Amy Bray

Our first Nature Hero is a young woman who started out making changes at home, then dedicated her time to bringing her passion for nature to a wider audience.  Amy Bray is the founder of environmental conservation & education charity Another Way. She also set up the two Another Weigh refill shops in Kendal and Penrith. Here's more about Amy, in her own words: 

'Since a very young age, I’ve been fascinated by the natural environment and adore all living things. More recently, I’ve set my path towards becoming a marine conservationist and through this journey have become more aware of the acute danger facing our planet. After influencing my family to stop using single-use plastic and to live more sustainably, I wanted to share our discoveries and the motivation to do this with the wider public, so I founded the charity Another Way in 2019 when I was 16 years old.

Over the last three years, Another Way has planted over 20,000 trees and worked directly with over 5,000 children, community groups and conference audiences. We’ve also developed the ‘30 Steps to Another Way’ for homes and businesses, encouraged other young people to stand up through our Ambassador Programme and shared our thoughts and ideas on TV, in newspapers and in magazines. 

Currently, we’re a very small charity operated solely by volunteers, but our short-term future plans include employing a person full time to drive forward our projects. We want to scale Another Way to share our thoughts further across the country. 

The last two years have been harrowing and unusual for everyone. I know it’s been difficult for people to think or act outside their own homes and especially about the environment for the obvious reasons. I’m hoping that events this year, including COP26 in Glasgow, will help people to understand the responsibility we all have towards protecting the planet we live and rely upon.' 
 

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