Loco

The idea for Loco2 first came to Kate Andrews in 2006 when she was searching for overland gap year options. Since then her brother Jamie has been responsible for building this website and cooking up various plans to make it easier for people to plan and book low carbon travel.

Now that Kate is back from her travels the sibling duo have been joined by a fantastic web developer called Eugene and a content editor with an eye for detail, Jodie.

Jamie Andrews

Since graduating from the University of Sheffield with a degree in History in 2004, Jamie initially remained in the city he grew to love, working for two years at a clean technology ‘incubator’, where he helped start-up companies hatch their ideas into reality.

Since early 2007 he has worked in web development, starting at the fantastic Torchbox, where he managed the development and launch of The Carbon Account.

In 2008 he moved to East London and began working for AMEE where he still works for four days a week at their Silicon Roundabout offices.

As you might have guessed, Jamie likes travelling and constantly rues the irony of barely having the time for a holiday, so busy has he been building up Loco2 in his spare time.

Kate Andrews

Kate is Jamie’s cheeky little sister. She hatched the plan for Loco2 in 2006 while in her final year of University, before gallivanting off around the World, leaving all the hard work to him.

She’s crossed an ocean on a container ship, sailed the Pacific on a tiny yacht, crossed Asia by bus and train and done a whole lot else besides. In the past two years she’s visited over 25 countries, and used countless forms of low carbon travel. But in October 2009, after an 800 day circumnavigation she decided it was time to come home and face the music.

Having used up her quota of travel for a few years she’s now living in East London, working for Loco2 and helping other people realise the potential of surface travel.

Eugene Bolshakov

Eugene has worked at an inflatable beach mattress rental shop, a digital camera store, as a sound technician at a student club and various other weird and wonderful places.

But he couldn’t help finally picking the only thing he seems to be good at (and which is apparently the most boring one) — web programming.

He has given up the chance to permanently reside in the US because he’d have to fly to visit his parents in Russia. He finds it hard to stay in one place for a long time and when he’s not on the move (or packing things) he likes watching short Indie films, making vegetarian sushi rolls and searching for a reason to get on the move again.

Jodie Harris

Jodie is Loco2’s resident content editor. She has a background in environmental communication and sustainability, and a fantastic eye for detail.

In 2008 she returned from travelling around New Zealand in camper van, and decided to give a helping hand to fellow surface travellers.

Her most recent project was setting up planetearth, the UK’S leading portal for environmental science news. Based in Bristol, she now works for Loco2 part time, bringing her many years experience and editorial skills to the team.