JESSICA NORTH

BIO

For the past 14 years, Jessica has worked at the Australian Research Institute for Environment & Sustainability at Macquarie University, including five years as its Director.

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She has written for the Australian Association for Environmental Education, Vogue Entertaining and Vogue Children. She has published four business guides, two lifestyle books, and co-wrote a chapter on sustainability for the United Nations publication Tomorrow Today.

Jessica is also co-founder and Director of the Senior Services Guide, an online directory of home-care services for elderly Australians. Her voluntary roles have included teaching English to adult migrants and providing administration services to WIRES.

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Jessica researched the life of Esther Abrahams for over a decade and is delighted to have uncovered the achievements of a remarkable woman who lived among many of Australia's historical figures during the early years of colonisation.