Richard Hammerton is a Project Manager for the Carbon Forum team at MEA, and uses an in-depth knowledge of climate change science and his creative talents to develop and deliver a wide variety of communication and training projects. During his first two years at MEA Richard has written and edited our Bioenergy Guide, delivered training for Herefordshire Council and Government Office West Midlands, and coordinated the development of a Climate Change museum exhibition for the National Museum of Uganda. He also drinks prodigious quantities of tea.

Professional Interests: Climate change and how people respond to it, communication,  eco-architecture, low carbon technology and engineering, and the role of humans in the global ecosystem.

Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Environmental Science & Geography, MSc Architecture: Applied Environmental & Energy Studies

Skills: In-depth scientific understanding of climate change, lateral thinking and creative problem solving, model making, art and graphic design, speaking, writing and communicating,  

Where I've come from: Peterborough, York and Wales, in that order.

I like: Homemade things, bargain hunting in charity shops, tweed jackets, vintage clothes (hats in particular), photography, dinosaurs, watching old films and going to the pub. I don't like throwing things away, sport, television, or sport on television.   

A moral I live my life by: 'Don't panic'; indispensible advice for these interesting times.

How I'm trying to live more sustainably: Being frugal and thrifty, buying most of my clothes secondhand, putting on a jumper before turning on the heating, and walking or using public transport to get about.

I believe the greatest threat to our current society and environment is probably human nature: this century will be the one where we discover whether we really are an intelligent species or just a clever type of monkey with an unfortunate penchant for shiny things and fire.

My 'dirty secret' (nothing lewd or personal here please - from a sustainability point of view only!): Although I don't drive, I did take a short haul flight last year.  

It may surprise you to know but . . . in my first two years at MEA I have distributed lightbulbs while dressed as a medieval serf and built a scale model of a Ugandan village in the future.

If things had turned out differently I might have been: the next Doctor Who.