Dr Kate Auty

In July 2009 Environmental scientist and former magistrate Dr Kate Auty was appointed the new Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability. Dr Auty distinguished herself as Chairperson of the Ministerial Reference Council on Climate Change Adaptation and as a member of the Premier of Victoria’s Reference Committee on Climate Change. Dr Auty brings extensive legal and academic background including post-graduate qualifications in environmental science. Dr Auty signed the Victorian Bar Roll in 1992, and was appointed a Victorian Magistrate in 1999. She established the first Victorian Koori Court and acted as inaugural Koori Court Magistrate. From 2004–2009 Dr Auty was a Magistrate in Western Australia.
She has undertaken a number of consultancies including a project on local government and climate change for the National Environmental Law Association. .

David Holmgren

David Holmgren is a futurist and the co-originator of the permaculture concept with Bill Mollison. Of his best known book, Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability, Transition Towns concept originator Rob Hopkins has said, "it is no exaggeration to call this the most important book published in the last 15 years." Future Scenarios (www.futurescenarios.org) explores David Holmgren's futurism and scenario planning work for an era of peak oil and climate change. “Many futurists are looking at Facebook, robot pets and other i-fads, whereas David has been studying a much bigger picture. He draws on 30 years of permaculture thinking to address the fundamental resource and environmental constraints facing humanity. I think he is the most important futurist in the world right now,” said Adam Grubb, founder of Energy Bulletin. .

Ian McBurney

Ian McBurney has delivered sustainability education to tens of thousands in the community, business, schools and government sectors. As a director of the environmental education outfit Vox Bandicoot, he was responsible for the expansion and delivery of the Sustainability Street Approach, (which is now in two hundred villages across Sydney and Melbourne), he delivered workplace sustainability training to over 6000 staff from small business, to local government and large manufacturing companies such as City West Water, South East Water, Australian Arrow PL, Bosch Australia and Banyule, Nillumbik and Whitehorse City Councils. Ian has written and produced environmental educational films, curriculum, books, theatre and interpretation. He has spent the past three years in Bendigo running Live Ecological, which assists businesses on the path to sustainability. .