Twilight Talks

The Green Register's early evening talks supported by Ecomerchant: together promoting ethical, healthy sustainable building materials.

On the second Monday of each month The Green Register brings you our Twilight Talks - a relaxed and informal string of events on sustainable building matters to complement our regular training topics.

Each one-hour event is FREE of charge and features short talks from one or more speakers. With Q&A and discussion sessions throughout, everyone is invited to be part of the conversation. We hold Twilight talks at 5-6pm, in the sweet spot between work and dinner – so join us to nourish the mind before replenishing the body!

Engaging Young People in the Net Zero Transition

We'd all like to get the next generation interested in net-zero - but what's the hook to bring them in? Is it high quality jobs? Shiny renewable technology? Or a moral imperative to save the Earth from climate catastrophe?

Join speaker Roy Kareem for this Twilight Talk as he makes a case for all the above, but asks that we start with the person, the individual, and work outwards from there.

Roy will introduce concepts around the values and strengths-based work he’s done at the intersection of young people and net-zero thus far, along with a new framework he’s been recently working with known as the Inner Development Goals.

How can the construction industry use these approaches to encourage young people towards careers? Is the much talked about ‘green economy’ attractive to young people, and what opportunities are there for a ‘green’ job in construction?

About the Speaker

Roy Kareem, Future Generations Lead at the Centre for Sustainable Energy

Roy Kareem is the Future Generations Lead at the Centre for Sustainable Energy in Bristol, where he aims to amplify and inspire those choosing careers that make a positive environmental impact.  

He is an alumni of the Black and Green Ambassadors for Bristol programme, the co-creator of Resilience Through Nature project with the University of Bristol, the former host of the Rise Up breakfast show on Ujima FM, and a brand new YouTuber.

He is a qualified teacher and Forest School Leader and currently serves as a Trustee for the Bristol and Bath Park Foundation as well as being on the board of Bristol City Council's One City Environment Board. He is a trained life coach, with a specific focus on working to catalyse inner change for outer impact.

Roy's pathway has traversed a multitude of sectors including: stints as a production coordinator at MTV Networks; a DJ in some swanky London bars; a shark researcher with the Save Our Seas Foundation; and a primary school teacher in Barcelona.   

Roy has been invited to speak at multiple conferences, including UN's COP26 in Glasgow, London Climate Week, Communicate, 1% for the Planet's London Sessions, Blue Earth Summit, Better Business Summit, and Natural History Museum’s Generation Hope.

Twilight Talks are supported by Ecomerchant.