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Filmmaker Colin Chee is the founder and artistic director of Never Too Small, an Australia-based video platform that offers a glimpse inside small and sustainable homes as a source of inspiration with currently 2.3 million subscribers Youtube.
Catia Squarcia is programme manager of the London-based an innovative environmental education charity EcoACTIVE, and delivers projects and workshops on sustainability in schools and businesses.
Over eight combined years as an editor at VICE, Refinery29 and Dazed, Amelia Abraham commissioned stories, managed teams, shaped branded campaigns and grew audiences. Abraham now works mainly as a freelance copywriter and brand consultant. Recent clients include Nike, Hinge, Royal Mail, Dr Martens, Lyst, and Matches Fashion. Having published two books on queer culture, Queer Intentions (Picador, 2019) and We Can Do Better Than This (Vintage, 2021), Abraham has talked about LGBTQ+ culture everywhere from Sky News to BBC Radio 4 to the Southbank Centre, and regularly delivers LGBTQ+ diversity and inclusion talks for brands.