Dr Denis Potter is a World-leading Authority on polyurethane technology and vegetable oil based products. In 1974 he discovered and developed a method to create polyurethane products from vegetable and fish oils (amongst other natural oils), of which through years of research has yielded products of foam, polymer concrete, elastomeric or any other type of polyurethane comparable and in some cases superior to petroleum based polyurethane systems, as well as being environmentally friendly (only water is used in the foaming process, as opposed to CFC’s or HCFC’s) and renewable, as oil field supplies are dwindling..

Dennis Potter’s initial success in the laboratory has been developed into a complete manufacturing process that can produce polyols on an industrial scale, as well as their downstream products, and machinery to form these products too, each one tailored to the unique properties of vegetable oil based polyurethane. His work includes the development of a housing system which compliments the polyurethane technologies. Indeed, he has often been referred to as a ‘serial inventor’.

Denis is a member of the Society of Plastics Engineers.

Steven Potter has worked alongside his father Denis since 1986 at both the family home and the office/laboratories. He has extensive experience with natural oil based polyurethanes and other natural oil technologies His work includes product development from and linked with palm oil based foams, elastomers, coatings and polymer concretes. His experience includes work with canola, sunflower, tallow, castor, fish oil and coconut. Steven developed the Chemical Analytical Systems necessary when handling vegetable oil polyols, and polyurethanes.

He has worked in the UK, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany, and Thailand.

He is a member of the Society of Plastics Engineers and the American Oil Chemist Association.

Dr Faiz Rahman is a member of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Faculty in the College of Engineering at the University of Glasgow. He has many years of experience in Semiconductor Device technology and is currently engaged in research on energy conservation devices such as high efficiency solar cells and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Dr Rahman's research is focussed at boosting the energy conversion efficiency of solar photovoltaic cells through fundamental material and device engineering. He is also actively working on enhancing the brightness of LEDs for energy-efficient solid-state lighting. The combination of these technologies should go a long way towards realising a low carbon foot-print society for our sustainable future.

Dr Rahman is interested in finding new materials and processing technologies for devices that reduce our reliance on hydrocarbon fuels. He collaborates with a number of organisations on various research activities and regularly publishes the results of his research findings

Richard is an internationally-known researcher, author and consultant on waste management and thermopyllic composting. After completing his NDA degree at the Royal Berkshire College of Agriculture, Richard went on to research the life and works of Sir Albert Howard, now considered the grand father of modern organic farming. Richard subsequently further developed Howard’s fertility making system in India, re-presenting it in The Lost Science of Organic Cultivation

He has worked on organic farming and sanitation systems in the UK, Europe, India, China and Hawaii. He founded and runs the company Higgins Joinery Ltd, which manufactures energy-efficient sash windows.

In 2010, Richard took an international food group into Haiti just two weeks after the earthquake, where he also presented the Howard-Higgins system of waste management to leading relief organisations. In a joint venture with CRS, (Catholic Relief Services), Richard personally established The Howard- Higgins thermophyllic composting system for the safe remediation and agricultural use of processed human effluent ( which is often discarded as raw sewage onto the streets of Port au Prince by some American contractors.)

He established New Directions Foundation in Haiti as a registered NGO and is working with other NGO's to rebuild Haiti’s sanitation and agricultural infrastructure. He has been asked to design an ecological sanitation model for an IDP camp of 5,000 (internally displaced persons). Richard also writes a blog The Alchemy of Agriculture

Denrick Carty enjoyed a career in the pharmacutical industry working as a Microbiologist Scientist and manager. An interest in soil science enabled him to start a community waste composting project in the Midlands. DC also acted as an environment project author. He runs an electrical business in the Midlands.

Arjuna has worked as a technical communicator, marketing and documentation manager since 1998 in various industries, including gas, chemical, microelectronics and software. He has also been a member of management teams for several charities. Arjuna has always been a committed environmentalist, standing twice in parliamentary elections for the Green Party. Author of science fiction novel Angels's Chic, Arjuna has worked with New Directions Foundation since 2009. He is currently involved with managing grant applications, developing educational materials and setting up a pilot agricultural project in Hertfordshire.

John Loxham obtained his degree in Chemistry from OXford University, followed by an MBA from Manchester Business School. He started his own successful software business in Belgium and France to retire to Scotland. John works with Mr Richard Higgins on raising the profile of Sustianable Organic Agriculture, along with authorship of new publications for a world seeking solutions to both sanitation and soil fertility.

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