Richard Bampfylde
The Living Rainforest, Trust for Sustainable Living
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Richard is a Fundraising Lead for non-profit organisations in the education sector, with a proven track record of increasing income, creating Public-Private as well as North-South partnerships, and delivering impactful projects that align with the Sustainable Development Goals. His successful leadership of fundraising campaigns worldwide have included disaster response, delivering relief aid and keeping children in education in the Levant Region. He is currently supporting strategic fundraising efforts at The Living Rainforest, the greenhouse dome tropical rainforest in Berkshire providing climate change local and international education for 100,000+ visitors a year.
His MSc in Climate Change and Sustainable Development supports a holistic and systemic understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing our world. He is passionate about facilitating transformative economics in the Global South and engaging Youth on new economic systems, raising awareness at their educational, civic and professional institutions. He recently addressed COP28 as part of this initiative.
Richard has over 15 years’ experience working in the MENA region. In addition to his work experience, he is a World Rugby accredited coach and referee, supporting the junior development of the game most recently in Lebanon and the values of teamwork, respect and integrity.
Work w/ CUSP
The Shifting The Rhetoric initiative recognises the position of Youth as essential to raising awareness on new conceptual postgrowth thinking generated at CUSP across all countries and societies, with a particular emphasis on the Global South. The pilot phase of the project, raising awareness on transformative economics, is scheduled for Lebanon in April 2024. By sharing this new economic thinking with remarkable, diverse Secondary and University students as well as Youth at civic entities and professional organisations, in practical sessions facilitated by economics, climate, sustainability and enterprise professionals, a substantial increase in understanding can be realised. This new knowledge will then return to academic, civic and professional institutions for Youth participants to further understand, discuss and adapt the theories to their localised situation. Discussions are already in progress as to potential future destinations for Shifting The Rhetoric after Lebanon, including Pakistan, Egypt and Colombia.
It is envisaged that by placing this new knowledge in the hands of Youth, the planet’s future guardians, and in particular Youth from locations often experiencing dramatic societal, economic and climate-related challenges, the opportunity for transformation will be understood, discussed, localised and, finally, seized upon for the betterment of the planet and global population.