Our team

Roger joined the Network of Wellbeing team in late 2014 to take on a leading role in developing our strategy. Roger has over 25 years’ experience of campaigning mainly at Friends of the Earth, including locally, nationally and internationally on issues as diverse as climate change, biodiversity, resource use and economics. Roger is also a Director of the Flameworks Creative Arts Facility in Plymouth, where he lives with his partner, Karen and her three daughters. He is at his happiest exploring the countryside with Karen or working his allotment with his brother, Joe.

Flo manages NOW’s communications, with a particular focus on online communications, including our webinar series. Flo’s core passions lie in connecting people and communities, and supporting others to make a positive difference in their own lives and in the wider world. Flo lives in the Netherlands (working remotely for NOW), following her studies at Leiden University on Anthropology and Development. Flo is happiest with friends, practicing mindfulness or going dancing, or practicing mindful dancing! 😉

Flo is on maternity leave until February 2020.

Mirella coordinates the Network of Wellbeing’s community work in Totnes. Before joining the NOW team, Mirella studied Forestry Engineering in Brazil, her home country, and worked on various projects relating to environmental education, waste reduction and sustainable management of tropical forests. Mirella also did her MSc in Holistic Science at Schumacher College in Devon, which allowed her to go deeper into the relationship between music and social transformation. Mirella is happiest when spending time with her lovely young son, Oli.

Josh’s role at the Network of Wellbeing is developing partnerships and projects. Josh has many years experience as a change-maker in business, education and the arts empowering people through values based creativity. He uses an approach that is integral, holistic and relational. In addition to his work at NOW, he is involved in new economy initiatives at the Commons Society Foundation, extending democratic wellbeing as co-founder of the UK Civil Society Alliance, supporting intergenerational leadership as an elder of the Synergized Earth Network and developing wellbeing in education as a trustee of the South Devon Steiner School. Josh is happiest when singing in a community choir, discussing ideas with family and friends or dancing Tango.

Mark Jefferys manages the Share Shed, a Library of Things, in Totnes. He’s also one of only three accredited Earth Education trainers in the UK,

He has over 30 years experience in environmental and earth education, teaching adults and children of all ages in the UK, Finland, Australia and America. He is passionate about bringing the natural world to life and reconnecting people with nature in creative ways. A keen songwriter and guitarist, Mark often uses his music in environmental programmes, and is happiest when singing in the woods around a campfire!

Tracy is a curious, adventurous and free-spirited person who is passionate about living authentically, with gratitude, and in the moment. Usually found in by the river, the ocean or out on the Moors, she is her happiest when outdoors, barefoot, and surrounded by nature.

Inspired by a six-day meditation retreat at The Barn, she relocated to Totnes in 2017 and has been working in communication-based activism ever since.

She brings a diverse skill-set to NOW with considerable experience in communications strategy, digital content, multi-channel marketing, partnerships, community outreach and events management.

Tracy holds a 200-hour Yoga Alliance certificate and is also a qualified Mindfulness and Compassion teacher and NLP Practitioner.

A former monk and long-term peace and environment activist, Satish Kumar has been quietly setting the Global Agenda for change for over 50 years. He was just nine when he left his family home to join the wandering Jains and 18 when he decided he could achieve more back in the world, campaigning for land reform in India and working to turn Gandhi’s vision of a renewed India and a peaceful world into reality. Satish has been the editor of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine since 1973. He is the author of five books and his autobiography, No Destination, published by Green Books in 1978, has sold over 50,000 copies.

Nigel is a Trustee and Co-Founder of NOW with Satish Kumar. He has been a trustee of the project since 2011, when he was appointed to initiate and establish NOW as an active project. His working life has ranged from supporting the project management of major computer projects in the public sector, to setting up and managing  a successful management consultancy company. As a retired business executive, his focus has turned to more philanthropic activities, initially supporting Friends of the Earth’s Big Ask campaign, which resulted in the establishment of the world’s first climate change bill. Since then he has provided support to a wide range of charities, but more recently came to the conclusion that focusing his time and resources on the promotion of community wellbeing was the best thing to do when the world, and indeed humanity, seem to be approaching a period of severe turbulence.

John has worked mostly in the world of environmental publishing: eight years at the Intermediate Technology Development Group (now called Practical Action), set up by E. F. Schumacher and others, followed by 25 years as Managing Director of Green Books – first in Hartland in north Devon alongside Resurgence magazine, and then in Dartington, Totnes. He was for many years a Council member of the Schumacher Society, and is a member of the Totnes Pound group. He has lived in Totnes for over 20 years, and now he has more time on his hands, he has finally got an allotment.

Margaret has been a complementary health therapist since 1993. She received training in Reflexology, Bach Flower Remedies, nutritional/naturopathic therapies and EFT. More recently, she has been a committee member of two Women’s Institute groups, responsible for the organisation of speakers. Margaret is also an active member of the U3A and is planning to set up a health and wellbeing group for members. She is passionate about conservation and supporting our natural environment with the challenging issues of today. She is a keen gardener using organic/permaculture/forest gardening approaches to create a wildlife-friendly habitat at her home in Devon.

Working with people to increase access and understanding about land and sea based resources, Jane became an ethnobotanist studying BSc Botany at Bangor and Environmental Anthropology at Goldsmiths. Her research on the impacts of woodlands on the well being of young carers is published in Issues of Comprehensive Paediatric Nursing and with adults with severe mental health problems in the Royal College of Nursing Mental Health journal. A Founder member of the Nature Workshops training agency, she works to provide quality land based and water safety training in the UK and sits on England’s Learning for Sustainability Alliance. Previously active in Earth First, a founder Member of West Cornwall Womens Aid, a SureStart programme manager and a lone parent on benefits for 13 years, Jane understands the impact of income on well being.