Our Speakers
Our Speakers
The good humans who support our mission and give their time to share their knowledge.
Ewan Mackie
Ewan Mackie has 20 years’ experience in ski tourism and environmental conservation, leading trapping, planting and threatened species projects across the southern South Island.
Julia Blackford
Julia is a food scientist with 20 years experience in food tech and product development. In the last 10 years she has focused on research and development of plant based alternative products and sustainability impacts within food design.
Clinton Chambers
Meet Clinton Chambers - leader, visionary and strategic thinker with a strong set of values that drives everything he does. Owner of Taste Nature organic supermarket, cafe and apothecary, the business is built on Clinton's vision to create a sustainable, ethical, and local economic system that supports the wellbeing of individuals, engages our community, cares for our planet, furthers our education, and is in harmony with nature.
Arna Craig
Arna established her digital marketing agency Fever Pitch in Wanaka in 2011. Working with business across the spectrum in size and industry has given Arna a unique lens into digital communication strategy and business development.
Dr. Denise Quinlan
Denise is the Founder of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing & Resilience (NZIWR), Associate Lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI), and a published academic researcher.
Monique Kelly
Monique is co-founder and General Manager of Wao Aotearoa, a charitable trust based in the Queenstown Lakes District.
Alison Corthell
Alison Corthell is a yoga teacher, wellness advocate, and sustainability leader whose work is rooted in creating healthier people and a healthier planet.
Dr. Kate Meyer
Kate Meyer is a sustainability scientist, engineer, and creator of Planetary Accounting, an internationally recognised, peer-reviewed framework that translates global limits for nature into actionable metrics. She is also the Founder and CEO of the Planetary Accounting Network – a charitable trust whose purpose is to inspire and enable people to operate within the planet’s environmental limits.
Martha Redman
Martha is a Chartered Landscape Architect from the UK, with over 10 years professional experience. Martha has worked on multidisciplinary international design projects across numerous landscape design sectors.
Charlotte Muschamp
Charlotte Muschamp is the founder and principal designer of Alki, a boutique architecture studio based in Wānaka. She brings a strong foundation in building science alongside a passion for natural materials and thoughtful design.
Prof. Terri-Ann Berry
Dr Terri-Ann Berry, Co-Director of the Environmental Innovation Centre, is an environmental engineer championing practical solutions for sustainable waste management and resource efficiency.
Rafe Maclean
Rafe Maclean, FNZIA and Certified Passivhaus Designer, has led his Wānaka-based practice since 2005, creating low-energy architecture that champions thermal comfort and lasting environmental stewardship.
Dean Dunning
Dean is a Wanaka-based renewable energy expert, and founder of Wānaka Solar, with over a decade of experience building solar solutions across the South Island.
Arthur Lee
Arthur is the Sustainability and Development Officer at Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust. He specialises in Passive House design and carbon assessment, focusing on high-performance residential developments.
Camilla Rutherford
Camilla is an award-winning photographer and visual storyteller based in Tarras. Over the past 15 years, she has built a distinctive body of work across both still and moving image, combining a cinematic eye with a deeply narrative approach.
Stefan Warnaar
Stefan has been developing StrawSIPS since 2020, with the aim of making strawbale building approachable for anyone regardless of their knowledge of natural building.