Isabella grows healthy food, regenerates native forest and makes jewellery from her own fossicking and ethically sourced stones. She’s a professional artist, photographer and permaculturist, making eco and community friendly waves throughout our valley.

James started in London as a reporter with The Guardian and the Washington Post. He returned to Australia as The Guardian’s Australian/Pacific correspondent. He has also worked for Australian Financial Review, Time, ABC & BBC radio.

Educator, artist, author and activist. Zela combines her talents as artist and educator to inspire and build stronger connections for a more sustainable future. She is also an amazing Permaculturist, seed saver and paper maker.

Anna is a stand-up comedian, fiction writer, event producer, podcaster, aspiring visual artist, avid tea drinker and compulsive op­shopper. She runs stand-up comedy events and runs a business making button badges and magnets.

Design extraordinaire. Glenbee is Gympie’s cafe dweller, regularly seen expanding his spoon collection. He is a generous spirit devoted to campaigning for the rights of bees and kale. He also creates Word Puzzles and designs and publishes really cool books.

International educator, activist and ratbag­at-large, Lauren is passionate about radical democracy, style and design, sustainability, social and environmental justice, the arts, and culture. She invites us to engage, critique and re-imagine for the collective good.

Peter and Bevly offer an enormous knowledge of the flora and fauna of our region. They have documented regenerative farming practise and our region’s incredible diversity of habitat for many years.

Murray is a strong advocate for the adoption of renewable energy by our community. Gympie Sustainability Alliance demonstrate that solar power is abundant, free clean and financially viable.

Dedicated river spokesman and chairman of the Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee (MRCCC). Ian is Gympie’s Gandalf the Grey providing sound arguments for a healthy environmental economy. He’s also a fantastic storyteller and poet.

Nurturing our creative development, Lucy is not afraid to push the boundaries when it comes to Art. A very funny, down to earth person with a perfect streak of madness. Thank you Lucy for bringing your style and finesse to Gympie Living.

Celebrating 20 years working with the MRCCC, Deb is a powerhouse ofresources and generosity. A longtime secretary of ANARRA wildlife rescue, you can be assured our waterways and native critters are in safe hands.

Organic beef producer and Kandanga Farm Store co-owner, Tim Scott is an outspoken agitator for change. His holistic vision for food, energy and ecological systems that regenerate regional communities, provides us with an alternative perspective.

Retired systems analyst volunteers for weed management on small acreage. Peter’s wry humour celebrates his love of the English language as he transitions from Committing Herbicide to “Why do we say?”

Adele is a wandering poet, muso, author, beach­comber and carer for her parents since returning to the Gympie area from south New Zealand, where she grew up on its mountains and rivers. Adele has published a poetry and photo book titled ‘Barefoot Dreaming’.