Zoë has recently graduated with Distinction from her Masters degree in Human Ecology from the University of Strathclyde, prior to that she gained a BSc in Anthropology from UCL. She is especially concerned with conservation, spirituality and human interaction with the environment writing her thesis on ‘Despair, denial or damned lies? The politics and poetics of climate change communication’.

A trained actor and musician (she plays drums and piano) she’s recently been presenting a series for National Geographic called ‘Treks in a Wild World’. The last three ‘treks’ were to Albania, The Eastern Caribbean and The Cape Verde Islands.

In 2006 Zoë was the lead actor for Big Intent Theatre Company in their 12 month production Free For All, a show about the history of the abolition of slavery. The tour started in the UK and ended in Freetown, Sierra Leone. She has also spent several years as Singer in residence for Opera North Education in Leeds and volunteers at The Helen Bamber Foundation, leading song writing workshops with refugees, asylum seekers and victims of abuse and torture.

A keen and effective campaigner, Zoë’s other interests include diving (she’s PADI qualified), rock climbing, horse riding, rowing, canoeing and mountaineering. She’s also experienced in dance (samba, basic salsa and tap) and speaks conversational French and Italian.

For further information please contact Vicki McIvor on 020 7209 3777