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Lucia Legan
M.Ed. Science and Environmental Education, Deakin University, Australia
Diplomate of the Permaculture Institute of Australia, has worked in community
development for more than 15 years with Aboriginal communities, women's groups,
young people, and farmers. Since arriving in Brazil, she has co-founded both
IPEC and the Mollison School for Sustainable Studies where she remains as
Executive Director. Lucia has authored a nationally selected prize-winning
environmental education guide called "Escola Sustentavel"
["Sustainable Schools"] which is currently in its second edition. She
has recently launched a nationwide program, "Habitats na Escola,"
which empowers students, parents, and teachers with the skills to create
sustainable habitats in school.
Hildegard Magdalena Klever Krause
PhD, Sustainable Development of the Humid Tropics, Federal University of Para, Brazil
Hildegard has lived in the Amazon since the age of nine, presonally witnessing
the vast and varied impacts generated by humans on the forest. Through
psychology, she works to increase awareness and empower people to change their
behavior and renew their relationship with nature. Hildegard has a
masters in teacher training in public school systems and her Doctorate in
public policy and the implementation of environmental education programs.
Through Ecocentro IPEC she came into contact with permaculture and social
technologies, and currently serves on the teaching and administrative staff
there and at University of the State of Goiás in Pirenópolis.
Andre Jaeger Soares
PhD, Sustainable Development of the Humid Tropics, Federal University of Para, Brazil
Soares is a master’s candidate in environmental education at Griffith
University in Brisbane, Australia, and is a cofounder of Ecocentro IPEC, a
trilingual teacher, natural builder and permaculture designer. He founded the
Permaculture Institute of Central Queensland in Australia. As national
coordinator with the United Nations Development Program, Andre taught more than
2000 people throughout the country in permaculture design. Andre was given the
Casa Claudia award for innovative design in natural construction and is
acknowledged as one of the 50 most important people in environmental
development in Brazil. His leadership in sustainability has attracted a
partnership with the Swiss foundation AVINA creating new projects in the area
of low impact architecture and social development in South America. In 2005,
Andre also worked as an international aid worker in Haiti as a team leader in
sustainable development. He is a diplomate of the Permaculture Institute of
Australia.
Simi Hoque, UMass Faculty Sponsor
Ph.D. Architecture, UC Berkeley
M. Arch. 1st Professional Degree, Architecture, UC Berkeley
M.S. Civil and Envir. Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
B.A. Design Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Hoque teaches environmental systems and sustainable design principles. Her
research is focused around the application and development of energy efficient
buildings. She specializes in energy modeling, resource efficiency, and systems
design and is seeking to improve the way buildings use the earth's resources.
Simi is the co-founder of Floodspace, a research and design collaborative,
whose mission is to develop strategies for improved housing, infrastructure,
and livelihood in communities subject to climate change-related flooding.
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