Andy Middleton, Founder Director, TYF EcoSapiens

 

Andy is a third generation activist, adventurer and innovator. He’s worked as a gold miner, lifeboat crew, sea kayak coach, organisation development consultant and business director. Inspired by social and environmental justice and armed with a combination of instinct and conviction, he founded TYF in 1986 and has started a handful of businesses since then. Andy’s experiences from delivery of UK and international projects and conferences on leadership, sustainability and innovation confirmed the need for big changes in the way the world of life, work and government is taught and designed. He’s convinced that this is possible using tools, ideas and knowledge we already have. Andy works to help organisations change inside out; sustainability and climate programmes with Business in the Community, the Welsh Assembly and Chinese government are starting to show the way that learning and change can be achieved. Andy is a Council Member of Countryside Council for Wales and a Board Member of Cynnal Cymru-Sustain Wales. He lives with his family on the coast in St Davids, Pembrokeshire, where he recently completed the design and build of an eco house near the surf.

 

Andy Middleton's experiences in 12 micro-stories

  1. Learning about change and persistence from my mother, father and grandparents
  2. Playing with the best as a UK whitewater kayak team member and adventurer
  3. Taking the connections from geography and ecology into the world of work
  4. Relishing the opportunity to facilitate and teach at Schumacher College
  5. Sharing ideas and urgency with HRH Prince of Wales and colleagues on the Prince's Business & Environment Programme
  6. Reshaping the entire business operation at TYF around sustainability
  7. Continuing to work with passionate people and with corporate and public sector to help them do the same
  8. Enjoying the memory of saving an electronics sector client the profit equivalent of £100m of sales in 6 months
  9. Staying close to nature in the ocean, on single track and in the hills
  10. Connecting to a wonderful network of like-minded people
  11. Learning lots about eco building and the art of design
  12. Developing plans to build a zero carbon conference centre as a hub for sustainable education
  13. Planning the second Hay on Earth event for May 2009, to bring together politicians, Ministers, Executives and NGO leaderes to create a change plan for Wales. It's needed.