Bob Gilbert

I am an Associate Member with many years connection with Iona including running a number of environmental weeks. My varied career has included stand-up comedian, community worker, head of a Field Studies Centre and Director of Sustainability at a London local authority. I have been a long- standing campaigner for inner city conservation, the protection of urban open spaces and for environmental education. Married to an Anglican priest, I am a Quaker living in the East End of London, where the youngest of my three sons has just left home. I now work as a writer, and occasional broadcaster, on environmental subjects, my books including ‘The Green London Way’ and ‘Ghost Trees’.

What moves me at my deepest level is… the sound of rain and the sight of falling leaves.