About Us
One Year, One You, One Planet was a team effort from the beginning. Despite living at opposite ends of Aotearoa, Susan and Rose were connected through change initiatives as part of the environmental charity Terra Nova Foundation. Both are big advocates for living in synchronicity with Earth, and passionate about empowering other people to take positive action through connections to ourselves, each other, and nature. They both wanted to share impactful actions that truly make a difference, remove barriers for people to get involved, and help everyone understand how truly meaningful individual and collective actions can literally change the world. Over a cup of tea, they discussed how they could bring the idea to life, and One Year, One You, One Planet was born.
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They launched a PledgeMe Campaign to fund the book's initial production – and a group of generous and supportive humans around the world chipped in with their support. This funding allowed them to invite well-known illustrator Laura Bee to illustrate the project, who said, 'Wow yes, I'm in!' – and so the book was underway.
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Rose and Susan's actions come to life on the page with Laura's skilled and detail illustrations. Each action is a result of decades of personal experience and testing, along with meticulous current research that drills down to create impact and momentum where it counts. We hope you join in with them, and begin your own positive journey of change.
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SUSAN WILLS (AUTHOR)
Susan Wills lives on Waiheke Island in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. She has worked as a copywriter, creative strategist, grant writer and ghostwriter in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and the UK, has published poetry and flash fiction, and has a Master of Creative Writing from AUT. A long-term environmentalist, she and her family can often be found on weekends working to regenerate a 29-hectare ex-agricultural block in Paparoa, Te Tai Tokerau Northland, and restore it to native forest.
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ROSE CHALLIES (AUTHOR)
Rose Challies lives in Ōtautahi Christchurch. She is the CEO of the Terra Nova Foundation, co-founder of the School for Changemakers, and an international philanthropic advisor. She has instigated large- scale social and environmental change in Europe and Aotearoa New Zealand, is a trustee of Philanthropy NZ and Seed the Change | He Kākano Hāpai. Her work is rooted in ancient wisdom and she has a deep connection with nature, where she spends as much time as possible.​
LAURA BEE (ILLUSTRATOR)
Laura Bee is a Te Whanganui-a- Tara Wellington-based illustrator with a passion for storytelling
and details. She works as an illustrator, character designer, surface designer, graphic designer and whatever other fun projects are brought her way. Laura is an all round creative with a love for things like sewing and baking. Creating and ‘design/visual thinking’ is and has always been a huge part of her life, although her enthusiasm has always been and remains with illustrations.
KERRY ARGUS, OLLO DESIGN (DESIGNER)
The extraordinary designer who took almost 400 pages of content and turned them into the most beautiful book of actions we've ever seen.
BEYOND THE LEDGE (PRINT)
The Aotearoa NZ based company supporting sustainable printing of this book, led by the effervescent Jason Lennie.
CONTRIBUTORS (EDITING/PROOFING AND INITIAL DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION INVOLVEMENT)
Maria Bell, Fay Troote, Delfina Caruso and Audrey Boiteux.
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THE SUPPORT TEAM (PLEDGERS)
Jerome, Ken and the team at Crosson Architects, Andrew Simcock and Nutrient Rescue, Adam D, Alexia, Alice, Anake, Andrea H, Andrea M, Angela,
Anna G, Barry C, Brendan, Briar, Cam, Catriona, Cheryl R, Corina J, Dave, David M, Deborah, Delfina, Diana, Dianne C, Galeno, Heather B, James, Jenafer, Jenny M, Jerome P, Juliette and Justin, Kathryn, Kerry, Kimberley, Kirsten C, KIrsten S, Laraine, Logan H, Manja, Mark C, Matthew M, Melanie, Michael W, Millie T, Miria, Nia, Olivia, Olivier, Pauline & Dave E, Pete & Diana, Pete H, Rachel B, Rochelle G, Rod O, Sabine, Sam C, Samantha,
Sandara, Sarah B, Sarah C, Sebastian, Toni, Vanessa B, Wayne & Noeline W, Wendie H, Wendy C, and Wendy Z.
And a bunch of anonymous Pledgers :)
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