Greg Shepley started work at MEA as a volunteer before being appointed as Director's Assistant. 

Professional Interests:  How people react to climate change and why, communicating, understanding social dynamics.

Qualifications: MSci in Maths, Imperial College London.

Skills: Understanding and working with complex systems and problems, communication, interpersonal skills, logical interpretation of information and subsequent optimum action.

Where I've come from:  Shropshire via London and Valencia.

I like:  meeting new and interesting people, musing or laughing with old friends, pushing myself to be the best that I can be, learning languages, team sports, self-expression, nature, playing and listening to music.

A moral I try to live my life by:  "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."  The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald.

How I'm trying to live more sustainably:  Reducing the carbon footprint of my parent's house, consuming local produce, shopping in charity and second hand shops where possible.

I believe the greatest threat to our current society and environment is: Not learning sufficiently from our previous mistakes and making them again.

My 'dirty secret' (nothing lewd or personal here please - from a sustainability point of view only!):  still owning and occasionally using a car (near home public transport seems to stop at 7pm!)

It may surprise you to know but . . . I once organised and ran guided tours of the trees of Valencia.

If things had turned out differently I might have been . . .  lead guitarist in a groundbreaking band.