The Observer Ethical Awards 2017: about | Lucy Siegle

Ethical living columnist and awards founder Lucy Siegle on the 11th Observer Ethical Awards

In the 10 years since An Inconvenient Truth, the Observer Ethical Awards have highlighted that change is not only desirable but possible too. Now in our 11th year, we want you to help unearth the new crop of talent working to make a better world.

Activists like to say that the real job is to prepare the world for huge change, but we're celebrating some of the positive shifts: away from a fossil fuel economy to one powered by renewables; away from irresponsible design, like single-use plastics, to products that stand the test of time.