Q&A: Solitaire Townsend on the rise of the solutionists
Solitaire Townsend talks to Chris Seekings about how professionals can deliver real change and stay positive in a climate of pessimism
Solitaire Townsend is an entrepreneur, public speaker, author and ‘chief solutionist’ at Futerra, the sustainability agency she co-founded in 2001. She has spent decades advising governments, charitiContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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