Hello, I’m Suzanne.
I help people close the gap between knowing, acting, and helping others act too, through communication, facilitation, strategy, and research.
I work across four areas:
- Communicating science: helping researchers and technical experts get their work understood by the people who need it.
- Strategic foresight & futures: helping organisations navigate uncertainty and make better decisions about what’s next.
- Research & senstoryscapes: exploring how multi-sensory, place-based experiences can build our capacity to face climate futures.
- Walking, sense-making & sustainability: helping people recover attention, agency, and care for the world around them.
All of my work flows from a curiosity about how we can achieve strong sustainability: conditions where people, the natural world, and our systems can thrive, now and in the future.
My approach to both strong sustainability, and how I work, is pragmatic, active, and optimistic. I start from what’s actually true, design ways to address challenges or support solutions, and let the evidence of what’s working (and what’s not) influence next steps.
If that sounds like something you’d like to explore, let’s have a conversation or take a look at my work →
On a personal note
I’m a proud South African and long-time resident of Innsbruck, Austria, where I live with my rather marvellous husband and an impressive collection of books. I am water-oriented rather than mountain-oriented (ironic, given where I live) and I am happiest swimming, scuba diving, sailing, “fish hugging” (in contrast to “tree hugging), and being near the water.
I love walking. I am interested in how we revolutionise urban spaces into places for connection instead of cars. I have not-so-secret identity as a professional oral storyteller. I am overflowing with ideas, many of which become side projects. I organise many events. People fascinate me, and although we live in troubling times, I still believe that humans are creative and curious and worth believing in as part of the solution, not just the problem.
I’m an aspiring mindful person (emphasis on aspiring) and a firm believer in the power of imagination to change the world. I do my best to tread lightly and intentionally on the earth, and to help others find their own ways of doing the same.
