Facilitators/Guides/Presenters
(Sustainable Community workshop)
Trudi White
Trudi joined the project in 1996. Trudi is a practicing Psychotherapist in Nottingham and is a member of the National Steering Group for Psychotherapists & Counsellors for Social Responsibility (PCSR). Trudi also has an interest in the new and developing field of ecopsychology.
Trudi's other interests with the project:
- Sustainable Community workshop facilitator
- Tour guide
- Developing training workshop for GPs covering various aspects of holistic medicine, including psychotherapy.
- Organics (particularly polytunnel work)
- Managing the small flock of chickens
Trudi combines Psychotherapy & HHP work with looking after three children (Rebecca, Francesca & Freya), yoga, walking, kitting, weaving & swimming.
Simon Tilley (M Eng, C Eng, M I Mech E)
Simon joined the project in 1995, with a background in Mechanical Engineering. This included spending two years in Namibia working for Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO). His engineering skills have been put to good use in the project - He manages the HHP water & energy systems and a number of key HHP projects, including a DTI Domestic PV field trial (2002 to 2005).
His main contributions to the on site business are:
- Technical tour guide
- Technical workshop facilitator
- Technical consultancy (particularly for water and renewable energy systems)
- Sustainable Community workshop facilitator
- Main external speaker for the group.
- Leads and facilitates HHP's developments with schools educational work.
Outside environmental work includes contributions towards Nottinghamshire Agenda 21's review of energy & construction and as an Open University Associate Lecturer for the “Energy for a Sustainable Future” course for two years and mentored his replacement.
More recently Simon has been very involved with the design and build of HHP’s new eco-community building (the Sustainable Resource Centre).