MODELING GLOBAL ACTION
ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Empowering People to Learn, Change, and Act
Dr. Tony Mitchell
Professional Trainer and Coach
Former Change Mgmt Scientist with BP
Presenters
Dr. Tony Mitchell
"Everyone is a teacher. Everyone is a student."
Tony has a passion for realizing people’s potential and in particular making a sustainable difference for his clients. Before becoming a full time professional trainer and coach, Tony held a variety of scientific and change management positions in his 21 years at BP. It was his roles in Change Management that led him to leave BP to concentrate of helping many organizations explore organizational and individual change programs to pursue continuous improvement and help realize their full potential.
Tony believes in “inside-out learning” – where people need to experience or ‘see’ the issue for themselves and internalize it, before they are ready to make a change and externalize that change through new behaviours and actions.
Since retiring, using his scientific background, Tony has focused his attention on addressing Climate Change. With plenty of help, he has designed and built a net-zero home in Laporte, Colorado, and now volunteers for Citizens Climate Lobby and GoElectricColorado. He helps the community and individuals in developing action plans to improve their homes’ energy efficiency and to electrify, aiming to substantially reduce Green House Gas emissions.
He has spent his lifetime career in the energy sector as a research scientist. Formally in the fossil fuel industry and latterly in environmental leadership. Since retiring, he has become an amateur climate scientist – devoted his efforts in the science behind climate change and what needs to be done to transition away from fossil fuels towards a sustainable energy future. In 2022, he became an Ambassador for a global modeling program called En-ROADS. Developed by MIT and Climate Interactive in Boston, it enables us to visualize the actions the world needs to take to mitigate Climate Change into the future. En-ROADS is now used by many countries in helping develop climate policy.
Dr. Tony Mitchell, BSc. Materials Science, Imperial College, London; DPhil. Chemistry, Oxford
Exhibitors
Living Her Legacy
Approved by the Fort Collins Historic Preservation Services Department in December 2014, “Living Her Legacy’s” request–to create the first highly visible, public, outdoor, historic art / education exhibit recognizing women’s accomplishments–took root with great anticipation and excitement. In 2015, the selection process of the forty-eight Living Her Legacy Honorees began and was completed in 2018. A dedicated community of over 100 volunteers nominated, judged, and selected the final forty-eight Legacy Honorees–women with ties to Northern Colorado.