successful beach cleaning and marine conservation charity in Cornwall, and co-founded the Cornish Plastic Pollution Coalition.

She was a member of the 2018 Sail Against Plastic expedition to Svalbard, studying the impact of plastic pollution, but also experiencing the inescapable evidence of climate change on this fragile region in the remote Arctic.

Claire and her family had to evacuate their home for six weeks in 2014, following the devastating storms that hit the Cornish coast, and which were calculated to have been made 43% more likely due to climate change.

Gill has worked for many years in change management across both the public and private sectors. Her latest roles have been focussed on the environment, working on behavioural change in Cornwall Council’s carbon neutral and single-use plastic free programmes.

She is based in St Ives and is a community activist and founding member of the St Ives Climate Coalition.

Her role is to bring Cornwall’s Climate Stories to the widest and most diverse audiences both locally, nationally, and internationally, measuring the impact the films are having on audiences and developing their reach and influence.

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Mel has been working in factual television and documentary since 1997, working for all the main broadcasters, including BBC, ITV, C4, C5, Sky and more.

She recently series produced Commando (2021), which ranked top 10 on Netflix. During the pandemic, Mel produced Cornwall with Simon Reeve (2020), which was nominated for an RTS Best Documentary Series award.

Mel loves meeting new people across the world and telling their stories to engage, surprise and inspire audiences. Her most recent series, Somerset: Coast & Country, was the highest rating show on Channel 5 the night it was launched.

Mel is currently producing the latest episode of Cornwall’s Climate Stories ‘Beyond Bricks’ (working title), looking at the connections between the housing crisis and the housing crisis in Cornwall.  

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Meg is a participatory filmmaker and digital storyteller whose work catalyses social and environmental change. Her documentary collaborations with Devon
and Cornwall Refugee Support have amplified the voices of displaced communities.

As a marketer for Create CIC, Meg doubled their online following and increased engagement by 75%, expanding the reach of their community-driven initiatives. She helped establish 99p Films, where she now serves as a director, curating cinema experiences that connect Falmouth locals to pressing issues and actionable solutions.

Meg's unique approach blends immersive storytelling with grassroots outreach to inspire measurable impact. Her documentaries and digital campaigns have mobilized volunteers, raised awareness on vital topics and furthered the legacy of community-led activism.

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Jo has directly or indirectly supported funding acquisition for over 20 years. She has worked as a programme manager for EveryChild, an international children’s
charity, as a portfolio lead for Oxford Policy Management and most recently as Head of Research Support at the International Institute of Social Studies in the
Hague.

She has led or contributed to successful funding applications from a wide range of not-for-profit and academic funders and has particular expertise in European
Union funding streams.

Having worked abroad for many years, she recently moved to Cornwall where she has strong family ties and where she has visited regularly since childhood.

As well as being part of the Cornwall Climate Care team she also works for local community organisation The Peninsula Trust and co-runs a local wild sauna.

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Hayley recently graduated from the University of Plymouth, where she studied BSc (Hons) Environmental Science as a mature student.

Prior to this, she worked in administration but after volunteering at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth when her daughter started school, she realised her passion lay in environmental education and engagement.

During her degree, she discovered how little climate change was covered by the National Curriculum and based her dissertation research on the best methods for engaging children with learning about environmental issues in a hopeful, positive but most of all, fun way.

Hayley began working with Cornwall Climate Care early in 2023 and used her dissertation research to develop engaging and age-appropriate workshops for children and young people of school age, alongside her colleague Dr Jodie Fisher from the UoP.

Using clips from our films, she promotes positive action to inspire a sense of hope and positivity for the future to the very audience who will take on the challenge of limiting climate change and creating a liveable planet for future generations.

Hayley says Cornwall Climate Care’s films are perfect for this as they illustrate the challenges we face but also offer hope by showing how local people have taken on these challenges to build a better future.

