Lecturers
LECTURERS TYPICALLY INCLUDE:
David Holmgren
Dr David Holmgren is best known as the co-originator of permaculture. In 1978, he and Bill Mollison published Permaculture One, starting the global permaculture movement. Since then, David has developed three properties, consulted, and supervised on urban and rural projects, written eight more books, and presented lectures, workshops, and courses in Australia and around the world. His writings over those three decades span a diversity of subjects and issues, whilst always illuminating aspects of permaculture thinking and living. David and his partner Su host SIT students for a walking workshop, which takes place at their permaculture property, Melliodora.
Delta Kay
Delta is a local Aboriginal elder, a Bundjalung woman who has been involved in the program for many years. Early in the semester she offers a “Welcome to Country,” a traditional Aboriginal ceremony, and she is also involved in the camping trip facilitated by Country as Teacher, of which Delta is a part. She runs deep cultural immersion experiences in the Byron Bay region and beyond, and is also a local Councillor with the Australian Greens party.
Helena Norberg-Hodge
Helena is an author, filmmaker and pioneer of the “new economy” movement. Helena’s book, Ancient Futures, which has been made into a film, has been called “an inspirational classic.” Earth Journal counted her among the “10 most interesting environmentalists,” and she received the Right Livelihood Award, or “Alternative Nobel Prize.” Helena studied linguistics at the University of London and MIT. She founded the International Society for Ecology and Culture, is a founding member of the International Commission on the Future of Food and Agriculture, and co-founded the International Forum on Globalization and Global Ecovillage Network. Helena previously taught in SIT’s International Honors Program. She lectures on globalization and the localization movement.