Our Team
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Rufus Pollock
Technologist and Co-founderRufus Pollock is a Founder of Open Knowledge, an award-winning international digital non-profit. Formerly a Shuttleworth Fellow, the Mead Fellow in Economics at Cambridge University. Continue Reading
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Sylvie Shiwei Barbier
Artist and Co-founderSylvie Barbier is a French-Taiwanese performance artist, entrepreneur and educator. She co-founded Life Itself to build a wiser future through culture, space and community. Continue Reading
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Catherine Tran
Generalist / ResearcherCatherine studied English at the University of Cambridge (UK) before completing a joint M.A. in Cultural Narratives at the University of Guelph (Canada), University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), and University of Perpignan (France) as an Erasmus Mundus scholar. During her master’s she explored the role that art and literature might play in cultivating ecological… Continue Reading
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Lauren Wigmore
CommunicationsLauren is a writer and well-being practitioner. She has previous experience managing well-being and educational initiatives. She holds a Masters in Psychological Sciences. Prior to this she was an actress in London. She is a sunshine and inspiration seeking individual, who enjoys learning and connecting with new people and experiences. Plant medicine has a special… Continue Reading
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Liam Kavanagh
Researcher and Co-founderLiam Kavanagh is a cognitive scientist who studies how our body and feelings interact with our thoughts, both within the individual and within social groups. Liam studied Economics at Cambridge University, and holds a PhD in Psychology and Cognitive Science from UCSD. Continue Reading
Research
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Boaz B. Feldman
Deliberately Developmental Space ResearcherBoaz is a practical visionary, a clinical psychologist and trainer, a Dharma teacher and transdisciplinary researcher acting for personal and political empowerment. He has worked with numerous international organisations (UNOCHA, WHO, Doctors Without Borders) in a variety of humanitarian contexts and conflict-affected regions. Boaz first ordained as a Buddhist Monk in Thailand in 2004, studied… Continue Reading
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Catherine Tran
Generalist / ResearcherCatherine studied English at the University of Cambridge (UK) before completing a joint M.A. in Cultural Narratives at the University of Guelph (Canada), University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), and University of Perpignan (France) as an Erasmus Mundus scholar. During her master’s she explored the role that art and literature might play in cultivating ecological… Continue Reading
Pioneers
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Valerie Duvauchelle
Conscious Food DesignerAlongside being a culinary adventurer, a food activist and a tenzo (a zen cook in the Soto Zen tradition), Valerie is the Guardian of Life Itself’s daily practices. She enjoys sitting in the uncertainty and is passionate about helping communities to awaken their enthusiastic collective heart through shared practice. She lives life according to her… Continue Reading
Bergerac Praxis Hub Guardians
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Valerie Duvauchelle
Conscious Food DesignerAlongside being a culinary adventurer, a food activist and a tenzo (a zen cook in the Soto Zen tradition), Valerie is the Guardian of Life Itself’s daily practices. She enjoys sitting in the uncertainty and is passionate about helping communities to awaken their enthusiastic collective heart through shared practice. She lives life according to her… Continue Reading
Contributors
Alumni
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Nathen Fitchen
CommunicationsNathen Fitchen is a digital marketing expert who works specifically with social enterprises and non-profits creating a better future. He is the co-founder of Wildfeet Productions, a digital media group and is a full-time digital nomad. On his travels he has lived in many communities, co-living spaces and other alternative living situations. He is a… Continue Reading
