Lowell Sheppard has swapped a bicycle for a boat. Having cycled the length of Japan more than once to raise awareness and money for sustainability development causes, Sheppard is preparing for a 2-3 month solo crossing of the North Pacific, through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. He hopes to raise awareness for oceans and the increasing pollution in them. Lowell will share the thinking behind this mission and suggest concepts for individuals and organisations to consider when making strategic decisions. Lowell has recently launched Navigate22, an ethics consulting firm, aimed at helping individuals and organisations navigate the ethical complexities of the 21st Century with a sustainable 22nd Century in view.
Lowell Sheppard, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and published author, ethicist and social entrepreneur has spent a lifetime in the Sustainable Development sector. He is known by many for his work with HOPE International Development Agency over the last 40 years which has taken him to war and disaster zones and areas of extreme poverty.
He began his environmental activism in 1992 by planning a large environmental rally in Hyde Park for church groups across the UK called “Whose Earth” in the run up to the Earth Summit in Rio. He spends his time between two residences. One is a solar powered log house in central Japan and the other a 40-foot sailboat in Tokyo Bay which he is readying for his solo voyage.
