Jim McIsaac --Environmental Advocate with T Buck Suzuki Foundation
is a father, a fishermen, a philosopher, an environmentalist and a realist. Overall he's a solutions person, always strategizing and looking for the next step. His major concern is pollution and the next generations, we are killing the planet and need to leave it healthy for our children; "If we wait for all the studies to come in before we act there will be nothing left." As an environmentalist Jim was tasked with tackling the impasse over Victoria's lack of sewage treatment. Jim has been working closely with Stephen Salter to promote integrated resource recovery as a cornerstone for sewage treatment in the region.

Themes:
Keeping our water clean
Working for change
Reusing our waste
Fitting everything in

Guest 2 Philippe Rouget -- Marine Biologist

Philippe Rouget is the executive director and co-founder of the Coastal Wildlife Research Foundation. He has a long-standing interest in marine ecology and conservation biology with an emphasis on marine mammal studies. He competed a master's degree in behavioural ecology at the University of New Brunswick, where his research focused on the underwater vocal behavior of Weddell seals in Antarctica. In 2001, he served as the resident wintering scientist at Mawson Station, the Australian Antarctic Division's research base in Eastern Antarctica, as part of the 51st Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition. More recently, his role as a research scientist for several marine mammal monitoring and mitigation projects around the world have led him to work with several of the world's most endangered whales, including blue, bowhead and humpback whales. In total, he has completed over 20 expeditions to the Antarctic and has lectured on his work at a number of zoological symposiums, conferences and universities worldwide.

Themes

Adventures with science
Magic of whales
Lessons after being left for dead
Challenges and rewards beyond the edge of civilization

 

Guest 3 Suzanne McMillan -- Designer, Entrepreneur

Susi McMillan experienced being on top of her career as an event manager in Germany, followed her heart and dreams, traveled around the world , connected to nature, found the love of her life in Australia, moved to another continent, created her own artistic company with her husband in Canada and the biggest, gave birth to her children. Her passion in life is health and nature, which comes in all different shapes and sizes. She loves to get others motivated and exited for taking a stand for what's important to them, especially kids. Because one day all the big leaders in the world.... were a child. Something a lot of people don't know... She is also a face painter who turns kids into eagels, wolves, cats and butterflies and gets inspired by their true love for life and imagination.

Themes:

Follow dreams
Courage to change
Using personal talents and gifts for a bigger purpose than myself
Creating community and the power which comes with it.

Guest 6 Matthew Kemshaw

Matthew is a passionate community activist who (with lots of his friends) is working with local schools, governments and city park officials to encourage the application of design principles that mimic natural systems and support functional productive ecologies. This means that Matthew is always trying to plant useful trees, shrubs, herbs and vegetables in public places where everyone can benefit from them. He gardens in: 14 schools, 3 Mental Health and Addictions Facilities, 1 Adult Education Center, 1 big community Food Forest, and in some places where you're not actually supposed to plant things (don't tell anyone).

Themes:

Copying Natural Systems
Living off (or with) the Land
a Revolution Disguised as Gardening
Everything is One