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our project team

The Urban Ecoliving Charitable Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees:

 The Tread Lightly Caravan project is being developed by Gael Ogilvie and Andrea Kendall, with lots of help from advisors and supporters.   Gael has more than 25 years experience as an environmental consultant and is providing overall direction for the project.  Andrea is an experienced project manager and is looking after day-to-day project development and managing sub consultants.  Gael and Andrea are supported by Rosi Speakman keeping a watchful eye on everything administrative, in particular our financial accounts.

Our board and project team are fortunate to be ably assisted by Bettina Anderson of Pukeko Blue Communications (http://www.pukekoblue.co.nz/pukeko-who.html) and  Emmanuel Yiannoutsos (Emmanuel Design). Throughout 2007, Bettina and Emmanuel assisted Horizons Manawatu develop The Green Rig (www.greenrig.co.nz) a mobile environmental classroom, operating throughout the Manawatu region.

In addition to this core team, we have a large caste of specialist consultants helping with the project.

Sarah Painter is currently working on our educational material  and the key task of linking the exhibits to the New Zealand curricula.

Ilai Amir  (Connected Media) has done an excellent job of putting together this website.

Peter Millward (Nelson Museum) provided invaluable support,  in the early stages describing  exactly what does and doesn’t make a great exhibit.

Hilary Tolley continues to act as editor/proof-reader extraordinare and general advisor on everything from tapping into contestible funds through to good governance practices.

Annette Lusk provides us with excellent advice on how best to get the attention of New Zealand corporates  as potential sponsors of our project.

Brent Bielby (Auckland City Council) is a regular source of valuable feedback and great ideas.

Most importantly – on the educational front, dozens of young people and their teachers at MeadowBank School, Gladstone Primary, The One Day School, Epsom Normal Primary School and Murrays Bay Intermediate have used their imaginations to create  great ideas for our educational exhibits.

The entire environmental education group at the Auckland Regional Council and also at Education for Sustainability have provided ongoing support and wonderful creative input into the educational design of our exhibits -  including Hilary Chidlow, Bridget Glasgow, Kate Jackson, Cate Jessop and Sara Sheeran,

 Then there are all of those amazing talented practitioners who share a similar vision – that we "can" create a world which is about caring for our planet and  for each other.  These include Frank Olsson, Leanne Holdsworth, Nick Jones, Brendan Hoare,  Nick Collins,  Rachel Brown, Carl Chenery and lots more.