Speaker

For all audiences

Book Luci Isaacson BEM MSc to come and provide a climate talk to your group, colleagues or school. Luci is able to adapt her knowledge to the level you need and ensure you achieve your desired outcomes.

As an expert in how the changing climate will impact people, homes and businesses, having studied Earth Systems Science and Climate Change and Risk Management, having worked for many years with Cornwall Community Flood Forum, Cornwall Catchment Partnership, Cornwall Councils Strategic Resilience Board & the South West Regional Flood & Coastal Committee, she understands the difficulty in getting people ready and has found solutions for these groups.

Workspace

In addition to her community-based work, including  consultations and Defra Pathfinders, Luci is preparing individuals, communities and small businesses for the changing climate. She has developed a toolkit specifically for small businesses to understand their risks and how to develop a resilience action-plan specifically suited to their needs. To get yourself working towards being resilient to climate change, especially if considering buying a new property – book a 45-minute workshop. This includes 15 minutes afterwards for ‘quiet questions’ you might want to probe further having digested the (sometimes alarming) state of play.
An example in a Church For the Church on TV.
The Climate Emergency – with Luci Isaacson

TWO colleges have between them received £1.6million to teach green skills at the start of an initiative to equip Dorset’s workforce for the needs of a new era.

Phil Sayles, principal at Bournemouth & Poole College, with event speaker Luci Isaacson of Climate Vision at the launch of the Dorset Green Skills Hub (Image: Bournemouth & Poole College)

Industry

Dependent on the project area, Luci can talk about inspiring ways to innovatively achieve goals, in parallel with the 25 Year Environment Plan. e.g. Climate Vision designed, and project managed a unique low carbon, low cost and high value flood prevention project. She led a team of volunteers across three Cornish flooding hotspots clearing leaf-litter from drains. This hasn’t just saved money on future flooding bills (one of which footed a £10m bill in previous years); she also taught the local community about our changing climate, and the socio-economic and environmental benefits of taking simple resilience actions.

Groups

Usually the discussion goes on longer that required! It is best to aim for a 20-minute talk, with a break for questions, but mostly an opportunity to share thoughts and views to possibly discuss further. A final 10 minutes will allow people to have a take home message and action plan. Timings are completely flexible; this is an example of what works well.

Importantly, there is something for everyone, not everyone wants to look at graphs and hear science, while that is present, there are always a few treats in store too, stories from the past that help pave the way in the future.

Just a few examples:
#Storm Goretti Community Talks

Natural Flood Management Walks & Talks 

Cornwall Federation of Women’s Institutes

Oxford Real Farming Conference

Schools

Primary schools work best by holding a whole school assembly, followed by classroom workshops, with take-home materials to share the message for longer lasting impact.

e.g Bridge Schools children from across the 14 primary academies met Luci Isaacson, leading climatologist, to develop their understanding of the key environmental issues challenging our planet. They then worked with talented musician Matt Douglas from Cornwall Music Education Hub to transform their ideas into songs with the ambition of inspiring change.
Sing Eden

Secondary schools please get in touch, classroom workshops work really well dependent on topic/requirements.

Taster
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=406173956859560

Speaker Booking Form

Taking a few minutes to complete the form (link below) to tell us how you might like to have a talk or workshop, with your community group, business or as an individual – thank you. 
SPEAKER BOOKING FORM

