Eric Holden

Background

About Eric Holden

With a background in climate science, Eric understands the global climate emergency, and in recognising the seriousness of the situation he changed from a profession that predicts climate change to one that works actively to prevent it. In 2020 he joined Seawilding, which at the time was a small community-led organisation with one part time employee, and helped grow the organisation into an award winning and professional charity with seven full time employees focused on environmental recovery through marine habitat restoration. He is a Scientific Diver with a passion for marine surveying, co-authoring the BSAC Underwater Surveyor course, making marine surveying more accessible to citizen scientists. He also works as a meteorologist, holds degrees in Atmospheric Science and Operational Meteorology and is a CMOS Accredited Consulting Meteorologist. He has worked as a forecaster at two Olympic Games. He is an avid yachtsman, holding a MCA Masters 200 qualification. He skippered the winning team in the 13/14 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, is as a dinghy world champion, and Canadian Rolex Sailor of the year.