Green Gown Awards 2018 - STAFF - Paul Murray - University of Plymouth - Winner

I have championed sustainability within and beyond my university for 25 years, starting with the creation of the UK’s first overtly ‘environment-themed’ degrees in building/construction.

I later devised a unique collection of values-centred personal training techniques to provide students, academics and professionals the confidence and insight they need to promote both sustainability and beneficial personal change.

These innovations have benefitted many hundreds of people from all walks of life and are being further developed in a new ‘Learning to Change’ initiative I am now starting.

Top 3 learnings:

1. The power of no barriers thinking should never be underestimated.

2. Personal engagement is crucial to change.

3. The vast majority of people want (but often need help) to be a positive force.