Lucy Siegle
Lucy Siegle is one of the UK’s best-loved climate and nature communicators and has been described as the UK’s ‘green queen’. For nearly two decades on Prime-time TV and for major media brands, she has championed ecological issues and sustainability, making them relatable and relevant to all audiences. She is known for her mix of knowledge, enthusiasm and warmth on stage and on film.
She is the author of five books, including Turning the Tide on Plastic: How Humanity (and you) Can Make Our Globe Clean Again (Orion). But it was her 2011 exposé of the human and ecological cost of the fashion industry, To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing out the World? (Harper Collins 2011, nominated for the Orwell prize) that helped to popularise terms such as ‘fast fashion’ and spearheaded the sustainable fashion movement. In 2015, To Die For was used as the basis for The True Cost, the Netflix hit documentary on global development and the fashion supply chain. Lucy produced and stars in the film. Since then, she has spoken on fashion and textiles across the globe, from Sydney to Tulca, Romania and in Bangladesh.
One of the original ‘family’ of presenters on The One Show, Lucy has made and presented hundreds of the show’s distinctive VTs, clocked up many live studio performances and hosted as main anchor alongside Chris Evans and Matt Baker. She has considerable experience anchoring live outside broadcasts from all over the UK and in all conditions. But she is best known for applying her journalistic skills to mainstream green stories; she has recently investigated the claims of green cruise ships and reported on a historic house powered by renewables for BBC1. In addition
Lucy has worked extensively for ITN productions, producing, directing and presenting short films for clients. She has also presented investigative documentaries, including "The Truth About Recycling" for Channel 4 Dispatches.
For 14 years, she wrote the first popular sustainability column in a national newspaper, The Observer and is also known for her interviews and features with high-profile environmentalists, from Sir David Attenborough to Björk. In order to get more eyes on sustainable fashion, Lucy co-founded the Green Carpet Challenge with Livia Firth, working with designers from Armani to Stella McCartney and A-list talent. She continues to write extensively for the world’s biggest media brands.
She is in demand as an onstage interviewer (interviewees have included the late Dame Vivienne Westwood, Bill McKibben, Mikaela Loach, Julia Gillard, George Monbiot and Patrick Grant) and host of live events, including the Plastic Free awards for Surfers Against Sewage. Lucy’s recent corporate events as host and chair include decarbonising supply chains for BMW, the Association of British Insurers (ABI)’s recent climate conference for the third year, Canary Wharf’s sustainable action week and hosting the main stage at Reset Connect at Excel during London Climate Week.
Lucy is a professional speech writer for major high-level climate events, including COPs. She is adept at collaborating with A-list talent to make moments matter and to make messages sing. Since 2017, Lucy has worked on climate advocacy with the British musician and UN Environment ambassador, Ellie Goulding. Lucy is a trustee for Surfers Against Sewage and an ambassador for WWF UK and The Circle.
