Pat Callaghan and Chris Crean

Her childhood was spent in Dorset, taking wildlife for granted, then she moved to London, where she began to appreciate the subtle links of biodiversity when her windowbox flowers attracted a bee - which she hadn't bargained for! She and her husband moved to Staffordshire originally so their two children could grow up in the countryside, now they’re very happy to stay, having made Staffordshire their home. Leisure interests include theatre, opera, and hill walking.

She is a former Chair of Sustainable Staffordshire (the County's Local Agenda 21), former Chair of the Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire and Wolverhampton Joint Local Access Forum, Board Member of Groundwork Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire, a Trustee of the New Victoria Theatre, and a member of several other environmental groups. She was awarded the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts' Christopher Cadbury Medal in 2006 for services to nature conservation.

Chris Crean holds a degree in Applied and Environmental Chemistry. Since graduating he has worked in the manufacturing sector in the West Midlands, South Wales and Belgium. Chris has been involved with Friends of the Earth (FOE) for over fifteen years. Initially, as a volunteer, he was an air pollution campaigner in Birmingham before becoming involved with transport issues across the region. This was in addition to working for an environmental consultancy on contaminated land and industrial water issues.  He joined Friends of the Earth staff in January of 1994 and is currently based in Birmingham, with responsibility for FOE's activities across the West Midlands region.