George has twenty years experience in research and campaigning and outreach for environmental and indigenous rights organisations. He has worked as a senior campaigner for Greenpeace and the Rainforest Foundation, and as a policy consultant to the German and Papua New Guinean governments. He has authored fifteen major reports and won nine awards for his video documentary work.
Before joining COIN George was one of the founders and co-ordinators of Rising Tide, a national network of grassroots climate change campaign groups. He has spoken and written widely on climate change issues and sustainable lifestyles including articles for The New Statesman, The Guardian, and The Ecologist. He is the author of Carbon Detox (www.carbondetox.org) a popular book offering "fresh ways to think about personal action to climate change" and is the creator of the blogsite www.climatedenial.org which examines our psychological responses to climate change. His 1930's terraced house in Oxford (www.theyellowhouse.org.uk) is a case study in eco-renovation and achieved 60% reductions in energy and water use.
