Generous Team

Generous is run by a small team of volunteers.

Jacqui Christian

By day
Generous Development, visiting lecturer at Westminster University, communications consultant to three new Academies
By night
Chair of Magic Me, mother of two and juggler.
Currently Focussing on
consuming less walking more.

Alison Christie

By day
'Generous At Work' business development and Internal Communications & Engagement Consultant with an emphasis on sustainability (this season I am mostly working at BP)
By Night
carbon footprint calculation enthusiast, gig-goer and mother.
Currently Focussing on
Slow Down, Calm Down (Stick to the speed limit) and Use your LOAF at the shops (Local, Organic, Animal-Friendly and Fair Trade) (but finding it tricky to give up convenience of the internet supermarket shop)

Paul Northup

By day
Generous blogger/design guru and festival marketing manager
By night
recovering from days with four small boys, ironing
Currently focussing on
using the car less, putting out the bin less, getting the allotment on track

James Stewart

By day
Building the Generous website, freelance web developer and web consultant
By Night
Enjoying being back in London after a spell in the US, lover of music and film
Currently focussing on
eating less meat, getting people to join the Generous community, living without a car (and loving the freedom)

Martin Wroe

By day
Generous Editorial/Blogs/ Development.
By Line
newspapers, websites.
By The Way
football, poetry.
By the end of the year:
photo voltaics on the mortgage, potatoes, carrots in the garden, meat-free two and half days a week (possibly).

Special thanks go to:

  • Drew, for building our first site and letting us use all his code to build this one.
  • Wilf, for imagining the shape of this new look.
  • Chantal, for making the first batch of illustrations that populate these pages.
  • Annie, for ideas and action writing.

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It started in one of those ‘what if…’ conversations between friends. What if the world wasn’t loaded in favour of a small minority of its people? What if we could look after the planet as well as looking after ourselves? What if a bunch of people tried to exploit the power of new technology to live a little more generously? Read more...

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