Eamonn spent his working life in the technology and financial services industries, starting and selling several companies. Since his retirement, he has spent the majority of his time campaigning for more awareness of the climate crisis and against the inexorable growth in fossil fuel emissions. He has been involved in Suffolk local politics for ten years, and has served as a Woodbridge Town Councillor since 2014, with two stints as the town’s mayor. Eamonn has four sons and as many grandchildren: he is passionate about changing the way in which Suffolk tackles Climate Change and Biodiversity loss. The Deben Climate Centre is, he believes, in a unique position to influence the community, and to create active projects which allow people to genuinely contribute to lowering their carbon footprint, and, more importantly, to spread the word that we can not continue to exploit the world we live in without dire consequences.

Peter is a Professor in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainability at Writtle University College, and also an honorary senior lecturer at Lisbon University, Portugal and Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Germany. As well as his academic roles, Peter is an Executive Commissioner for Essex Climate Action Commission; IUCN Commissioner for CEM – Global Forest Ecosystems; trustee for the UK Wilderness Foundation; board member for European Beech Forest Network; and for the European Society for Conservation Biology Policy Group. He is on the Journal editorial team for Annals of Forest Ecology, and his area of research includes ecosystem thermodynamics and measures of ecosystem function in managed landscapes. Peter has over 15 years international experience in community-based adaptive management planning for nature recovery.

Skipping over my careers in healthcare and education, I found my true calling about 15 years ago when I discovered a community of scientists and naturalists at Pepperwood Preserve, where I was living in Northern California. As a steward there, I was involved in many research, education and restoration projects, but my most transformative experiences there simply involved immersing myself in nature and the landscape. This led me to a study of the astonishing range of oak species across the preserve and then to a master's degree with Edinburgh University on biodiversity, wildlife and ecosystems. Unfortunately, the urgency of tackling the climate crisis became apparent with repeated catastrophic wildfires crossing the preserve and my home city, and so I've returned to Suffolk to focus on community resilience here.

In the last few years, Gerry has fallen in love with nature. He is passionate about living in a more life-centric and reciprocal way within the whole Earth community. He has been inspired by his time spent at Schumacher College in Devon, an alternative learning organisation teaching soil-soul-society living. He completed a course in 'sustainable growing' and now loves to grow his own food using permaculture techniques and listening to the wisdom of nature. He joined the Deben Climate Centre to be part of community adaptions to the rapidly changing climate. Gerry is currently working in the financial services industry and studying for a CFA certificate in sustainable investments.

Hi! I’m Pam, one of the founder members of Deben Climate Centre. I’m passionate about the benefits of feeling part of the wild world around us. I use it for meditative inspiration and writing. My wilded garden is very important to me. I’m also passionate about our connection to the river here, the Deben. I’m proud of the achievements of the DCC in investigating pollution and protecting our right to clean, effectively regulated water. I love walking and running along it, and cycling. I believe if we work together we are very powerful. We can develop a strong voice here in our community to improve choices for ourselves, and influence future government policy to take account of our needs.I’m a member of Woodbridge Town Council Climate and Ecological Emergency Committee, and of Transition Woodbridge.

Dr David Findley is a retired pharmaceutical industry executive with a particular interest in environmental issues and leads the Deben Climate Centre’s Water Quality programme. This group runs water testing and monitoring in the River Deben. He is also Chair of Ufford Parish Council who are developing their Neighbourhood Plan to address biodiversity and ecological issues in the river valley.