Centre for Sustainability Leadership

The following sustainability leaders have donated their time to the development of the Centre for Sustainability Leadership curriculum by sharing their thoughts on issues central to sustainability leadership. Many of their stories, wisdom and advice have been recorded in-person on high-quality video and audio, and have been transcribed for use in this project.

• Ada Amon, Executive Director, Energy Club, Budapest
• Alexandra Paul, Hollywood Actress, Los Angeles
• Alysia Garmulewicz, Young Environmental Entrepreneur, Ottawa
• Amanda Duzak, Young Environmental Entrepreneur, Washington
• Andrew Cox, Executive Officer, National Parks Association of NSW, Sydney
• Andrew Nazdin, Young Environmental Entrepreneur, Washington
• Anne Lonsdale, Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
• Bill McShea, Senior Scientist, Smithsonian Institute, Washington
• Brett Solomon, Executive Director, Get Up, Sydney
• Bruce Rich, Environmental Defence, Washington
• Bruce Woolf,Vice Chairman, Board of Directors for the Environmental Defenders, Sydney
• C.J Vander Leun, Director, Ecofys, Holland
• Carolina Dijion, Executive Director, Quito Botanical Gardens, Quito
• Catherine Manzo, President, Sustain Us, Washington
• Charles Okoro, Head of Environment, Shell Africa, Nigeria
• Chris Howe, World Wildlife Fund New Zealand, Wellington
• Christopher-Sweetnam Holmes, Environmental Architect, Ottawa
• Crispin Tinkell, Environmentalist, London
• Danny Kennedy, Campaign Director, Greenpeace Australia, Sydney
• Dave Wildt, Young environmental entrepreneur, Washington
• David Broustein, Young environmental entrepreneur, Washington
• David Jenson, Post Conflict Branch, UNEP, Geneva
• David Madden, Purpose Campaigns, New York
• David Wildt, Smithsonian Institute, Washington
• Elizabeth May, Head of Greens Party Canada, Ottawa
• Emily Figdor, Energy Advocate, U.S Public Interest Research Group, Washington
• Erica Stout, Young Environmental Entrepreneur, Washington
• Erika Harms, Director of Environment, UN Foundation, Washington
• Geoff Park, Leading Environmental Author, Wellington
• Geoffrey Palmer, Ex Prime Minister of New Zealand, Wellington
• Geetie Singh, Leading Environmental Restauranteur, London
• Godfrey Merlen, Galapagos Islands Biologist, Ecuador
• Greg Bourne, CEO WWF Australia, Sydney
• Hamish Allardice, Youth Hostel International Operator, Wellington
• Herman Daly, Environmental Economist, University of Maryland, Washington
• Hugh Logan, Head of Ministry of Environment, Wellington
• Ian Kiernan, Executive Director, Clean up the World, Sydney
• Ibrahim Abouleish, Founder SEKEM, Cairo
• Irene Dankelman, Women in the Environment Consultant, Holland
• James Gifford, Lead Project Manager, United Nations Finance Initiative, Sydney
• Jem Bendell, Policy Consultant, Geneva
• Jessica Lax, Young Environmental Entrepreneur, Otesha, Ottawa
• Jessica Rimington, President, One World Youth Project, Washington
• Jessy Tolkan, Campaign Director, Campus Climate Challenge, Washington
• John Passancantando, Executive Director, Greenpeace USA
• Juan Carlos Gonzales, Biologist, Quito
• Juan Manuel Carrion, Biologist, Quito
• Julia Bovey, Communications Director, Natural Resources Defence Council,Washington
• Karen Wayland, Legislative Director, Natural Resources Defence Council,Washington
• Karl-Henrik Robèrt, Founder, The Natural Step, Stockholm
• LaConstance Shadid, Young Environmentalist, San Francisco
• Larry Fahn, Executive Director, As You Sow, San Francisco
• Laurie Beijin, Environmental Media Expert, Resource Media, San Francisco
• Laszlo Zsolnai, Environmental Economist, Budapest
• Lynne Franks, Media expert, London
• Madeleine Lyons, Executive Director, Climate, Sydney
• Mareike Hussels, World Resources Institute, Washington
• Mattias Iweberg, Sustainability Business Consultant, Stockholm
• Melin Boyak, Forest Academic, Istanbul
• Malin Falkenmark, Water Expert, Stockholm
• Melinda Kimble, Vice President, UN Foundation, Washington
• Melissa Rice, Young Environmental Entrepreneur, Washington
• Michael Bean, Chair of Wildlife Program. Environmental Defence, Washington
• Michael Meacher, Ex UK Minister for the environment, London
• Mike Brune, Executive Director, Rainforest Action Network, San Francisco
• Mohamed El-Ashry, Senior Fellow, UN Foundation, Washington
• Mustafa Tolba, Ex Executive Director UNEP, Cairo
• Neil Chambers, Environmental Architect and Planner, New York
• Norman Myers, Leading Environmentalist, Oxford
• Omar Freilla, Leading African American environmentalist, South Bronx, New York
• Pascal Peduzzi, Head of Early Warning Unit, UNEP Geneva
• Paul Ekins, Head of Environment Group, Policy Studies Institute, London
• Paul Hawkins, Environmentalist and Author, San Francisco
• Peggy Shepard, Leading African American environmentalist, Harlem, New York
• Peter Coiser, Wentworth Group, Sydney
• Peter Madden, Executive Director, Forum for the Future, London
• Q’Orianka Kilcher, Hollywood Actress, Los Angeles
• Rachel Heijne, Executive Director, Women and the Environment, Holland
• Rene Nijehuis, Emergency Services Branch, UNEP Geneva
• Robert Richer, Environmental Film Maker, New York
• Robert Urquizo, Undersecretary, Ministry of Environment Ecuador, Quito
• Sally McGeoch, Sustainability Public Relations, Sydney
• Sara Standish, Former staff member of the World Resources Institute, Washington
• Shalini Kantayya, Young environmental film maker, New York
• Shane GeoffreyJones, Maori Federal New Zealand politician, Wellington
• Stefan Hochhuth, Policy Researcher, The World Bank, Washington
• Steven Monfort, Director of Conservation and Science, Smithsonian Institute, Washington
• Summer RayneOakes, Eco Model and entrepreneur, New York
• Tamara Evens, National Training Director, Sierra Club Student Coalition,Washington
• Thomas Lovejoy, Executive Director, The H. John Heinz Center, Washington
• Tiernan Sittenfeld, Legislative Director, League of Conservation Voters,Washington