About EcoCounts

We received charitable status from the UK Charities Commission in 2021, charity number 1196590. Our EcoCounts group covers the London Boroughs of Hackney, Haringey, Islington, Camden, Westminster and the City.

EcoCounts has been set up to encourage people to feel able to go green, be more sustainable, be more environmentally friendly and reduce their carbon footprint as they go about their everyday lives, connected together as a group of like-minded people. For some this is easy and for others harder, but doing it as a group offers not just access to advice and information but also support and encouragement.

Right now, we are recording our carbon footprints and other measures of our sustainability. In the future, we will create a personal carbon trading group, which has been shown to produce overall lower emissions than without. While we do this out of our own conviction, our impact will be bigger by demonstrating to the public how this is a viable and important approach for the nation.

Read how our approach ties in with the policies for a just transition based on carbon allowances advocated by our partners at EcoCore: https://ecocounts.community/wp-content/uploads/EcoCore-Manifesto_compressed.pdf

Trustees

Lidya Stamper has a background in human rights and policy evaluation, with an interest in climate resilience, adaptation, and community-led policy and public service design. She holds an MSc in Social Research Methods from the London School of Economics, and previously worked as a Fulbright Scholar in South Africa researching access to reproductive health services for internally displaced communities. Lidya has experience working with the Centre for Human Rights, the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights, UN Women, and currently works on policy and public service design across Europe. She lives in London.

Dan Francis is EcoCounts treasurer, where he applies his business experience and skills collected through his career as a portfolio manager. As part of a sabbatical year, he worked as a director for a charity in Delhi, India. Previously to EcoCounts, he has held trustee positions at other UK charities. His interest in combating poverty and climate impacts in North London with EcoCounts is complemented well by his passion for elegant technical solutions, as with the Carbon Accounts policy concept.

Alexandra Wilson qualified as a chartered accountant in 2022 and so has a good understanding of business management and planning processes and a firm grip
on finances. As well as having a natural affinity for numbers and data which is highly useful for the EcoCounts CO₂ emissions work, she also researches and writes for her employer on sustainability and environmental issues, including regulatory matters, data gathering and analysis. She also has a degree in psychology.

Charity Secretary

Betty Farnum is our EcoCounts charity secretary, where she uses her creativity and adaptability to help EcoCounts to keep an even keel. Her background spans costume design, gardening, education, and community work, where she is drawn to projects that bring beauty, care, or meaning to the people involved.

Safeguarding Lead

The EcoCounts designated safeguarding lead is Marlon Opigo, who is a property entrepreneur/investor and a part-time coach at a London football academy, where he also has safeguarding duties.

Founder & Lead Volunteer

Adam Hardy is an environmental scientist who left his corporate career in 2018 out of frustration with slow progress on climate change and the complete lack of progress on the environment and sustainability. He is a generalist with experience in theatre, wildlife protection, secretarial work, card payments design, software development, financial trading and the global energy markets. He also has experience working with charities in West Africa. He has an MSc in environmental technology.

Volunteer Contributions