Inside 10:10 Global

10:10 UK is run by a team of twenty staff based in London. 10:10 Global is being coordinated by a small enthusiastic team, also based in London, and assisted by our dream team of partner organisations. The real work however, is being done by the country hubs to roll out 10:10 campaigns around the world.

Lizzie Gillett: Global

Lizzie Gillett

Job title: Campaign Director, 10:10 Global, London
Actual job
: Enthuse people around the world to run 10:10 in their country.
10:10er since
: Feb 2010 but was around when the idea was conceived back in March 2009.
10:10 plan
: 10% more sleep (when you're asleep you don't consume anything or travel anywhere). Plus not turning on the heating in our flat.
Favourite 10:10er:
Nina in Norway who started 10:10 Norge and has already signed up the City of Oslo, some of the biggest trade unions, the powerful Lions Club and 4,000 individuals.
Guilty pleasure
: Out of season strawberries or blueberries.
Best/worst 10:10 moment:
Best moment was seeing the 10:10 France and Holland teams plotting their country campaigns and realising they now have ownership of the campaign so it will happen with or without us.
Background:
Lizzie Gillett is the producer of The Age of Stupid. On the five-year production she managed a crew of 105 people in six countries and raised one million pounds through the pioneering crowd-funding model. She organised the Guinness World Record beating Global Premiere, which over one million people in 63 countries participated in.

 

Olivier Blond: France

Olivier Blond

Job title: Chef de projet, Paris
Actual job: J’écris des mails, je lis des mails, je discute avec des gens et je passe des coups de fil. Mais je m’amuse bien !
10:10er since: J’ai suivi 10:10 à son lancement en septembre 2009 et on avait fait un article sur le site GoodPlanet à l’époque. J’ai invité Lizzie et Franny à présenter the Age of Stupid à Copenhague, quand nous avons organisé notre festival de cinéma écolo. Et depuis, je piaffais. Voilà, c’est fait : nous lançons 1010France !
10:10 plan: Moins d’avion !
Favourite 10:10er: Sans être original, je suis un fan de Franny et Lizzie.
Guilty pleasure:  J’adore me plonger dans de longs bains chauds et lire la presse jusqu’à avoir froid.
Best 10:10 moment: Le jour où j’ai reçu le mail de Lizzie dans lequel elle m’annonçait que -enfin !- 1010 devenait global.
Background: Je suis un ancien journaliste – j’ai créé la page Ecologie du magazine Courrier International et j’ai crée avec Yann Arthus-Bertrand l’émission « Vu du Ciel » sur France 2. J’ai rejoint la fondation Goodplanet depuis 2008 où je dirige le site internet d’information www.goodplanet.info, coordonne les différents sites Web et supervise l’édition des livres pédagogiques.


Sandra Antonovic: Balkans and Adriatic, Mediterranean, Central and Eastern Europe

Job title: 24 country hub manager, 10:10 hub, Zagreb, Croatia
Actual job:
inspiring, connecting, organizing, fundraising, coordinating
.
10:10er since:
joined as a 10:10 hub for 24 amazing countries in the end of May 2010.
Background:
Sandra never did anything in a “usual way”. Just days after her high school graduation she embarked on a train to Rome, Italy, where she spent six months learning the language, working and figuring out what to do next. She contemplated for a while whether to study History of Art, and finally ended up in Paris, France, where she graduated in Corporate Finance (go figure!) Sandra has over 12 years of international experience in FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) industry and media. She worked in all Balkan countries and most of the South East and Central Europe. In 2003 she did her first consultancy on Feasibility Study on a can recycling depository in Poland, and that experience triggered her interest in the environment and sustainability. In 2007 a friend asked her to help with a small environmental project, and in 2008 followed a big four month financial consultancy on a feasibility study for waste management in Split County in Croatia. In 2009 she founded Nektarina non profit association, with a mission to create thought provoking projects and campaigns that address global issues concerning environment, health, children, women, and minorities. Following Sandra’s love for interactive use of media as a tool for social change, Nektarina uses media (new media in particular) to organize original action, share information, communicate with and educate people. In 2009 Nektarina became official tcktcktck partner, and participated in 350.org events, and Blog Action Day (Climate Change), and in 2010 Nektarina continued to work with tcktcktck and GCCA.

