Our Speakers
Our Speakers
The good humans who support our mission and give their time to share their knowledge.
Tanya Simmonds
Tanya Simmonds, a passionate advocate for hemp and its vast potential across various industries, founded the hemp fibre processing company, HempCentral Ltd based out of Queensbury, NZ.
Queenstown Electrification Accelerator (Team)
The Queenstown Electrification Accelerator (QEA) is a locally led initiative driving the transition to a low-cost, low-emission, and resilient energy future across the Queenstown-Lakes District.
Kristy Jones
Kristy Jones is the National Sustainability Manager for Cook Brothers Construction.
Caro Robertson
Caro is an architect/co-director of Spacecraft Architects typically based in Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington.
Thom Gill
Thom has over 25 years of architectural experience and has been a registered architect in New Zealand, the UK and Denmark. After returning to New Zealand in 2012, he co-founded Studio Nord.
Mark Anderson
Mark Anderson of M A Building specialises in completing architecturally designed new homes here in Wanaka.
Lisa Hinde
Lisa Hinde is Head of Sustainability at Precinct Properties, where she leads the development and implementation of long-term strategies that embed sustainability, health, and wellbeing across over $5b worth of assets under development and management.
Matthew Cutler-Welsh
Matthew, Senior Manager - Residential at the New Zealand Green Building Council, has 15 years in energy efficiency, leads environmental rating tools, and hosts podcasts on green building.
Jose Cranfield
Jose brings water chemistry expertise and a passion for resilient communities, connecting people and ideas at WAI Wānaka to protect our lakes and streams.
Guy Shaw
Guy is the founder and director of Energy Architecture NZ, as well as the treasurer for the Passive House Institute New Zealand (PHINZ) and Air Permeability Testing NZ (APTNZ).
Emma Brockie
Emma is the Sustainability Advisor at Queenstown Lakes District Council, leading the implementation and engagement of community focussed actions in QLDC’s Waste Management and Minimisation Plan.
Delia Bellaby
Delia is the current Chair of the Earth Building Association of NZ, EBANZ, and believes that natural building techniques have the power to transform the current building industry within a sustainable circular economy.
Lauren Boyd
Lauren is a Senior Planetary Accountant at The Planetary Accounting Network where she leads Planetary Accounting for the built environment workstream; making it easier for the construction sector to understand the environmental impact of materials.
Helen Hughes
Having spent most of her career in working for large scale corporates in New Zealand, England and Australia, Helen transitioned into the not-for-profit space in 2023 taking on the role of Tai Urungi - Chief Executive at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari, the worlds largest predator fenced eco-sanctuary located in the heart of the mighty Waikato.
Dr Rebecca Bloore
Dr Rebecca Bloore has extensive experience conducting psychology research and offers consulting sessions locally in Wanaka.
Sean Weaver
Ekos founder Sean Weaver started his career as a forest ecologist and then moved into forest conservation financing. This began in Fiji working with tribal landowners to protect the magnificent rainforests of Wabu Creek (pronounced 'Waambu') in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Sean is an international expert in market-based mechanisms for environmental and climate financing specialising in restorative & environmental forestry.
Monique Kelly
Monique, is the Co-Founder of Concept Store Revology, General Manager at Wao, and UN ILO consultant on labor rights, focusing on carbon-zero and regenerative futures.