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Alex has worked at the interface of environment, science, innovation and business, for 23 years and has diverse experience across a broad variety of 'environmental sectors' including land use planning, conservation, ecosystem services, resource efficiency, renewable energy, climate change, transport, bioeconomy and circular economics.

He is currently Head of Environment and Clean Growth at the University of Exeter.

Outside of work Alex is a director of three organisations and is fortunate enough to enjoy managing his own 4 acre former-paddock, in Cornwall, for the benefit of nature, climate and a little bit of food security.

Cornwall Climate Care is key to Alex's interests, helping to explore and understand why flourishing natural and climate systems are important to all of us and how we can personally help in shifting our trajectory from one of environmental decline to one of environmental growth.

Dawn Bebe is a founder and director of Crowdfunder, having helped set up the business in 2012 in Cornwall and acting as comms director and head of local partnerships, winning an international Bloomberg Cities of Service Award with Crowdfund Plymouth.

Dawn has 25 years senior experience in media and enterprise, making great ideas happen like UK Grazia and Red magazine and heading up titles including Elle, New Woman, Just Seventeen and more!

A journalist by background Dawn has won the UK's top journalism awards including PPA Editor of the Year, British Society of Magazine Editors Editor of the Year, and emap's Editor of the Year. She has also founded her own PR company, Wordfluential.com. During the Cool Britannia years, Dawn was invited by Tony Blair's strategic communications unit to advise on how to talk to women's media at Downing Street. She's still not sure if it worked!

Ursula has 25 years’ experience in environmental consultancy in a number of sectors including energy, transport, coastal and marine works. Her main area
of expertise is environmental impact assessment of development plans and projects. After 20 years working for large civil engineering companies, she is now Director of Tresor Consulting, which she set up to deliver bespoke environmental and sustainability services.

She is an active member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), sitting on the both the national Impact Assessment Steering Group and also Chairs IEMAs Chartership/ Full Membership Assessment Group, helping to ensure professional standards. She is Chair of another Cornwall-based charity, the Rame Conservation Trust, and a voluntary Director of Ripple Energy’s Whitelaw Brae’s Windfarm Cooperative.

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I’m a driven and dedicated senior leader with a long track record in the arts & culture sector. During my +20-year career, I’ve championed creative making in all its forms and its power totransform lives. With substantial strategic-level experience, I thrive at the forefront of vision setting, strategic planning, marketing activities, creative programming, operations and financial activities.In 2021, I led the transformation of Cornwall Film Festival, bringing a new strategic vision of Mor Media Charity to fruition; taking the entity from a pure film festival focus to an integrated media operation with four programmes around Education, Events, Industry and Community.  I lead with a mission-driven, empowering management style that fosters inclusion, meaningful growth, innovation and sustainability organisation-wide.  

I’m also a practising creative, previously working in licensed fine art for corporates and international publishers, have run an exhibition space, curated over 100 shows and been recognised with a string of small business awards and media appearances.

Natalie is an author, researcher and communications strategist based in Truro. She is Director of the Ocean Insight and Strategy Unit at Communications Inc,
helping organisations across the globe communicate on ocean issues more effectively. Natalie has extensive experience designing and delivering strategic
communications and behavioural change campaigns in complex environments. At the core of her work is a belief in the power of storytelling to enhance our
world. She specialises in evidence-based, research-led approaches to deliver effective change.

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Harrison is a Director and Camera Operator who predominantly works on filmsabout agriculture, sailing and ocean farming as well as having spent time
working as a communications manager for a start-up in Costa Rica. As the youngest member of the trustee team and a strong advocate for tackling polarisation in climate storytelling, he is excited to offer the organisation a voice of youth in guiding its climate storytelling mission.
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Harrison has also spent many years living off-grid on a traditional working sailboat having skippered several trips to the Isles of Scilly and France.

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Katherine is a South West-based sustainability professional who has worked in environmental consultancy for the past 7 years. She has specific experience in
ecology, sustainable business management (through the University of Cambridge) and carbon reduction strategies.
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She set up a sustainable lifestyle coaching business to help people and businesses who care about the planet and environment become more
sustainable. This drive to help others learn about the planet is what caught Katherine’s eye when she applied for Cornwall Climate Care.

