Chris Kennett

Chris first became involved with the environmental movement from a health perspective back in 1995. As with personal health that needs to be looked at from all aspects  diet, exercise, stress, toxins etc, he believes the health of our planet should be looked at in a similar way ie, holistically. Chris has been involved with many groups over the years including Friends of the Earth (FOE), Greenpeace (current area representative) and  was involved with setting up Portsmouth Climate Action Network (PCAN) and is now  the Treasurer. He also attends Portsmouth Sustainability Action Group (PSAG) who are at present working with the Council on the Portsmouth Climate Strategy.

His company, Veggiepower, sells diesel to vegetable oil conversion kits, which allow Diesel engines  to run on waste vegetable oil. The company  started up in 2005 to show that the use of other vehicle fuels is easily possible. That many other fuels have been used  before the discovery of oil, and there are many, which could be used more widely now if it wasn’t for the domination of the petroleum companies. You can attend one of his Conversion courses at the Sustainability Centre in Hampshire

He has also co-organised various Environmental Festivals including The Festival Of Life, Sunrise Festival, The Portsmouth Climate Festival and The Food of Life Festival. Chris has given many talks at various shows on subjects from nutrition to the history of fuels. He is also a Trustee of the Eco Forest Permaculture Project which has been running for the past 9 years.

Chris believes everyone has a part to play in making a better world possible whether it be writing letters or taking direct action.He was at the Newbury bypass demonstrations back in the 90s more recently at the Climate Camp at Kingsnorth where he ran a workshop.