Peter CumingParticipatory planning / Sustainability Advisor
Areas of expertise
- Sustainability planning, design & education consultant
- Founder & Managing Director – Sustainable Futures Australia
- Award-winning: State, National and International awards for innovative collaborative planning and design, 1984 – 2014
- Member of key state government boards & advisory committees
Education
- Bachelor of Business in Information Systems University of South Australia
- Future Makers Fellowship Centre for Sustainability Leadership
Sustainability planning & education, eco-settlement design, futures visioning, key liaison facilitation and mediation, & project management. Peter has worked cooperatively with communities, industry and governments in high level policy-making and corporate and strategic planning for over 30 years. He leads project teams working on local, regional and national sustainability strategies, plans and initiatives.
Peter Cuming: founder & managing director of Sustainable Futures Australia (SFA), est. in 1985. Head office Byron Bay, NSW, Australia, working locally to internationally with wide range of clients. An award-winning multi-disciplinary team, 30 years of sustainability planning, design & education. Co-director of Foresthaven Environmental Education and Retreat Çentre, in Maclean NSW. Long-time surfer, musician, photographer and innovator
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- Urban & regional planning degree (hons), diploma of permaculture, mediation qualifications, post graduate applied science and sustainable resource management. State, National and International awards for innovative collaborative planning and design, 1984 – 2014
- Appointed to key state government boards & advisory committees, incl. regional development, river catchment and biodiversity management, hospital & health services, corrective facility & school management. Independent chair of the NSW Upper North Coast Water Management Committee (2001-5). An elected NSW Local Government Councillor for 2 terms (8 years).
- Experienced environmental planner & project director: briefs incl. corporate policy and framework development, strategic planning and integrated resource management, range of corporate sustainability plans; eco-tourism and recreation plans; biodiversity and water management strategies; rural and urban planning design briefs, communication & learning strategies, infrastructure development and strategic eco-business plans.
- Experienced facilitator of community-government partnerships/planning processes, sustainability educator. Past adjunct senior lecturer at Southern Cross University NSW, Senior lecturer & advisor – biannual sustainability course U.S based School for International Training (Vermont), past senior lecturer Long Is. University Aust program, Sustainability education programs for government & range of organisations.
- Speaker & facilitator at key regional & international conferences & seminars 1985-2019