The Australian Landscape Science Institute - Team

TEAM

PETER ANDREWS OAM
Chair

"Australia could lead the world in climate recovery." For the last 40 years, Peter Andrews OAM has been on mission to get bureaucrats, environmentalists and farmers alike to understand that the old Australian landscape, prior to the arrival of humans, functioned automatically and extremely effectively, with the free help of plants and water as well as the free energies sunlight and gravity. His observations are supported by existing science.

CR JOHN FRY
Director

John has designed and managed environmental engineering projects with local government, Landcare, Rivercare, Coastcare, Bushcare throughout NSW and Queensland since 1992. Until recently, John managed the Green Army program. He has developed a network of partners to adapt to climate change and repair degraded and eroded landscapes with Permaculture and Natural Sequence Farming methodologies.

CR JOHN RYAN
Director

John Ryan, as well as being a news reporter, is a councillor at Dubbo Regional Council. He has been on a mission to educate politicians, farmer groups and Government agencies that Peter Andrews’ methods can work anywhere, from mountain valleys and steep lands to flat lands.
He has a keen interest in improving the Macquarie River, the connection between Dubbo and Wellington, to make Dubbo a better place for residents as well as an attractive tourist location .

BEATRICE LUDWIG
Director & Secretary

Advocating for an equitable balance between human and natural environments. Beatrice is a solicitor with training in Natural Sequence Farming, Agroecology, Agroforestry, Holistic Management, Permaculture and Earthworks. In the past, she has produced weekly sustainability events focussing on regenerative organic agriculture as well as legal issues affecting farmers, such as patents on genes.

LIANA DI STEFANO
Director & Treasurer

Liana has over 30 years successful experience in business - leading turnarounds in small to medium organisations, to working at the C-Suite level in large corporations to change their culture and leadership practices. Her range and scope of experience and smarts allowed her to achieve her dream of retiring early at 48 so she could pursue her passions for community work and the environment.
Since 2011, Liana has used her skills to create and support positive change co-founding Majestic Kilimanjaro Treks & Safaris where profits are used for community work in East Africa, and using her skills to support TALS Institute to achieve scale.

ROD O'BREE
Director

Rod O’Bree has spent the last 10 years as a landowner implementing Natural Infrastructure such as Leaky Weirs and Contour Banks based on the teachings of Peter Andrews. He’s worked with visiting scientists, agricultural Government departments and catchment councils in understanding and demonstrating Peter Andrews’ principles and methods on his Demonstration Site in Western Australia.

ADRIAN DREW
Contributor

Adrian was trained as a Landscape Architect at RMIT in the 1990’s, however, went onto gain practical experience in earthmoving in the mining industry in Western Australia over a period of 15 years, ending up as a project manager and construction supervisor within mining infrastructure projects at Rio Tinto. Over the past 7 years he has applied this practical and design experience to natural farming methods taught via both Peter Andrews and Tarwyn Park Training to his own property in Buxton Victoria, noticing considerable improvement. Adrian brings his project management expertise including in the field of I.T. to the work of implementing TALS' vision.

PETER DOWSON
Story Contributor