When I left Sussex University armed with my degree in Environmental Sciences, I was excited to offer my energy to anyone interested. I knocked on more than fifty doors, offering myself as a ground-level sustainability advocate. I would have taken nearly any role.

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Business turned its back on the 12 new graduates from Sussex University; not one of us gained employment in anything remotely relevant to climate, sustainability or even energy savings. It would be up to me to create my own vehicle for leaving Planet Earth clean and green.

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So, after decades in business, I set up Eco-Economix to give independent and impartial advice, in plain English, on energy savings, renewable energy and reducing clients’ carbon footprints. Recently, I wrote ‘Beat Energy Bills and Climate Change’ to explain the urgency of the crisis happening now.

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What will wake politicians from their sleep-walking? After a life-time of watching cans being kicked down the road, I believe only one fear will force the remaining climate-denying politicians to do the right thing: losing their parliamentary seats. So, we should speak urgently to those who need our votes to retain their jobs.

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