Participants 2011

Chris Gorell Barnes is the Co-Founder of the BLUE Marine Foundation. BLUE exists to fix the largest solvable problem on the planet – the crisis in the oceans.

Daniel Foa is the President and Co-Founder of FairKlima Capital and an expert in the China Market in sectors such as clean technology, environmental protection and business consulting.

Daryl Hannah has starred and acted in over forty films and has been an effective, passionate activist and advocate for a more ethical sustainable world for decades.

Edward Norton is an actor, a film-maker, a social activist and a committed environmentalist.

Eric Scotto is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Akuo Energy Group, which is a developer, investor and operator of renewable energy plants across the world.

Fabien Cousteau is a third-generation ocean explorer, documentary film-maker, environmental ambassador and founder of Plant A Fish.

Hiu Ng is Co-Founder of FairKlima Capital, a social entrepreneur and a youth leader.

Jakob von Uexkull is a writer, lecturer, philanthropist and activist. He is the Chairman of the World Future Council (WFC), an independent non-profit organisation that works to safeguard the rights of future generations.

Jean Ballandras is a French high civil servant with a deep experience record in public managed projects in French overseas territories.

Jeremy Leggett is Founder and Chairman of Solarcentury, one of the UK's fastest growing renewable energy companies, and Founder and Chairman of SolarAid, an African solar lighting charity set up with five percent of Solarcentury’s annual profit’s.

John Hardy is renowned for having unconventional ideas and turning them into a reality.

Jon Bowermaster is a six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council and an award-winning writer and filmmaker.

Jonathon Porritt, Co-Founder of Forum for the Future, is an eminent writer, broadcaster and commentator on sustainable development. He has advised governments, royalty and business on the environment and sustainability. He is the Chair of the 2013 SLOW LIFE Symposium.

Jose Mariano Lopez-Urdiales is an entrepreneur, aerospace engineer and the founder of zero2infinity, the company developing bloon, the first zero emissions near-space vehicle.

Mark Lynas is the author of three major books on climate change – High Tide: News from a warming world (2004); Six Degrees: Our future on a hotter planet (2007) and The God Species: How the planet can survive the age of humans (2011).

Michael Walker is CEO of Baswood, which provides environmentally responsible, lower cost alternatives for biosolids reduction and wastewater treatment to municipal and industrial clients.

Mike Mason is Energy Advisor to the President of the Maldives, Founder of Climate Care and a serial entrepreneur.

Peter Head is a champion for developing global practice that demonstrates that the way we invest public and private money in the built environment could be made very much more effective if the public and private sector adopted sustainable development principles.

Mohamed Nasheed is the first democratically elected President in the history of the Maldives.

Sir Richard Branson began his entrepreneurial career with Virgin, selling records by mail order. Quickly progressing to a musical empire, the Virgin Group has now expanded into leisure, travel, tourism, mobile, broadband, TV, radio, music festivals, finance and health. Through the Virgin Green Fund, Virgin invests in renewable energy and resource efficiency.

Sonu Shivdasani is the Chairman and CEO of the Soneva Group. He is the Founder of the SLOW LIFE Foundation and the host of the SLOW LIFE Symposium. He is a pioneer of luxury eco-tourism and is deeply committed to progressing sustainability within the business community.

Tim Smit is the Co-Founder of the Eden Project, one of the UK’s most successful tourist attractions. Tim transformed a disused clay mine into a rich, global garden where people can learn about nature and be inspired about the world around them.