Dr. Cara Augustenborg is Chairperson of Friends of the Earth Europe and a lecturer in climate change and corporate sustainability at UCD and National College of Ireland. She also works part time as Head of Communications and Fundraising for Friends of the Earth Ireland and writes an award environment winning blog, ‘The Verdant Yank’, at caraaugustenborg.com. She serves as a Ministerial appointee to the EPA’s Advisory Council and the National Dialogue on Climate Action and co-hosts the ‘Down To Earth’ slot with Ivan Yates on Newstalk FM