Team

Jesse works across the communications and operations teams, undertaking routine administrative work, supporting the communications strategy and assisting the wider team in their work.

Jesse graduated from the University of St Andrews with a degree in Art History. Her dissertation, ‘Queering Joan Eardley’, reflects her interest in the intersection between art, environment and community. With experience in broadcasting, archival collections and art journalism, Jesse is a curious creative with a love of learning and developing new skills.

Sana supports Culture for Climate Scotland’s work with cultural organisations to understand, measure and reduce their environmental impacts. She analyses and quality checks reported environmental data and produces sector-wide reports and resources to help embed climate justice, adaptation and circular economy principles into the cultural sector’s work.

Sana is an urban climate and sustainability professional with a background in architecture and planning. Before joining Culture for Climate Scotland, she worked on climate adaptation planning, net-zero strategies, environmental impact assessments and sustainable transport policy with various organizations. She holds an Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters in Urban Climate and Sustainability and is passionate about using data-driven, design-informed solutions to help build equitable communities.

Matthew leads on developing and delivering best practice guidance, tools and resources for our Green Arts programme. He supports cultural organisations to understand and manage their greenhouse gas emissions and overseeing environmental reporting. He also leads on data analytics and management to ensure our effective use of data.

Prior to Culture for Climate Scotland, he had a range of roles within the environmental sector, including supporting companies and city authorities through environmental disclosure, data product testing and data analytics.

Lewis’s role involves leading our culture/SHIFT programming and running culture/SHIFT projects such as Sea Change and Thriving Tomorrow. He supports and advises artistic and sustainability practitioners, develops collaborative projects between the arts and environmental sectors, and undertakes research into relevant topics affecting our strategy and activities.

Lewis also leads on our climate justice work and is currently on a fellowship with the Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts.

As Communications Manager, KD steers our communications and PR strategy and is key to ensuring that we are communicating our aims and activities as effectively as possible. She is our brand champion, leading on our identity and style guidelines, ensuring consistency, sustainability and a high level of accessibility across all media. She also ensures that we have the most appropriate tools for our internal and external communications.

KD’s previous roles have encompassed the charity sector, construction, the NHS, corporate consultancy and the arts.

Sara is experienced in sustainability on high-end film & TV productions. Her role at Culture for Climate Scotland involves working with organisations and crew across the screen sector in Scotland to encourage sustainability initiatives across the board, and how to budget for them.

With support from Screen Scotland, Creative Scotland, BECTU Vision, Scottish Enterprise, Glasgow City Council, Highlands & Islands Enterprise and South of Scotland Enterprise, Sara has been working on developing sustainability plans for the screen sector, training for sustainability co-ordinators and working closely with Romane Boyer, Senior Green Arts and Screen Officer, on the creative and cultural intersections.

Sara also works part-time as a Sustainability Manager for Picture Zero – a sustainability consultancy for film & TV. This role involves on-the-ground production sustainability support and data analysis for carbon footprint reporting.

Hannah works on the culture/SHIFT team, fostering culture-climate collaborations through the organisation of the Green Tease event programme and through writing case studies for the Library of Creative Sustainability.

In addition to her role at Culture for Climate Scotland, Hannah is a visual artist and researcher. She has 14 years of experience working within communities of specialist environmental knowledge, developing sculptural and photographic artworks on themes including community-led renewable energy transition and peatland restoration. In 2025, she completed a PhD with the University of Edinburgh and RSPB Scotland exploring novel forms of art-environmental conservation collaboration.

Hollie supports digital and traditional communications across Culture for Climate Scotland. Her responsibilities include brand work, website management and design, content creation, video editing, copywriting and graphic design.

Hollie’s previous work encompasses the climate, events and technology sectors, bringing experience in campaigning and storytelling from both UK and international projects.

Natalie works within the operations team undertaking administrative work whilst supporting internal communications, HR and recruitment.

Natalie has over 25 years’ experience in the business world, which includes 15 years working within well-known FMCG brands. She excels at bridging the gap between creatives and business, and now enjoys using her skills and experience across the charity and not for profit sector.

Jo supports Culture for Climate Scotland’s growth and development, overseeing our administration, finance, HR and infrastructure, and ensuring a strong foundation from which our staff can deliver high-quality creative activity.

Jo has 25+ years’ experience in the arts, working with a wide variety of organisations across the cultural sector. This ranges from venues – working directly with artists and audiences, to stage management and producing roles, to education and creative community engagement, and to providing support and advocacy to the sector.

Dominika manages Culture for Climate’s Scotland’s website and newsletter, creates graphics and videos, and writes content to support all our events, projects and work programmes. She leads on social media analytics and plans and delivers our communications and public relations strategy.

Dominika managed a creative business for five years before turning her strong interest in copywriting and creative storytelling to a career in communications and marketing.

Gabby works creatively across Scotland at the intersection of climate change, the environment, coastal futures and collective imagination. Her work focuses on creating experiential, imaginative and engaging ways for people to explore what coastal futures might look and feel like. She is particularly interested in how creativity can open up new perspectives, spark conversation, and amplify individual agency in decision making and policy change.

Based in Moray, Gabby is closely connected to the landscapes and communities of the north-east coast. She brings people together to reflect on the challenges and opportunities facing coastal places, and to imagine how they might change and adapt in the future.

Eve Mosher works at the intersection of climate change and imagination. She has developed tools for tapping into imagination and creativity to help communities – both urban and rural – tell their own story of tomorrow. She creates the infrastructure for imagination, storytelling creation to amplify individual agency in transforming the systems that have led to this moment.

Eve has been creatively working on the climate crisis since 2007, but none of her previous experience, accolades, press or degrees have adequately prepared her for the moment we are in. She makes the most of everyday connecting to her Scottish home by exploring, dreaming up outlandish ideas for her village and attempting to keep both the chickens and the sea out of her garden.

Caro leads the Green Arts team, which is responsible for our arts into climate programme of work, supporting cultural organisations, artists and makers with practical ways to address the climate crisis. She is responsible for the team’s strategic approach as well as delivering training workshops and presentations in Scotland and beyond.

She has an interdisciplinary background, including seven years’ experience in higher education sustainability, working with staff and students to develop and deliver programmes and projects for a socially responsible and sustainable university.

Ben has been director of this organisation since 2011 (when it was Creative Carbon Scotland). His experience combines 25 years of producing events and running cultural venues with an MSc in carbon management and a doctorate in applying complexity theory to social systems to bring about more sustainable social practices.

He has developed Culture for Climate Scotland into a leader in carbon management support and climate change adaptation for cultural organisations, and in developing culture’s influencing role in addressing climate change. He is a regular speaker at UK and international events.

Eleanor’s role involves supporting our culture/SHIFT programming and running culture/SHIFT projects such as Creative Climate Futures. She also co-ordinates local assemblies and creates resources in the Library of Creative Sustainability.

She is a digital storyteller and has produced mass-participatory audio installations, sound walks and public radio. She has worked in the libraries sector leading projects to embed climate action in Scotland’s public libraries. In 2022, she completed Julie’s Bicycle’s Creative Climate Leadership programme. Eleanor also serves on the board for Push the Boat Out, Scotland’s international poetry festival.

Alexis works closely with the Director to scope Culture for Climate Scotland’s strategic path and develop delivery plans that are aligned with relevant external policy frameworks. She also contributes to our funding applications and consultation responses. A lifelong involvement in music-making informs her work.

Before Culture for Climate Scotland, Alexis worked for more than 25 years in public sector policy and strategy ranging from the European Union to sustainable development.