Ella Lawton
Since 2008, Ella has worked with the Otago Polytechnic's Centre for Sustainable Practice. For the Centre Ella has played a central role in developing the content for New Zealand's first courses in Sustainable Practice. She has also supported the development of the Central Otago Sustainable Tourism Programme. All courses and business programmes run through the Centre communicate strategic sustainable development through the use of The Natural Step Framework.
Ella is currently the South Island Project Manager for a new FRST funded research project: the Ecological Footprint of New Zealand Lifestyles and Urban Form http://snipurl.com/1cxjc6. This Footprint project is a first for New Zealand with the proposed outcome of measuring the resource requirements associated with an individual's lifestyle choices and the size, shape and geography of the communities they live in. Ella has also undertaken a FRST funded PhD position in the Footprint project through University of Victoria, Wellington and leads the project in the Real Change Programme http://www.realchange.nu/.
Ella has an a varied background with degrees in law and ecology from Otago University and was the first New Zealander to complete the Masters in Strategic Leadership in Sustainable Practice based in Karlskrona, Sweden. She is also a member of the UNESCO Natural Sciences Sub-Commission and Youth Bureau. Contact Ella at ella.lawton@op.ac.nz or phone 021 735 981.
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