Community and cooperation: From micro-movements to major impacts

How can local initiatives, citizen leadership and grassroots co-operation shape meaningful responses to global sustainability challenges?

This Kellogg Conversation brings together practitioners and scholars to explore how climate action moves from aspiration to implementation. While the scale of the climate crisis is global, many of the most innovative and enduring responses begin within communities – through local partnerships, civic entrepreneurship and cross-sector collaboration.

The discussion will examine how ideas are translated into practical action on the path to net zero, and what enables initiatives to scale without losing trust or momentum. It will consider the role of entrepreneurial thinking in designing climate solutions, the importance of credible evidence and accountability, and the ways in which businesses, local authorities, universities and civil society organisations can work together to accelerate change.

Join us for a dynamic conversation exploring on what makes co-operation effective – and how citizen leadership can unlock progress that is both environmentally ambitious and socially inclusive.  

Chaired by: Marya Besharov, Professor of Organisations and Impact; Academic Director of the Skoll Centre; and Fellow of Kellogg College 

Panellists: 

• Jennie Richmond, Partner at Impact Works Associates; Founding member of the RINGO Project at the Rights CoLab 

• Matthew Amengual, Associate Professor in International Business at the Saïd Business School; Fellow of Kellogg College 

• Mac McKenzie, CEO and co-founder of the Bridge Institute 

• Bart Ashton, Manager of Zero Carbon Oxfordshire Partnership  

This event is part of a series of Kellogg Conversations exploring sustainability and the leadership, evidence and collective action needed to build a thriving world.

Additional information 

• Tea and coffee offered from 5.00pm 

• Main discussion, 5.30–6.30pm 

• Drinks reception for speakers and attendees, 6.30/6.45pm-7.15pm 

Open to: General Public, Members of Kellogg College,