Professor
Stuart B. Hill is Foundation Chair of Social Ecology at the University of Western
Sydney. Previously he was at McGill University, in Montreal, where in 1974,
he established Ecological Agriculture Projects, Canada's leading resource
centre for sustainable agriculture. He has published over 300 papers and reports.
Stuart is committed to working for change that improves environmental
sustainability, community and personal well-being, and our psycho-social
evolution. He is a tireless campaigner for the proactive, fundamental
(deep) redesign of our lifestyle, our institutional structures and processes,
our managed ecosystems and our technologies. In 2001, with his colleague
Martin Mulligan, he published "Ecological Pioneers: A Social History of
Australian Ecological Thought and Action. Cambridge University Pr., Melbourne, Vic.
Julian Cribb
is the principal of Julian Cribb and Associates, science communication specialists,
Adjunt Professor at the University of Technology Sydney and a fellow of the Academy of
Technological Sciences and Engineering.
He was Director, National Awareness, for Australia's national science agency,
CSIRO. Prior to this he was an agricultural
and science writer for over 30 years, including editor of National
Farmer and science editor for The Australian. Julian is strongly convinced that Australia's
future will be built on the export of knowledge, and that knowledge
of sustainable food, land and water represents our greatest
national opportunity and asset.
Sue Marriott
has been
an active, dedicated and highly successful participant in the
sustainable agriculture movement for more than 20 years. She
is a farmer who, since 1984, has worked in a range of specific
Landcare extension projects and education enterprises, developing
networks across Australia and internationally. She is currently a member of her local landcare group.
She is also a Churchill Fellow and was awarded the Vida Goldstein award for
Women in the Environment and is co-author of the booklet "Landcare in Australia
- founded on local action."
Victoria Mack
is an adult educator specialising
in education and training in agriculture, horticulture, community development
and conservation and land management.
Victoria is Director of the Registered Training Organisation, Land Connect
Australia Pty Ltd, which aims, through innovative training approaches, to
enhance economic, social and environmental
development in rural and regional Australia. Recent projects include education programs in rural production, rural health,
integrated pest management, environmental management and Landcare.
Mary Johnson's
agricultural skills were gained through
practical farming experiences in a diverse range of rural enterprises across Australia. Over the past decade Mary has
been involved with the provision of training and extension, environmental advocacy and community development.
She has worked with numerous groups including landholder, industry, community, local, State and Federal government agencies,
within Australia and internationally, on natural resource management (NRM) issues. Mary is interested in community
driven approaches to NRM supported by responsive government policy and initiatives.
