Kate Larsen

Kate Larsen

Kate Larsen became a Newquay Town Councillor summer 2021. Founder of SupplyESChange, Kate remotely trains and advises on Sustainability, Human Rights and Ethical Trade, and is active on anti-slavery in global supply chains. She speaks Chinese and lived and worked in China and Asia 11 years.

Kate moved to Newquay 2019 for our clean air, coast and to surf, and a love of Cornish and Celtic culture, so became a Green Party member and Councillor to help better protect this beauty and need to ensure new residents support longterm Cornish better. Coming from New Zealand, Kate has seen The Green Party grow to national co-leadership under proportional representation, and be able to have a positive impact for environmental protection and positive social impact, and looks forward to us as UK Greens doing the same in Newquay, Cornwall, and across the UK.

As a cycling, car-free Councillor, Kate has spoken up for bus and train service improvements, led a Climate Motion pre COP27 in Glasgow, caused that Newquay Town Council speak up for installation of Solar panels and more sustainable build in developments (as Newquay Neighbourhood Plan-NNP expects) in her role on the Planning Committee, and is spearheading efforts to bring CoCars, the SouthWest’s social enterprise Car-share, or a similar EV car-share (like Zipcar) service to Newquay residents as Bude, Falmouth, Truro and Plymouth already enjoy. Kate also endeavours to support the Treloggan Residents Association, Newquay Orchard, Newquay Permaculture Garden development, picking up rubbish from Fistral beach and nearby.

Kate would love to hear from Green Party and all residents about their thoughts on these or any similar developments Newquay needs to cut traffic, mean less tarmacking for parking, and lower carbon footprint living, and all Social and Environmental issues or improvements our town needs.  

Kate is involved in the Newquay Neighbourhood Plan Review, so would love to hear your thoughts on how this can be improved to protect our special Newquay environment and herniate (and cause more affordable housing).

A passionate environmentalist, gardener, forager, organic lover, Kate holds an MSc in Environmental Management from Imperial-SOAS, is a BlueEarth Summit Ambassador, and has been featured on the BBC and more on ending forced labour of Uyghurs, on Eco and Ethical Fashion in Vogue business, SourcingJournal, Apparel Insider and more. Kate also promotes the UK Modern Slavery Helpline and Real Living Wage Foundation, and is a Trustee of UK charity The Rights Practise for grassroots rights defenders.  

You can find Kate in person in Newquay’s community cowork cafe CSpace at Killacourt from where she works most weeks- just ask the host or at the cafe.