Emma founded Lighthouse in 2020 to deliver impactful advice, coaching and training. She began to focus on Carbon Literacy as a tool to build capacity and empower employees in 2021, having led the team to deliver more than 50 courses and train almost 700 learners to date. Emma has trained senior leadership teams from Beko PLC, KBR Inc, Crown Worldwide, Turley, Saba UK and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Fund.

Emma is committed to increasing capacity in the training sector, as this is currently a bottleneck for supporting the population to access climate emergency training, hence Lighthouse recently developed and certified a Carbon Literacy Train the Trainer course.

Emma is an approachable and motivating trainer who uses her 25 years’ experience working with business to quickly cut through the challenges they face and give individual and bespoke attention to everyone she works with.

Emma Burlow – Founder and Master Trainer

Farah has lived and worked in China, Kenya, Indonesia, Spain, and Italy on projects centred around climate change issues. She has an MSc in water resources management from SOAS and a research MLitt in Chinese studies at Newcastle University, where she later worked with Fauna and Flora International.

She was Head of Department at an international school in Shanghai, teaching globalisation and sustainability; and is currently curriculum lead of hydrobiology and sustainable development at a pioneering UK-based charity called BEES.  Farah spent summer 2022 developing a Train the Trainer course, and delivering an extensive programme of Carbon Literacy to the Open University.  She is based in Italy, so her Carbon Literacy training is delivered online.

Farah Lodhi-Jones – Training Manager

Charlotte is a diligent project manager with strong client relationship management skills, holding a key role in developing and managing Lighthouse’s sustainability training. This includes the development and accreditation of Carbon Literacy courses as well as our shorter sustainability training courses. She manages the review and submission of learners’ pledges, offering 1:1 support where required. Another part of Charlotte’s role involves sustainability consulting, supporting clients alongside Emma.

Before joining Lighthouse, Charlotte gained a First-Class Integrated Masters degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Exeter, specialising in climate science. She has now published her research in Environmental Research Letters.

Charlotte Doger de Speville – Sustainability Researcher

Malcolm has been delivering Carbon Literacy Training for local authorities for the last four years through APSE. He has also developed and delivered bespoke courses on climate action for local authorities and has written a number of briefings on local climate action for the Local Government Information Unit.

Malcolm’s professional background is in campaigns and communications, and he is a former elected councillor. Alongside establishing his business, Tegula Consulting, Malcolm undertook an MSc in Climate Change at Birkbeck, University of London. He has a very good understanding of both the science of climate change and the international and UK policy climate change policy environment. Malcolm is passionate about communicating the need for climate action and for enabling others to take action.

Malcolm Powers – Associate Trainer

James has been a grassroots musician and producer for the best part of 20 years and has a background in marketing and operations within the music industry. As an active environmentalist he was keen to explore ways in which music could be used to promote environmental action. He founded ClimateEQ in Jan 2021 after writing the industries first accredited Carbon Literacy training course. The course is designed to galvanise the industry to move towards a low carbon future and to empower its artists and employees to bridge the gap between climate awareness and climate action. He has since been invited to speak at several major events across the UK and Europe, including the United Nations SDG & Music summit. He has also delivered CL training for Local Authorities, elected members and arts and cultural organisations across the UK.

James Dove – Associate Trainer