Testimonials

I spent Saturday morning at a Climate Emergency workshop, listening to the inspiring Luci Isaacson speak about the Climate Vision 10 Pledges. As a result, we are aiming as a family to eat two locally sourced, seasonal meals a week, and to share a pic to inspire others (Pledge 2). Easy for us as we live in a part of the country surrounded by amazing food producers, but small steps (like growing a bag of potatoes) are possible for everyone.
So tonight’s meal - Chicken from Marsh Farm in Bude, Kale from Soul Farm in Falmouth, and Cornish early potatoes from Bailey's Country Store in Penryn.”
Well that was an eye opener! Both incredibly concerning but with some light being shone at the end. Thank you for inviting me to the workshop."
What an interesting and informative evening; thank you very much to all involved. I'd love to engage our local farmers to do the same. It’s also made me think how we need to get school farm visits back on the curriculum?"
Thank you for being so passionate. Today the workshop focussed my attention on how we would cope with flooding and a heat wave. Would our premises be ready – do we know where the mains water supply is and our insurance details if we had to expect the worst and leave the premises."
The session was very informative and contained just the right amount of information to avoid being ‘science heavy’ and confusing."
Thanks for last week it was certainly a great eyeopener for things we have to prepare ourselves for. We all have been educated on the smaller things ie recyclable things in our business and general life but now know more has to be done and quickly."
I really enjoyed the workshop. I thought you came across really well, enthusiastic and knowledgeable. It was informative and clear in a friendly manner and the guest speaker was very interesting and had simplified the information so that even I could understand it."
The workshop really focussed my mind on the issues and started us committing to a making a risk managed approach."
I really enjoyed finding out more, my knowledge isn’t great about climate change, but it’s been a great starting point to help me take action from home and my business. My staff are very receptive to any changes that can be made and i would love to receive the information shared within the workshop like the 10 pledges and any posters that we can put up."
Thanks for a thought-provoking session, after the scary science and numbers it was interesting to start exploring the impacts on heatwave, water supply and natural capital as well as flood risks. Looking forward to learning more about how we can help the community to reduce and adapt to these challenges."
Thank you for your kind email. I found your presentation and Stephan’s lecture very interesting and thought provoking. Because of my flooding experience I have tended to think of flooding as a single problem rather than being interconnected with other climate systems."
It’s just fascinating and the way you frame the challenge, it's perfect. Lots to learn from you. Thank you.”
Just by way of some instant feedback and commitment to action: my team leader loved your talk and is challenging the whole team to commit to at least one pledge and compare how we’ve done each month. And, following on from the idea of eating two meals a week that are made using 100% local and seasonal produce: a colleague has suggested we start a Team supper club, where we share recipes or try to cook the same meals I can’t wait to be honest!”
Lovely evening thoroughly enjoyed and learnt a great deal. Will definitely be reading the 'take home' sheet and ticking off. See you in September and well doe for all you are doing."
Absolutely brilliant and inspirational”
One of the most interesting evenings I have spent. Have learnt a lot - that has made me realise how ignorant I am & how much I owe to the next generation to find out more. Thank you so much to ALL involved."
Great day – brilliant to see farming with a focus on productivity and environment/flooding."
I booked Luci as a keynote speaker for a client event in Dorset which was to celebrate the launch of a joint initiative to drive sustainability across this region. Luci is extremely knowledgeable on climate change and delivered an engaging and informative talk. It was fantastic to see that she researched and adapted her presentation to the locality of the audience. The inclusion of content in her speech focusing on climate change in Dorset was spot on. At the end of the day the event was well received, and I had one happy client! That’s a win in my book. Thank you Luci”
Your presentation this morning was excellent. I felt fully inspired and motivated and have already been promoting the 10 pledges out to my team.”
We hired Luci in to help our team of construction contractors from various trades better understand how climate change will affect our industry and the ways in which we will need to work in the future to ensure buildings can withstand the extreme weather conditions we are already seeing in the UK. Luci's style was engaging and poignant for all the team and they all left the event inspired to make a difference and have all now made at least two of the ten pledges. Down to earth, matter of fact, enthusiastic and encouraging are all the things we need in a champion for change as Luci is. We absolutely recommend her highly as a speaker, especially as Luci's content, (facts and figures) was brought bang up to date the day before our event. As a well connected, knowledgeable and engaging speaker, Luci set the perfect tone and got her message across in the exact time we allowed. Thanks Luci - keep up your fantastic work!”

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