Our Board

Sunniva Taylor is programme manager for the Sustainability & Peace programme at Quaker Peace & Social Witness. The programme supports and encourages Friends to take action on environmental sustainability and to explore and deepen the spiritual roots of their concern as well as the systemic causes of the environmental crisis. She has worked for Quakers for three years, previously on the economic issues programme when she also worked as a researcher for the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility.

Chris is Priest in Charge of St Martin’s Church Gospel Oak in North West London. From 1993 – 2008 he was Adviser for Social Justice in the Diocese of London where he pioneered Diocesan involvement with environmental issues and, in 1999, helped produce one of the first environmental audits for churches. 

Ruth read chemistry at Oxford before her career in the semiconductor industry. She is a trustee of Christian Ecology Link and lives in Hampshire with her husband and three children. She attends the local evangelical C of E church.

Mark Letcher is the Director of Climate Works a sustainable energy and climate change consultancy. Much of his current work is about developing responses to the direct and indirect impacts of climate change and bringing together behavioural and technical measures to cut carbon emissions. Mark lives in Bristol with his wife and two children.

Steve joined the Methodist Church in 2003 as Secretary for International Affairs and coordinates the Methodist Church policy in the area of environment and climate change. Prior to this he worked in the field of international development with particular experience in conflict and post-conflict settings.

Steve blogs regualrly for Praxis, the blog of members of the Joint Public Issues Team: Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches working together to live out the gospel of Christ in Church and Society.

Reggie spent many years working for Oxfam in Latin America and also spent time as the chair of Anti-Slavery International. He now lives in Faringdon, Oxfordshire and devotes much of his time to climate change action.

Sister Louisa, a member of the Sisters of St. Louis, represents the Catholic Bishops' Conference on the Environmental Issues Network of the CTBI, ECEN (European Christian Environment Network), the Environment Committee of the National JPIC Network (Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation) and is Convenor of the Environment Committee of the National Board of Catholic Women.

As well as being a director of Operation Noah, Paul is currently chair of Christian Ecology Link, the UK charity which established Operation Noah until it became independent.  His professional interests are in local and regional policy, and he lives in Nottinghamshire.

Isabel worked for over 20 years with Tearfund coordinating their international publications. She is now focussing on climate change issues and has produced a web-based directory, AmberLinks.org, to help connect people to information on responding positively to climate change. She is Chair of Operation Noah.

David Atkinson was Canon Chancellor of Southwark Cathedral and Diocesan Missioner from 1992-6. He went on to become Archdeacon of Lewisham 199-2001, the Bishop of Thetford in Norwich Diocese until his retirement in 2009. His most recent book is "Renewing the Face of the Earth: theological and pastoral responses to climate change". David currently holds the post of Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Southwark, doing odd bits for the diocese in between looking after grandchildren, and helping Sue on the allotment.