 

Franny Armstrong: Global

Franny Armstrong

Job title: Founder, London
Actual job: Asking powerful people for money and/or emissions cuts
10:10er since: That fateful day back in March 2009 when I was trying to think of something to beat Ed Miliband over the head with, and instead came up with 10:10
10:10 plan: Not flying to America and Australia to launch my climate movie
Favourite 10:10er: Arsenal and Spurs, hand in hand
Guilty pleasure: Blueberries not in season
Best/worst 10:10 moment: Saying "Labour's definitely getting kicked out at the next election" to the EDF (big energy company) dude I was discussing 10:10 with, not realising he is Gordon Brown's brother
Background: Was a drummer, became a filmmaker, turned into a climate campaigner. Full story here.

 

Rhys Taylor: New Zealand

Rhys Taylor

Job title: Voluntary 10:10NZ hub person, Christchurch, NZ
Actual job:
Christchurch-based freelance community educator, project manager, photo-journalist and science researcher.
10:10er since:
2009
10:10 plan:
Building an eco-house, flying less often, cycling when here in the city, eating less meat and growing more of my own food, choosing and testing energy-efficient appliances.
Favourite 10:10er:
Fellow New Zealander Lizzie Gillett, for her tenacity in producing 'The Age of Stupid' movie!
Guilty pleasure:
Having to drive, although in a shared car, to reach our organic vege garden and orchard in South Canterbury.
Best 10:10 moment:
Realising that 10:10 is ready made for the urgent education and action needs in NZ, whilst we wait for politicians to catch up. This has saved re-inventing it! 
Background:
Lincoln Masters Degree in natural resource management, experience in both UK and NZ of community development and education for environmental action, mostly within NGOs and alongside local government. Two recent research projects with Landcare Research Ltd on NZ futures and behaviour change. An accredited sustainability advisor to business and local government with The Natural Step NZ.  Contributor to Sustainable Living education programme (operates in 24 areas across NZ), to Sustainable Otautahi Christchurch Inc, Transition Town groups, home gardening education at Christchurch Botanic Gardens and writing a regular column for The Press newspaper.

 

Duncan Clark: Global

Duncan Clark

Job title: UK Strategy Director, London

Duncan Clark is an environmental journalist and author. He has been a consultant editor both at the Guardian and BBC Worldwide, and has written a number of successful books, including The Rough Guide to Green Living. He also edited The Rough Guide to Climate Change, which was shortlisted for Science Book of the Year. Duncan co-founded the GreenProfile imprint at Profile Books and was instrumental in setting up rainforest charity Cool Earth, which has projects in Peru and Brazil. In 2006 Duncan set up GoGreenLights.co.uk, a non-profit website selling low-energy light bulbs.

 

João Pedro Barreto: Portugal

Joao Barreto

Job title: 10:10 PT team member, Portugal

Actual job: I teach and do research in computer science10:10er since: October 2009
10:10 plan: to dramatically cut my flights to one holiday flight per year (or none) and try all sorts of crazy ideas at my place to make it more sustainable
Favourite 10:10er: my grandfather, an old-school, pre-global-warming, nature-loving 10:10er
Guilty pleasure: Music, music, music, all day long, so my stereo and mp3 player spend some KWh every month.
Best/worst 10:10 moment: To learn that our initial 10:10 PT initiative, aimed for a couple of close friends, had spanned to dozens of unknown 10:10ers.
Background: I teach and do research in computer science, and perhaps one day I'll be able to shift my research towards areas where computers actually help the environment. In parallel I support a couple of citizenship initiatives that try to improve the quality of life in Lisboa, where I live.

 

Ben Margolis: Global

Ben Margolis

Job title: Global Strategy Director, London
Actual job:
Helping Lizzie stay calm and getting everyone to think about the future
10:10er since:
April 2010
10:10 plan: Cutting down flights from last year (carbon-intensive job last year!) to none this year and growing vegetables enough to last the summer and hopefully most of the winter
Favourite 10:10er: Kenneth in Ghana who shows that whoever you are, wherever you are, you can take action
Guilty pleasure: Oooo – heating in the winter
Best/worst 10:10 moment:
The UK launch in 2009 and seeing the amazing response to the campaign from everyone you talk to about it
Background: Ben has spent three wonderful, but stressful years as the global campaigns director for the world’s biggest civil society coalition efforts on poverty and climate change. Starting out as an event manager a decade ago, Ben has worked on everything from the Commonwealth Games to the Stand Up against poverty mobilization which a world record 116 million people took part in in 2008. Ben currently lives in Oxford in the UK.

