Celsias was created in March 2006, evolved a ‘traditional’ blog in July 2007, and in 2008 developed tools to help people combat climate change, and bring the green community, companies and organisations closer together.
In additional to its thousands of individual members, more than 200 companies and organisations are registered with Celsias – these include Disney, Sun Microsystems, WWF, Columbia University, The University of Auckland, New Zealand Post and Ausra Solar Technologies.
Companies and organisations that Celsias feel genuinely want to help the environment can showcase their environmental programmes, get interviewed by the Celsias editor, issue press releases, post jobs and advertise – both on Celsias, and through Celsias’ partners.
If you want to build an exciting new venture or career in the sustainability field (especially if you have contacts with public relations, marketing or corporate responsibility managers), we want to hear from you! Please send a note to info@celsias.com.
Chairman Nick Gerritsen is a Marlborough-based international knowledge broker and business start-up expert. Nick's consultancy, Crispstart, specialises in commercialising New Zealand technology propositions from the ground up. It is currently engaged in projects in the renewable energy, cleantech, online/ software, and lifesciences sectors. He is co-founder and director of leading algae biodiesel developer Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation, along with Celsias, Vortex Technology Services, and Carbonscape, amongst others.
Also involved with Celsias is Vicki Buck, the former mayor of Christchurch. Her background is also very involved in cleantech businesses from windfarms (NZ Windfarms) to biofuels (Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation) to biochar (Carbonscape). Vicki also has experience in education. She lives in Christchurch in New Zealand.
Paul Roussell is a veteran of the computer industry, having commenced programming over 38 years ago. He has worked in almost every IT role, across almost every imaginable IT application. He is a director of Adexio, an Australian-based company specialising implementing complete IT solutions based on in CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and BPM (Business Process Management) software. Paul is based in Brisbane, Australia.
Murray Jago is also a shareholder from the early beginnings of Celsias. And is also an investor in Aquaflow and Carbonscape. He is an accountant working in Blenheim. He has been a manager of wine companies in Australia and New Zealand and has worked in senior accounting roles for NZ publicly listed companies PDL and Newman's Group, as well as numerous private companies. More recently Murray has been the commercial manager of the Marlborough Regional Development Trust and is treasurer of the outstanding Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre.
Chris Tobias - Editor (See Chris's profile here)
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