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I don’t often reply to LinkedIn messages, better to connect with me via email or a mutual. Views are my own and not representative of my company or any associated organisations. Writing more in depth over at: https://medium.com/@Thomas_Panton/subscribe Focussed on providing real solutions to big problems. Read more here: https://www.thomaspanton.com/ TLDR: - 3 x founder - Startup Mentor @ Techstars, Imperial College London, Virgin Startup, and more - Climate is intersectional, and I talk about this Bullish about convenience + sustainability = solutions to the climate crisis. Worked for the world's largest independent environmental organisation Greenpeace for half a decade, and directly onboarded 10s of 1000s of people into the climate movement. Left Greenpeace to set up the UK's first company to commercialise circular solutions at UK festivals allowed me to work alongside some of the UK's leading organisations & institutions and I’ve gone onto continue work with Techstars, Surfers Against Sewage, Festival Republic, Broadwick Live, University of East Anglia, LSBU, UCL, Imperial College London, Norfolk County Council, Norfolk Chambers of Commerce, Tech Nation, and many more. ——— Currently: 👨🏼‍🏫 Mentor & advisor to founders and students @ Techstars, The Greenhouse (Imperial College), Virgin Startup, UCL, and UEA Student Enterprise. 🗣️ Keynote speaker at events including London Climate Tech Week, Fully Charged Live, Blue Earth Summit, Retail Without Borders, BBC, and more. 🌳 Founder of Canopey.com. The home for better buying™. The only platform to completely streamline the sustainable shopping journey. Previously: 💚 Greenpeace UK, experience with speaking, fundraising, events, and campaigning. ♻️ Founder of Festovers, upcycling leftover consumer waste. One of IQ Mag's Green Guardians. BBC Oxford's expert on festival tent waste and sustainability. 📣 Co-creator of The Topic, with Nadiah Arif. A podcast that talks about everything from climate change to human rights, raising awareness on these important issues and educating people on how to get more involved in challenging the status quo. ⛺️ NED for Pitched For You Ltd, the first circular economy solution to the festival tent crisis. 🎓 BA International Relations and Politics (2014-2018) // MSc in Climate Change and International Development (2021-23) 🤝🏻 Norfolk Business Climate Leader & Advisor for Norfolk Chambers of Commerce 💡 UEA student career and entrepreneur mentor