Sustainability facilitator, greening specialist, climate change leader and ethical food activist – as a professional speaker, Lorraine advocates responsible management practices for the public and private sectors. A teacher by profession, her sustainability journey began in California in the 1970s, working with the infant EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), then back home, she was Group Contracts and Procurement Manager for Africa’s largest hotel chain for 15 years. She went solo and trained under the UNEP’s Eco-Labelling Project, NCPC’s Clean Production Programme at the CSIR, Green Building Council’s Interior Design and Décor, Green Leaf Carbon Auditing and recently as an accredited Climate Reality Leader under former Vice President of the USA, Sen. Al Gore.

Winner of 16 awards, with top honours for her six Green Home and Eco Hotel projects and a special interest in Sustainable Supply Chain Management; with 27,000 opted-in followers and with her indomitable team, she manages two leading online directories, consults and runs workshops throughout South Africa and as far afield as China, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Singapore – changing mind sets and management practices using passion, personality and humour to balance the seriousness of her topics.