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She loves spending time outdoors in nature, continuously growing her understanding about nature and having a positive impact within her community. Beyond her professional pursuits, her special interests are sustainable travel and wildlife conservation.

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Natalie is a nonprofit professional with experience in operations, organisational development, grantmaking, monitoring and evaluation, and fundraising, across a variety of different organisations in the UK and globally. She has been working professionally in the environmental sector for the past five years, previously as Global Engagement Manager with ProVeg International and currently as Grants Associate with Global Greengrants Fund.

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Deeply motivated by environmental justice, food systems transformation, equity and inclusion, community building, and organisational development, she also serves on the board of several nonprofits to support their growth and development toward being as effective as possible.

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It is no exaggeration to say that we really would not be able to have made these films without Amanda’s invaluable experience, honesty and incredibly kind support.

She is the absolutely crucial ‘fresh set of eyes’, who gets her red pen out, tells us when things don’t make sense, and helps bring our scripts to life. When we can no longer see the wood for the trees, Amanda knows just what is needed to make the narrative ‘pop’.

Amanda has been making environmental films since 1989, when she joined the start-up team for BBC Nature as senior producer and later editor.  

She says: “Nature was the BBC Natural History Unit’s first venture into that field and wasn’t a success with viewers. Most of the stories then were depressing and we could offer few solutions.  Worry about climate change was considered eccentric and it was hard to get reputable scientists to discuss it. Since then, working for all the major broadcasters both in  Europe and America, I’ve seen environmental concern climbing the public agenda, if not the government’s.  

“There is still so much work to be done at every level and I feel both proud and privileged to help Claire and Bryony with their films about how climate change is affecting Cornwall.  I firmly believe that national broadcasting is prestigious but real change can only achieved at local level.”

Ed and Ollie from Here Now have generously decided to support us with material from their extensive footage archive and filming support too – and they’ve sent us a few words to explain why…

Words and ideas are great but it’s only with great stories that people shout from the rooftops “Screw it, I’m in”. Stories place people in a moment, create energy and drive action.

As a bunch of scientists, omnivores, vegans, surfers, writers, book worms and creatives we get kicks out of telling stories that ignite the imagination and get people behind a cause.

This is why we are delighted to be supporting Cornwall Climate Care with the donation of filming days and free footage to help them with their important mission of communicating a rapidly changing climate and environment, right here, on our doorstep.

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Tom Kirkman is an experienced lighting cameraman based in South East Cornwall, mainly working in documentary filmmaking covering stories of food, travel, culture, climate and the natural world.

Tom is often away working on TV shows like Bake Off and Michel Roux’s French Country Cooking, so we’re really grateful to him when he can fit in shoots with us on much less glamorous stories – which often involve standing in the middle of rivers, muddy fields or cow sheds!

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Mike Osborne started his career in audio recording and live sound production after studying at the London College of Music and Media. He started his own company as a sound engineer which ran successfully for many years but decided to change career direction in 2020 after the collapse of the live music industry during the pandemic.

Mike has been flying DJI drones since 2017 and due to his keen interest in filming, sound recording and all things media, decided to start his own media company MOAV Productions. Since starting his new venture he has filmed all over Europe as well as the UK, Mike has worked on many projects from documentaries and news footage to short films and music videos.

Vee is our edit assistant, who is a huge help to director Bryony in the first stage of synching, cutting down and ordering the long interviews with our contributors.

Vee comes from a performing background and has worked on various UK and international film, TV and theatre productions as an actress. When she began playing around with being on the other side of the camera/production team, she found that she loved the process equally. She revels in collaborating with other passionate creatives whether it’s in an acting, writing, directing or editing capacity.

She says: "Having grown up in Sweden, the importance of recycling and being ‘green' was drummed in at a very early age and I'm thoroughly honoured to be providing editing support for Cornwall Climate Care’s vital films about climate change."