Sustainability can’t wait

Fiona Mathews, founder of Earth Champions Foundation shares her views on Global Management Consultants’ McKinsey recent report focusing on the 5 key areas to energise the EUs carbon energy transition. As Fiona Mathews points out we can’t afford to wait for ‘things to fall into place’ – we can’t wait for legislation to change, investors […]

Flipping The Plastic Waste Issue On Its Head

In this article, Fiona Mathews, founder of Earth Champions Foundation highlights her work teaming up with Atlantis to make water cells and water tanks to capture and store rain water. For this project the registered charity works with LyondelBasell, the global polypropylene manufacturer, and Nextek, the recycling and ocean plastics experts to develop and deploy […]

Waste Plastic Saving Water – Solving two problems with one strategy

Australia’s current water management is archaic – rainwater is carried miles in costly pipes and poured into the sea. In the dry season sea water is pulled back through billions of dollars’ worth of desalination plants and pumped through massive pipes back up to the mountains. This not only incurs a huge amount of energy but […]

Local initiatives can help tackle plastic pollution at its sources

Whilst working on an Innovate UK study comparing the Indian and the UK ways of managing plastic film waste, Fiona Mathews, founder of Earth Champions Foundation, was given  an insiders’ perspective on the importance of keeping things local rather than imposing big infrastructure. In this article Fiona showcases how the Pune Pickers amplify a community’s […]