An Active Hope trainer, adult education tutor and freelance facilitator. She lives in a rural housing co-op, loves growing fruit & veg and sharing her bread-making skills. She’s also been involved with grassroots community action and local politics (as an elected independent green councillor), the Transition movement and peaceful direct action against the arms trade, as well as running courses and campaigning on climate change, eco-psychology and sustainability. 

An experienced facilitator and educator working with change makers in the fields of outdoor learning for sustainability, personal & organisational change for sustainability, and environmental activism.  His upbringing by the Dorset coast, a BSc in Ocean Science, many years teaching along the shores of Devon and Wales, and a passion for surfing, sea swimming, sea shanties and gazing out to sea utterly entangle his identity with the oceans.

A marine biologist with a PhD from Liverpool University. He has over 25 years of experience in field studies teaching marine ecology in Pembrokeshire, on the Exmoor coast and on the Isle of Man. His passion for the Ocean began collecting seashells from the strandline on family holidays in North Devon. He is interested in how conventional ways of educating about the marine environment can be fused with more creative, spiritual connections with the Ocean. 

Nagamani has worked in over 30 countries with NGOs, government, business and civil society organisations to improve the quality of their learning, creating ‘learning for a sustainable future’ and enhancing their capacity to deliver projects effectively with lasting benefits. Learning from nature is at the heart of his work. Nagamani is a practising ordained Buddhist.