Lesley Shuttleworth
Originally from South Africa Lesley learned about community from the Zulu and Mpondo peoples and her practice is still shaped by this early learning. She managed Neighbourhood Houses in Narrm (Melbourne) for 25 years.
Later moving to Borderlands Cooperative, she developed programs and projects while also contributing to the revitalisation of the organisation. Now working for the NED (Nurturing Evolutionary Development) Foundation she supports community-based projects that explore, engage and enable local communities to contribute to social change and sustainable and sustaining ecologies.
She has a particular interest in social psychology and how what we believe shapes our ways of Being, Knowing and Acting. She believes that rediscovering how to be in community is the way forward to a just and sustainable transition. Lesley is also interested in organisations and how they could be a force for positive change
Lesley holds a Masters in Sustainability and Social Change (formerly Integrative and Transformative Practice)