Amy Bray is a 22 year old marine biologist and CEO of environmental education charity Another Way which she founded when she was 16.
Through Another Way, she has planted over 30 000 trees in Cumbria, has given talks and awareness sessions on climate change, plastic pollution and sustainable living to over 14,000 people from schools, community groups, businesses and international events, inspiring pledges of behavioural change; organises community events such as talks with world-renowned scientists and has created numerous resources and certifications to empower people to live more kindly towards our planet. Another Way’s two zero-waste shops in Cumbria enable the local community to reduce their plastic use and their new Power of 10 movement is the first digital community for young changemakers, empowering them to take action. Using the media to communicate the challenges are world is facing and the solutions we hold as individuals to overcome them, Amy has presented a series of short documentaries on BBC Bitesize and appeared on CountryFile, BBC 5Live, Radio 4 and Good Morning Britain. Amy is a Patron of Friends of the Lake District, a committee member for the UN Decade of Ocean Science, a trustee of Cumbria Wildlife Trust, an Ambassador for The Tree Council and has received Cumbria Woman of the Year 2019 and the Prime Minister’s Point of Light Award for her work.