Lucas Moore

Background

About Lucas Moore

I work at a non-profit called Giving What We Can where we encourage people to make giving effectively and significantly a normal part of their lives. Before joining GWWC, I studied Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, supported the book launch of 'What We Owe The Future' by Professor William MacAskill at the University of Oxford, and set up and ran a book distribution company with an annual revenue of over £1M, before scaling down my own involvement and moving on to new opportunities to have a positive impact in the world. I am dedicated to making the world a better place. To this end I have given time to, amongst other causes, teaching disadvantaged children in Nepal, assisting with blood donations for St John's Ambulance, organising environmental activism and community-building for the effective altruism movement. In addition to my time, in 2017 I pledged to give at least 10% of my income over the course of my life to charities that can most effectively use that money to improve the lives of others (10% Pledge #2941 with @GivingWhatWeCan). I am interested in meditation and, in addition to having a daily meditation practice, I periodically undertake week-long silent meditation retreats.