Embodied Ecology

Timoteo Granzotti is an ethnoecologist with over 20 years of experience in native botany, whole-systems design, agroforestry, and TEK (Traditional Ecological Knowledge). He is a Senior Designer and Instructor at the renowned Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, and is the co-founder of People of the Forest, an international impact organization supporting Indigenous food sovereignty and reforestation in the Amazon. His work helps weave communities with place, purpose, and the living systems that hold us.

Linguist, author and film maker, Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of the international non-profit organisation, Local Futures, a pioneer of the new economy movement, and the convenor of World Localization Day. Helena is the author of several books, including 'Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh', an eye-opening tale of tradition and change in Ladakh, or “Little Tibet”. Her latest book is 'Local is Our Future: Steps to an Economics of Happiness'. 

Mindy Woods is a Bundjalung woman, chef, restaurateur, and the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 Champion of Change. Nationally recognised for her award-winning work at Karkalla and globally celebrated for revitalising First Nations culture through food, Mindy blends cultural storytelling with contemporary gastronomy to honour the world’s oldest continuous food culture. She works closely with communities, farmers, and knowledge holders to protect native food systems, mentors First Nations women in hospitality, and advocates for ethical, sovereign Indigenous food practices worldwide. Mindy’s leadership is reshaping Australia’s culinary identity and inspiring global audiences to connect more deeply with Country.

Nathalie Kelley is a Quechua-descended actress and storyteller working at the intersection of entertainment and education. Through film, television, and advocacy, she weaves ancient wisdom and living Indigenous technologies into modern narratives—using story as a tool for ecological remembrance, justice, and reconnection with the living world.

Nina Karnikowski is a writer exploring how travel can help solve social and environmental problems. With over 13 years’ experience reporting from some of the world’s most ecologically and culturally rich regions, her work weaves together storytelling, systems thinking and a deep respect for place. She is the author of The Mindful Traveller, Go Lightly and Make a Living Living, and contributes regularly to The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Financial Review, Condé Nast Traveller and more. Nina also mentors purpose-driven creatives and leads writing retreats designed to cultivate clarity and connection.

Peter is a nationally recognised biodynamic farmer, winemaker, and entrepreneur, and a former spokesperson for Australian Organics. As custodian of his family’s biodynamic farm and vineyard, Krinklewood, he has spent years blending creativity with ecological practice, working across organics, biodynamics, quantum agriculture, and regenerative farming systems. He now owns and runs Natural Order Wine (NOW), putting these principles into practice every day.

Brooke Brash is the Co-Founder and Director of Imaginal, an online learning platform that focuses on the balance between nature and human healing. With 10 years in digital creative development, she assists groups and organisations with digital curation and online community spaces. She facilitates retreats, immersions, and gatherings rooted in presence, creativity and shared experience. Her work is centered with intention, in creating space to slow down, to listen and return to right relationship with the living world. Guided by Tea as a plant ally, she holds awareness and inner reflection through ceremony as an embodied practice.

Richie Miller is a bodyworker and movement practitioner with a lifelong relationship to the body through dance, beginning at the age of seven. His work is shaped by years of physical practice and lived experience. Richie offers a balanced, client-centred approach to deep tissue bodywork, rooted in presence, nervous system regulation, and deep release. His sessions create space for emotional expression and embodied awareness, supporting clients to listen inward and reconnect with the intelligence of the body.