She is passionate about linking faith and climate justice and getting young people and the private sector involved in climate action. Originally from India, Shilpita grew up in Sri Lanka, Jordan and Thailand before moving to the UK. She holds a BA in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change from the London School of Economics.

She is particularly passionate about ethical divestment and communicating the connectivity of the climate crisis to other justice issues.

He has been the CEO of Trust Links for 14 years – an independent charity for mental health, wellbeing and the environment in Essex. Matt is chair of a local community development charity in central Southend-on-Sea and a trustee of Christians Aware. He holds an MSc in International Development and FdA in Charity and Social Enterprise Management.

Since retiring, John established an international executive coaching business; became an associate of Waverley Learning; facilitated Christian leadership retreats; served for four years as a director/trustee at Jubilee+ and was appointed as an Impactpool coaching fellow. John has written and published books on Christian Social Action and other topics. He worships and volunteers at Jubilee Community Church.

With 25 years dedicated to conservation efforts, his involvement with Operation Noah integrates his passions, experience, and faith as he assists others on their journey toward recognising humanity’s impact on creation and our hope for the future.

Rebecca is an active member of an evangelical Church of England church in West London where she lives. Rebecca holds a BA in Theology from Oxford University and is passionate about the role the church and its people can play in fighting climate injustice.

She read Mathematics at Oxford and has an MBA with voluntary sector and finance specialisation from the Open University. Rebecca is a member of Hinde Street Methodist Church in London and serves in a voluntary capacity as Operation Noah’s treasurer.

He is a Senior Lecturer in Theology at the University of Roehampton, and specialises in theology of creation. Martin combines the theoretical focus of his research and teaching work with various forms of practical action in Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation, particularly with young adults. He is interested in the encounter between science and faith, and is Chair of the liveSimply coordinating group in England and Wales. In his spare time he is also a singer-songwriter.

He is married with four grown-up children and was chair of governors of their local primary school for many years.  In recent times he has been Finance Manager of his local church and was a founder member and chair of the Green Christian Milton Keynes local group.

She is a curate in the Church of England and has a PhD, having written her dissertation on a political theology of climate and ecological grief. Hannah edited the SCM Press collection Words for a Dying World: Stories of Grief and Courage from the Global Church (2020).

An American, Darrell moved to the UK in 1992 to pursue a doctorate at the University of Cambridge, in Christian Origins, and has lived here ever since. He moved into full-time parish ministry, in 2008, after academic posts at the universities of Sheffield, Birmingham and Oxford.  When time allows, Darrell continues to write and publish in the areas of Second Temple Judaism, the New Testament and early Christianity.

He was until recently the Team Leader of the Char Development and Settlement Project, Bangladesh, which is adapting to the effects of climate change and rising sea levels in the Bay of Bengal, and a Senior Strategic Advisor on Agricultural Water in South Asia to the 2030 Water Resources Group, which is a public/private partnership involving civil society. He is currently a Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University.