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Ken
Hickson, founder of ABC Carbon, environmental
consultant and author
ABC
carbon is new but Ken Hickson has been around
for a long time.
A journalist by training, working in newspapers,
magazines, radio & television in New Zealand,
before he succumbed to the wider world of communications,
including public relations for airlines and a
host of businesses throughout the Asia Pacific.
He
has been an enthusiast for the environment well
before it became popular, supporting the World
Wide Fund for Nature, acting as their honorary
representative in Singapore for 4 years and now
serving as a Governor of WWF Australia, also providing
business, communications and fund-raising support.
For
17 years, Ken lived and worked in Singapore, initially
as a public affairs consultant to Singapore Airlines,
then setting up his own consultancy, Hickson Public
Relations, to service local, regional and international
clients, including BMW, Intel, Hitachi, Canon,
Caltex & DHL. In 1996, his business was acquired
by one of the largest communications companies
in the world, Fleishman Hillard, and he continued
to manage its Singapore operations and help the
business expand throughout Asia Pacific.
He
authored the non-fiction account of a major airline
disaster “Flight 901 to Erebus”, spent
a month with scientists in the Antarctic and worked
on television’s “Science Express”
program. He has a depth of experience in aviation,
airline, travel and tourism sectors having worked
for the national tourism organisations of Australia,
New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia,
and for airlines including Singapore Airlines,
Air New Zealand, Lufthansa and United.
Ken
moved to Australia at the end of 2000, where he
has occupied himself consulting, writing and lecturing.
He is an Associate Professor adjunct at the University
of the Sunshine Coast where he has managed production
workshops, programs for community groups, lectured,
as well as launched a new course on International
Communications, now in its fourth year.
He
has worked with communication consultancies in
Australia and overseas, including Three Plus and
Rowland. He is a dedicated supporter of the creative
industries and the arts, organising art exhibitions,
concerts by the Australian String Quartet and
promoting the work of his artist wife M and sculptor
son Dave Hickson.
He
believes climate change is a reality we all need
to face up to. We can adapt and change the course
of history. He urges recognition for carbon in
its many forms and many uses. He would like this
century to be called “The Age of Carbon”
and encourages United Nations and Governments
to provide leadership to lead industry and communities
away from the drastic consequences of climate
change.
He
is currently working with clients as well as other
specialist consultants within Australia and overseas
to deliver services required to deal with the
issues and opportunities presented by climate
change. (Credit:
ABC Carbon).
Websites
ABC
Carbon
World
Wildlife Fund Australia
News
Sydney
book launch of the ABC of Carbon on 5th August
2009
“The ABC of Carbon”
Issues
and Opportunities in the Global Climate Change
Environment By Ken Hickson
Darlington
Centre, 174 City Road, University of Sydney
Wednesday
5 August 2009, 4pm
Rsvp
to Karen on Telephone (02) 9351 5624 or email
k.treacy@econ.usyd.edu.au
Ken
Hickson
Director,
ABC Carbon
P.O.Box
185, Toowong
Brisbane,
Queensland 4066, Australia
www.abccarbon.com
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