About

Faith & Environment

God’s creation reflects His glory and we are called to care for it with love, reverence, and joy. Through my workshops, I offer a space for people to pause, reflect, and engage the senses in exploring how environmental action can be a vibrant part of our faith lives. Rooted in Scripture, each workshop is an invitation to worship, wonder, and walk more gently on the earth.

Background

I spent my early life in East Yorkshire, UK. My father was passionate about agriculture and the environment – a quality that left an indelible mark on my life. I trained as a nurse and midwife in the UK before joining a Christian medical team in the Cambodian refugee camps in 1984. My journey later took me to Cambodia, where I worked in community development with World Vision and met my husband, Doug. We’ve shared a life of faith, service, and family. We had two boys and later adopted Polly, our Cambodian daughter. After living and working in Cambodia for six more years, we moved in 2007 to live in the Adelaide Hills in South Australia.

In 2010 God called me to be a spokesperson against the injustice occurring to his creation. As a Christian I realized this call was primary to the Protestant church, some parts of which have been very slow in acknowledging the biblical call to care for God’s creation.

I later became a director of a Christian conservation organisation, A Rocha Australia. We have environmental projects in various States including two in South Australia and are also assisting churches to trial an Ecochurch scheme.

We tried to make our house(built in 1867)in the Adelaide Hills, more sustainable, but once the children left home realized it was time to downsize. In 2020, we moved to the Aldinga Arts Eco Village. This is a community that exemplifies care for the earth, people and community.

My call to support Christians to connect their faith with care for creation culminated in the completion of studies for a Doctor of Ministry in 2023. My research focused on designing, and trialling an experiential, arts-based ecotheological workshop – a foundation that now shapes every workshop I create.

Why Workshops?

Traditional teaching often speaks to the head, but I wanted to create something that also touches the heart and hands. My workshops usually run from 9.30am - 3.30pm (sometimes just the morning) and aim to build on each participant’s knowledge and practice of creation care, consistent with adult educational principles that acknowledge adults bring life experience and skills to a learning situation. It includes a mix of experiential activities and cognitive content, reflective practice, collaborative learning, discussion, and time in nature.