Susan Robinson

Biography

Obtained a BSc (Hons) Consumer Product Management in 1992 - this science and
management degree gave me an insight into how damaging the consumer
industry is and I never worked in it. The good thing was it made me
'environmentally friendly'!
For the last seven and half years I have been employed by construction management consultancies,
until recently by Turner & Townsend. Unfortunately nearly all of the projects I have managed have
been mainstream ie. very little eco-build but I hope to change that now by setting up a consultancy
to work on sustainable development projects.
Decision to change from mainstream built environment work to eco and sustainable development
came after I took a seven month career break last year. When I returned to work in UK I was even
more disillusioned with the work I was doing, particularly after all the sustainable buildings I
discovered on my travels.
I attend lots of meetings/events on climate change (ODI, Transition Towns, Homes & Communities
Academy, Urban Design Group etc) but would now like to formalise my work in this area.
My interests are photography and growing vegetables/fruits which I got into whilst on my career break.

This biography was last updated on August 20, 2009