Sydney, Australia
Key skills
- print and online journalism
- online content development
- photojournalism
- urban food systems policy development and establishment
- project management.
Experience
Programme/project
Support team member, Kastom Gaden Programme, Solomon Islands.
Role:
- production of media products – copy production, editing, photography, desktop publishing, website content production and management
- production of rural livelihood handbooks for participants in the post-crisis rural livelihoods project involved extensive travel in the Solomons to collect information for writing of handbooks
- produced Blue Seas and Bush Gardens following Australia-based project manager role of AusAID-funded Kastom Garden Project and the evaluation of the project as a means of documenting project learnings
- Australia-based projects include training in local government sustainability skills workshops and production of the participants’ manual for the local government Living Smart sustainable living course.
Programme/project
Projects and Development Education Officer, APACE (Appropriate Technology for Community and Environment), Sydney.
Role:
- education + community/ member/ media liaison
- production of articles, photographs, content and design of newsletters, fact sheets, and other project materials
- organisation of promotional/ information events.
Programme/project
Project Officer, APACE (Appropriate Technology for Community and Environment), Sydney.
Role:
- project management services for the Kastom Garden Programme in the Solomon Islands and the Can Care Lae waste metals recycling project in PNG – included liaison and reporting to funding agencies and AusAID, project planning/ monitoring/ evaluation, field training in Solomon Islands
- project publicity.
Programme/project
Community garden advocate, community garden policy development for local government, training and information service provider – Australia.
Role:
- production of policy directions to enable community gardening for local government
- advocacy, consultant, trainer, communications provider for the Australian Community Gardens Network to promote community development and health improvement through production of fresh food
- content production for network website
- trainer in basic horticulture for community food gardeners
- liaison with local government, media and institutions.
Other activities
- director, Permaculture International Ltd
- policy and advocacy committee member, 1999 – ACFOA (Australian Council for Overseas Aid)
- trainer, organic gardening course – Eastern Suburbs Community College, Sydney
- communtiy liaison, Greening Australia (national reforestation programme)
- organisational communications development, EcoForest Limited (sustainable forestry investment company).
Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Communications – University of Technology, Sydney
- Diploma Permaculture Design – Erda Institute
- Advanced Certificate Outdoor Guiding, TAFE
- photojurnalism – Australian Centre for Photography
- certificate – Centre for Conflict Resolution
Languages
- English (native speaker)
- Solomon Pijin (non-fluent).
Conferences and papers
- co-author, research and design for Getting Ready – a book for intending development aid workers
- content production, desktop publishing design for Kastom Gaden Programme training manuals
- author, Growing Food, Growing Communities, a book about community garden development
- author Blue Seas and Bush Gardens, a book about the Kastom Garden Programme in the Solomon Islands.
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