 

Jill MacIntyre Witt: WA, USA

Job title: Campaign Director, 10:10 WA, USA
Actual job: Move people to action to take care of the planet
10:10er since: Jan 2010 when I first learned about it.
10:10 plan: 10% more exercise on foot or bike, thicker socks on my feet so I don’t use my space heater in my office.
Favorite 10:10er: All football clubs (soccer, that is…not US football)
Guilty pleasure: far away cheese
Best/worst 10:10 moment: Best moment was meeting film maker John de Graaf for dessert to talk about joining 10:10 and he was so excited and nervous at the same time about making his 10% goal.
Background: Jill is a passionate activist, treading lightly on the earth and sharing this journey with a husband and 2 wonderful daughters, who also do their part to live simply, kindly and gently.


Jon Dee: Australia

Jon Dee is one of Australia's best known environmentalists, having co-founded Do Something!, National Tree Day, Planet Ark and National Recycling Week. He has also initiated web initiatives such as RecyclingNearYou.com.au and the 'World Environment News' service. He also initiated the successful lobbying campaign to phase out incandescent globes in Australia. Jon Dee and Do Something! are rolling out 10:10 as " The 10% challenge" in Australia.

 

Julika Niehaus: Global

Job title: Campaign Manager, 10:10 Global, London
Actual job: Help our fantastic hub coordinators and other keen 10:10ers around the world roll out the 10:10 campaign
10:10er since: Volunteered for 10:10 UK for 1 month in February and then joined Lizzie at 10:10 Global in March 2010
10:10 plan: Cut down on visiting my second home South Africa (11-hr flights...)
Favourite 10:10er: Joao in Portugal, who initially planned to do 10:10 as a shared effort between three houses of nearby friends, but then engaged in growing 10:10 substantially. After one week, the Metro newspaper (130,000 prints in Portugal) had 10:10 Portugal as the first headline and was soon followed by much more media attention and sign ups.
Guilty pleasure: Long hot showers.
Best/worst 10:10 moment: Best: every single morning when I open my email inbox! The amount of interest from around the world is simply amazing! Can you believe we've got 10:10ers in Bermuda, Malaysia and Nigeria?
Background: Julika has a Masters from SOAS, where her research focused on the shortcomings of South African systems of protected area management in accommodating conservation and socio-economic needs. Since 2001, Julika has worked for various international NGOs in Germany, South Africa, the Dominican Republic and the UK.

 

Wijnand Duyvendak: Netherlands

Wijnand Duyvendak

Job title: Klimaat optimist - projectleider 10:10, Amsterdam
Wat houd je werk in:
Ik ben klimaat ‘campaigner’, geef lezingen en maak tv programma’s over klimaatverandering. Verder schrijf ik momenteel een boek over de klimaatcrisis.
10:10er sinds: 10 januari 2010. Toen hebben we dit initiatief in Nederland geintroduceerd
Hoe ga je zelf 10% besparen? We hebben thuis zonnepanelen op ons dak geinstalleerd.
Favoriete 10:10er: Jij! Iedereen die zich inschrijft en meedoet met de campagne
Heimelijk genoegen: Reizen naar de VS
Mooiste 10:10 moment: dat wordt zeker 10/10/10! Let maar op!


Tony Lowes:
Ireland

Tony Lowes with the 10:10 Ireland polar bears

Job title: Director, Ireland
Actual job: Environmental NGO Director, including spokesman role.
10:10er since: November 2009
10:10 plan: Transport! Overland to Morocco by public transport is the plan – with the children. I love the way it changes the holiday and makes travel itself the voyage of discovery.
Favourite 10:10er: Franny Armstrong
Guilty pleasure: High powered cars.
Best/worst 10:10 moment: Addressing the Local Authority Environmental Awareness Officers and realising that they were already 10:10ers - andonly needed a way to join everyone else.
Background: Tony was a New York boy who came to Ireland when he was a teenager and became involved in experimental publishing in Dublin, London, and Paris, leading to his ‘Give Up Art and Save the Starving’ campaign and the Art Strike of 1990. Having given up art, he became an environmental campaigner and in 1997 helped form Friends of the Irish Environment [FIE]. FIE has campaigned and litigated across a number of issues, especially in the natural environment. FIE has coordinated Earth Hour in Ireland for the World Wildlife Fund since it began and led the Irish NGO initiative to bring 10:10 to Ireland.

