Meet The Team

Paul Chatterton is a writer, researcher and campaigner, and is currently Professor of Urban Futures in the School of Geography at the University of Leeds. Paul is resident of low impact housing co-operative Lilac and previously has supported Leeds Community Homes, Kirkstall Valley Development Trust, the Common Place and Oblong Resource Centre, and is currently an active member of Our Future Leeds. His books include Do It Yourself, Low Impact Living and Unlocking Sustainable Cities, and How to save a City, a guide for emergency action is out late 2022. 

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Paul is currently the Strategy Lead for City Movement Building in Climate Action Leeds, taking a lead on the City Plan process inspired by Doughnut Economics and supported by community action research group Leeds Love It Share It. Paul works four days and on Fridays can be found cycling round Yorkshire!

Andy has lived in Leeds since 1989 when he moved here to be an art student at Leeds Polytechnic. Since then Andy has been learning about and practising an eco-design approach called permaculture, and he runs the Permaculture Association - the national charity - from Hollybush Conservation Centre in Kirkstall. In this project, Andy is bringing his design and sustainability skills, and is creating a City Hub where we can all work together to make a better Leeds.

He loves gardening on his allotment, walking in the hills, and camping with family and friends.

Jenni (she/her) is Engagement Lead within the City Movement Building team, working to join up and amplify all the wonderful work that goes on within the Climate Action Leeds family.  She is also a core member of the Leeds Doughnut team, using Kate Raworth's innovative framework to bring people and planet to the heart of decision-making in the city.  

Jenni has worked variously as a government policy adviser, restaurant reviewer and creative writing teacher in a range of community settings.   When not at Climate Action Leeds, Jenni chairs the Board of her local community centre and champions civic participation and democratic reform at every opportunity.  She also enjoys yoga, reading, writing, dancing and hanging around by water looking for frogs.   

Simon (he/him) helps keep the project on track, from organising meetings, managing recruitment, dealing with HR and finances, and supporting communications. Alongside this admin and logistics role here at Climate Action Leeds, he also works for Leeds Climate Commission through the University of Leeds, in a communications and engagement role.

When he is not working, Simon can be found playing football, tending to his vegetable patch, recording podcasts, organising campaigns, watching Leeds United or moshing at gigs.

Stella (she/her) contributes to strategic advice and support for the City Movement Building team part of Climate Action Leeds, as well as assisting Strategic Lead Paul Chatterton with his academic teaching and research duties at the University of Leeds to enable his role with Climate Action Leeds. 

She loves camping, running, foraging, films, and eating (not necessarily in that order!)

Anzir (he/him) leads Climate Action Leeds' City Plan. He has a keen interest in how cities are built and rebuilt, running the mailing list of planning activism and research network Planners Network UK and a former member of the Urban Morphology Research Group at the University of Birmingham which studies the history and development of urban areas.

Outside of Climate Action Leeds, Anzir is an active member of Leeds Hackspace; a storyteller, songwriter and puppeteer; and helps run Leeds Disabled People's Organisation and circular arts organisation Immortal Bloom.