Best Practice Procurement and Support Event

When you start thinking about the environment, the global climate change debate, carbon emission reduction, waste and energy management you can’t stop.  When you start researching these issues, you bump into people who are doing the same.  When you absorb the information, what feels odd is that people are not jumping up and down enough. Perhaps like me you are finding it difficult to sit still, and maybe you are thinking about what you can do.

The idea behind Footprint Friends was evolved after watching An Inconvenient Truth; a shocking movie that got me thinking and wanting to understand more. The concept of Footprint Friends was triggered after attending an exhibition called Think 07 and the development was supported by Charlotte Jewell who at 15 came to us at Windy Tree on work experience with the objective of learning about marketing.

In undertaking some research into the ideas behind Footprint Friends, Charlottes feedback, enthusiasm and commitment was such that we all went the extra mile to launch this website on her return to school after the half term.

Footprint Friends is a Windy Tree initiative launched to raise awareness about environmental issues amongst 11-18 year olds. Through the site we hope members will ask questions, change attitudes, and have a voice about the future facing them as adults. Footprint Friends is dedicated to my three children Amelia, Eleanor, Alex and their future generations.

Karen Ford
Founder – Footprint Friends

CEO of Creative Facilities Management

www.footprintfriends.com