Growing up in a remote part of rural Australia shaped my understanding of the world. My childhood consisted of planting trees and rounding up sheep, finding poisonous snakes in my bedroom and echidna in the garden, and taking solo walks to gaze at the exceptionally starry skies. Somewhere amongst that, a curiosity about the interconnectedness of all things was sparked.

I work on climate change, both locally in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) in Aotearoa New Zealand and globally. I support climate changemakers in their ventures, and I research and write about what makes effective climate strategy. My work is informed by systems theory and a fierce sense of justice. I generally believe that all issues are interconnected so while I focus on climate change, that’s because it’s where I feel the most urgency. Ultimately it is just one expression of the broken parts of our global society as it is configured today.

Perhaps surprisingly, I started my career in Sydney’s music industry, drawn to the energy, creativity and sense of community. Since then I have worked in social entrepreneurship, local government, academia, and philanthropy across Australia, South Africa, the UK and Aotearoa, with regional reach in each.

Currently, I’m working on a playbook for how to unlock agency for collective climate action. This is based on learnings from dozens of world-leading social entrepreneurs and is a collaboration between Ashoka and the Skoll Centre of Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University. You can find a teaser of the work here.