 

Daniel Nemet: Hungary

Beosztás: 10:10 magyarországi projekt koordinátor
Amit valójában csinálok: A kampány első lépéseit valósítom meg Magyarországon, önkénteseket toborzok és remélem, hogy minnél több embert sikerül feliratni :)
10:10ező  vagyok:  Lélekben már régóta, de a kampányhoz csak 2010 májusában csatlakoztam.
10:10 terv: (hogyan csökkentek?) Kevesebbet repülök majd és hosszabb ideig maradok egyhelyben
Kedvenc 10:10ező: Julika a rendkívüli erőfeszítéseiért amivel más lelkes országoknak segít, hogy elkezdhessék a 10:10-et
Bünös élvezet: (sok CO2-kibocsátással) Szeretek utazni és emiatt gyakran repülök.
Háttér: Környezetmérnöki Bsc-t végeztem és most Környezetgazdász Msc hallgató vagyok. A British Councilnál voltam Klímanagykövet majd a Klímairoda Hálozat kiépítésében segédkezem. Emellett profi kajakos karriert görgetek magam előtt – néha mögött – és a legjobban bármilyen óceán, folyó vagy tó közelében érzem magam, ha sportot üzők rajta vagy ha csak a partján teszek hosszú sétákat.

 

Robin Houston: Global

Robin Houston

Job Title: Technical Director, London

As 10:10’s Technical Director, Robin has been involved with the project almost since its inception. He created 10:10’s signup database alongside a full time job leading a team of programmers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Before that, he led the back-end development team responsible for early iterations of the Guardian’s online presence. Robin has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Manchester.

 

Kenneth Nana Amoateng: Ghana

Kenneth Nana Amoateng

Job Title: 10:10 Ghana Hub Coordinator, Accra
Background: Kenneth strongly believes in volunteerism as a way to help society implement change. He is enthusiastic about creating a global community of young people who are ready to work professionally and passionately to solve sustainable development challenges all over the world. He has extensive experience working with a wide range of school children, youth, university students’ movements and local communities on conservation issues. His volunteer work has included teaching orphans in a children’s home, organizing and coordinating youth events, joining young people in tree planting, clean ups and demonstrations, talking to media, blogging among many others. He has been involved in a number of regional, national and international advocacy campaigns. In view of his belief in social justice and better livelihoods, he actively engaged in the campaign for human rights, Democracy, trade justice, Peace, climate, youth employment and sanitation.

Kenneth founded the Ghana National Youth Coalition on Climate Change ( GNYCCC) and represented Ghana and African youths at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Conference of Parties (COP 15) in December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Beth Stratford: Global

Beth Stratford

Job title: Campaigner, London
Actual job: making sure 10:10 Global sounds as impressive as it should
10:10er since: April 2010.
10:10 plan: Might sound extreme but.. this winter, as a budget double glazing effort, I cling-filmed up my draughty bay window and replaced the fridge-freezer with a humble cupboard outside the back door (the summer fruit flies might end that experiment).
Favourite 10:10er: My mum.  She was busy signing up her college up to 10:10 before I'd even mentioned my new job.  Not such a rebel any more am I?
Guilty pleasure: long showers
Background: Beth has spent the last year and a half working for the Lean Economy Connection, as a researcher and editor for David Fleming's forthcoming book "Lean Logic: the dictionary of the future and how to survive it".  Outside of 10:10 she is still spends most of her time thinking about ecological economics - or more specifically, how to deliver wellbeing without relying on economic growth. Beth's background is in film-making and climate activism.  Highlights include: directing the viral hit Cheat Neutral, stopping a coal train outside Drax power station, producing a series of short films for Channel 4's Iraq War season, and slaving away in Franny's dad's attic for a year on some film called The Age of Stupid.  A stint volunteering at The Centre for Alternative Technology, and studying politics at Cambridge University ought to get a mention too.

 

Stephen Barnes: Global

Job title: Global Intern, London
Actual job: Helping Julika out with the million things she does    each day to keep the hubs moving and keep 10:10 Global ticking
10:10er since: June 2010
10:10 plan: Seriously cutting back on flights from last year, eating less meat and more locally produced food.
Favourite 10:10er: As a Spurs fan, it has to be the mighty Tottenham Hotspur.
Guilty pleasure: Good cheese!
Background: Stephen has spent the last three years overseas, predominantly in Latin America, leading student groups in community development and experiential learning projects (hence why now cutting back on air travel). He is now back in London trying to save the world in a more carbon-friendly way.

 

The10:10 France team

The 10:10 Ghana team

The 10:10 Portugal team

The 10:10 New Zealand team

The 10:10 Netherlands team

The 10:10 Hungary Team

The 10:10 USA Team

The 10:10 Costa Rica Team