who we are
Alexis RowellFounder
cuttingthecarbon was set up by Alexis Rowell after he discovered that man-made climate change meant the North Pole was going to disappear in our lifetimes. As an elected local councillor in the London Borough of Camden and the authority’s Eco Champion Alexis has made climate change one of the Council’s key concerns. In February 2010 he won "Sustainability Councillor of the Year" at the national LGIU Councillor Awards. In a previous life Alexis worked as a sales executive for technology companies and before that as a journalist, primarily for the BBC. Since becoming a full-time climate change activist he has helped numerous businesses, institutions and individuals to understand global warming and prepare for change. He is currently writing a book called "Communities, councils and a low carbon future - what we can do if government won't." Alexis has an MBA from INSEAD Business School and an MSc in Food Policy from City University, London.
Sara FakhroConsultant
Sara Fakhro works for cuttingthecarbon on issues relating to alternative measures of human progress such as wellbeing and happiness. She has also been helping to organise the inaugural Camden and Islington Passivhaus Conference, which takes place on Wednesday 3rd February 2010. Prior to this Sara worked in human resources in London and Berlin, before taking an MBA and setting up the Westminster Sustainable Business Forum. More recently she was employed by Odgers Berndtson in their Central Government Practice, concentrating on recruitment to the Committee on Climate Change and corporate social and environmental responsibility.