Hi, I’m Traci, a coach, consultant, and passionate advocate for sustainability. I help purpose-driven women succeed through my career and business coaching. My mission is simple: to empower women to break through their ‘inner glass ceiling’ and create positive change in the world.
Empowering Women and Businesses
My purpose is to empower women to make a difference. I am deeply committed to helping them unlock their potential and drive positive environmental and social impact.
I live on a houseboat between Bristol and Bath in southwest England. When I’m not working I enjoy wild swimming and adventures in our camper van.
My green career journey
My sustainability journey began in 1991 when I embarked on a 5-year ‘gap year’ adventure across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. While exploring our beautiful planet, I became acutely aware of the devastating impacts of deforestation, pollution, and intensive farming. This led me to a career in sustainable food and farming as a way to help solve these problems.
I became involved in the environmental movement, working on organic farms and studying Permaculture Design with its founder, Bill Mollison. When I returned to the UK in 1997, I found my way to Bristol and joined the Soil Association, working my way up to Business Development Manager in their growing social business. I take pride in contributing to its growth from a small team of five into a world-leading organic certification body.
Working in Cornwall & Beyond
After the birth of my daughter, I moved to Cornwall in 2005 to manage Organic South West, an EU development programme supporting farmers, businesses, and communities to grow organic food production. From there, I worked on a national Lottery-funded initiative supporting over 1,000 community food enterprises. I led an innovative food programme in Plymouth, which helped the city become the UK’s first Sustainable Food Cities Bronze Award winner.
Building My Own Business
In 2014, after moving back to Bristol, I started my own consultancy, Sustain-Live Consulting Ltd – a sustainability change agency where I support purpose-driven businesses to thrive. Clients include; Quartet Foundation, The School for Social Entrepreneurs and UWE.
Empowering young women
I also co-founded Catalyse Change CIC in 2016 to help inspire, empower, and upskill girls and young women as sustainability leaders and changemakers. Born from my deep commitment to tackling gender inequity and providing climate solutions. Our programmes have already supported over 1,000 young women and non-binary changemakers and we plan to help many more.
How I Can Help You?
I offer Green Career and Business Coaching for women who want to grow their green careers or businesses. I bring a transformational, values-driven approach to coaching, helping you align your career with your passion for sustainability. You can learn more about how we can work together on the Green Career & Business Coaching page.
Thank You
I am very grateful to all my colleagues, collaborators, and family who make it all possible. A special thanks to all the fantastic women who have supported and continue to help guide Catalyse Change.
For this website thanks to: Jess and Dan at Kind Comms, Ibi Feher for the photos at Bristol Harbour & the Olive Shed, Ruth Wellman of Tin Cat Design, Taryn Everdeen, and Bethany Roling for the event images.