Who are we?

 

The current Salisbury EcoHub Alliance Steering Group has six volunteer members, who emerged during 2022. Four of them have put themselves forward as founding Trustees of the new charity. The present Steering Group are Brig Oubridge, Richard Sharp, Evelyn Goulden and Caroline Lanyon (founding trustees), and Suzanne Ruggi and Linda Oubridge.

 

Brig Oubridge  [biog 1]

 

Dr Richard Sharp [biog 2]

 

Evelyn Goulden [biog 3]

 

Caroline Lanyon [biog 4]

 

Linda Oubridge  [biog 5]

 

Suzanne Ruggi [biog 6]

 

Now that the organisation is formally incorporated, a new Board of Trustees will be elected by the membership at our first General Meeting and may comprise up to a maximum of seven trustees, who will be accountable to the membership through future General Meetings. The four founding Trustees will stand down at this first General Meeting and stand for election along with any others who may be nominated at that meeting.

To vote at that meeting, you need to be a signed-up member. If you have not already done so, please  JOIN US . There is no charge!

 

 

 

[biog 1]

Brig Oubridge has been an environmental activist and campaigner for over 40 years. He is a former national co-chair of the UK Green Party, and from 1994 to 2010 he was chair of the Big Green Gathering Co. Ltd., a not-for-profit company which organised an annual renewably-powered festival (The Big Green Gathering) promoting environmental awareness and sustainable living.

[biog 2]

Dr. Richard Sharp is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, formerly employed at the government research establishment at Porton Down and was a visiting professor at Liverpool University for 25 years. Since retiring he has been an active campaigner on climate change issues and a prime mover of the acclaimed Salisbury-based Climate Circus travelling exhibition.

 

[biog 3]

Evelyn Goulden worked in the MOD for 36 years and has managed staff and enabled change and relocation. Her concerns about the environment over 30 years led her to join Salisbury Transition City, of which she is now a director and co-chair. She is also a director of Share Salisbury. Both of these are not-for-profit Community Interest Companies, and both positions are unpaid.

 

[biog 4]

Caroline Lanyon is an unpaid director of Salisbury Community Energy Ltd., a not-for-profit Community Benefit Society, which has facilitated the installation of five major renewable energy projects in the Salisbury area since 2017, including photo-voltaic solar panels on Salisbury Cathedral cloisters, Wiltshire College and two local schools.

 

[biog 5]

Linda Oubridge BA (Hons) has been an environmental campaigner, feminist and peace activist for over 40 years. In 2006 her exemplary green lifestyle was featured on BBC2’s Newsnight.

 

[biog 6]

Suzanne Ruggi is an environmental campaigner and a professional journalist specialising in Middle East issues.