Leo Murray is a climate nut who is leaving no stone unturned in his quest to find effective responses to the challenge that climate change poses to modern industrial society. Co-founded and was a driving force behind Plane Stupid; got taken to the High Court by BAA over the Climate Camp; wrote, directed and animated acclaimed internet short on climate tipping points, Wake Up, Freak Out – Then Get a Grip; worked as Lead Animator on climate blockbuster The Age of Stupid; co-founded 10:10 and designed its original campaign strategy; directed internet shorts The Impossible Hamster, The Vampire Squid, Carbon Omissions and many others for green NGOs; conceived and produced iPhone Bumblebee app Pooter; founded and direct wild play non-profit Monkey-Do CIC; founding director of the Edge Fund; supported NEON in its embryonic phase; conceived, launched and manage the Back Balcombe campaign to support Britain’s first ‘fracking village’ to go solar; conceived and am currently producing the Look Up solar prospecting mobile web app for community energy practitioners; and father to two wonderful children.

Leo is a serial activist entrepeneur and visual storyteller with a restless spirit of adventure, a lot of love, a lot of rage, a light heart and a soft tread.

I was born and spent most of my childhood in Nairobi, Kenya. I became aware of conflict at an early age after personal experience of tribal/ethnic conflicts, members of my family had been forced to flee different parts of the country because they were a minority tribe. Other issues of difference became prevalent during my school years as some of my friends had left warzones like Somali, Sudan, Rwanda and so forth so I developed a keen interest in trying to work out what separates/unites humans. Whilst in England, I completed my degree in social sciences and did my dissertation on the plight of asylum seekers and refugees in UK which was disheartening but a learning experience all the same. I currently work as an equalities and inclusion officer as a member of the racial Justice Network. This involves tackling racial inequality and social injustice head-on with systems, authorities or individuals. Through empowering individuals and communities with knowledge and information so as to stand up for themselves and have a bigger voice/impact. This also includes giving information to organisations or individuals as sometimes unfair treatement is born out of ignorance.

I’m a campaigner at 38 Degrees, and have been since March following on from a successful years internship at the organisation. Working at 38 Degrees means I spend my time running and working on campaigns on a whole range of issues, from helping a 38 Degrees member with a local campaign to keep their library open, to organising 600 flyering events against the trade deal, TTIP.

I have worked within the third sector over the past ten years, engaging in issues around women’s rights.

Tatiana Garavito is a migrant woman who has been campaigning and advocating for Latin American migrants for over 10 years since she first arrived to the UK, first for the Indoamerican Refugee and Migrants Organisation (IRMO), a community led organisation supporting Latin Americans in south London and recently as the Director for the Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS).

During these past years, Tatiana has coordinated projects supporting young Latin Americans from first and second generations including refugees and unaccompanied children negotiating their way in the UK to make it their home, struggling with identity issues and trying to improve their current opportunities. She has also provided immigration advice to families and members of the community; and this year, she started working for an organisation supporting Latin American women facing multiple discrimination on the basis of: gender, immigration status and race.

This year, LAWRS also established a national network of migrant led organisations that have put together #MigrantsContribute, a campaign that aims to challenge the negative and harmful discourse towards migrants in the run up of the next general election.

Jessie is one of the new network organisers at the New Economy Organising Network (NEON) – a community of campaigners and activists run from the New Economics Foundation (NEF). She moved to this role after two years in NEF’s communications team working to communicate new economics research and ideas online and through the media.