Janet Stanley is Chief Research Officer, Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University. Janets background is in the fields of social work, psychology, economics and social policy. She takes an inter-disciplinary approach to exploring the interface between social and environmental sustainability. She has published two other books, in the fields of child protection and transport. The author is well placed to cover such a broad approach as is being proposed. She will be drawing on her experience as an academic, a government policy adviser on climate change and sustainability, her business networks and her experience as a practitioner at individual and community levels.