Tara Button

Tara Button has a long and successful career in the field of sustainable consumption and the circular economy. Tara is the founder and CEO of BuyMeOnce, an online platform which sells the longest lasting products on the planet. Tara is also the co-founder of The Beagle Button, a revolutionary tech powered by AI designed to make it easy to shop sustainably.

Button is also an accomplished author, having written the ground-breaking lifestyle book A Life Less Throwaway, which was published by Harper Collins in the UK and Penguin Random House in the USA and translated worldwide.

Prior to this, Button worked as a creative and junior creative at krow communications (2011-2013), a creative copywriter at Duke & Earl (2009-2011), a writer/sub editor at BBC Worldwide (2007-2009), an editorial assistant at Egmont (2007), and a bookseller at Waterstones (2005-2007).

Tara Button's education history includes a Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc in Social Anthropology from The University of Edinburgh between 2001 and 2005, and a MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University between 2005 and 2007. Tara also attended Haileybury, St Leonard's Mayfield and The University of Edinburgh, although there is no information regarding the length of their attendance or any certifications obtained.