Training Courses:
Practical Techniques for Integrated Environmental Management
Public Participation and Conflict Resolution
Group Facilitation
Social Impact Assessment
Strategic Learning and Social Impact Assessment
Environmental Resource Economics
Project Management
Environmental Auditing (internationally certified course - EARA) - application for registration as an associate environmental auditor in progress.
Financial Accounting for Non-Accountants

Environmental management consulting.

Projects include:

• Compilation of the provincial performance report on sustainability (Agenda 21) for the Western Cape (in progress)
• Review of the "Lilies for Export Project" a community-based Local Agenda 21 project for the City of Cape Town (in progress).
• Preparation of an Environmental Management System and involvement in the audit of the operational Environmental Management Plan for the Arabella Country Estate.
• Development of an Environmental Management System for the Carnival City Casino Complex.
• Phase 2 of the environmental strategy/action plan for the Swaziland Enterprise Development Company including an audit of all sites, development of a policy and linking environmental performance criteria into the Performance Management System.
• Preparation of an Environmental Management Plan for the Nampundwe pyrite mine (Zambia) in accordance with World Bank requirements. This management plan forms part of the EMS for the mine.
• Environmental audit as part of the financial audit for Sea Harvest, a large fishing industry.
• Part-time contract with the Department of Environmental and Cultural Affairs and Sport (DECAS), Western Cape. Activities include:
  • Facilitation of strategic planning workshop and preparation of a strategic plan;
  • Preparation of guidelines, procedures and policies to support the implementation of the EIA Regulations including:
    • A screening questionnaire, supported by a guideline for use;
    • A guideline on the definition of listed activities which is aimed at clarifying the activities as per the Schedule in the EIA Regulations;
    • A guideline for defining environmentally sensitive environments to support the decision-making process;
    • A policy on the application of the EIA Regulations to structures associated with communication networks
    • A policy on public participation in the EIA process
    • A policy on managing development on mountains, hills and ridges.
  • Training on review procedures for scooping reports and Environmental Impact Reports

Deloitte & Touche
Manager responsible Environmental Business Services. 

Projects include:

• Involvement in preparing a business case for an urban nature reserve in the Cape Metropolitan Area and for the West Coast Fossil Park.
• Involvement in the preparation of a business plan for the Driftsands Nature Reserve.
• Development of an environmental strategic plan for the Small Enterprise Development Company in Swaziland.
  Provision of recommendations for organisational structure, financial management and the application of financial instruments for the Integrated Pollution Control programme for the Khayalami Metropolitan Council.
• Organisational structure and process review for the Nation's Trust, an organisation involved in providing microfinance to the SMME sector.
• Development of an environmental auditing methodology for the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants audit statement on "The Consideration of Environmental Matters in Financial Statements".
• Environmental review and advisory services for a major capital investment project in Mozambique.
• Formulation of proposals for the organisational structure of housing delivery.
• Development of guidelines for compliance with Integrated Environmental Management (IEM) and the Environmental Impact Assessment regulations, as part of the Environmental Management System for the Cape Metropolitan Council.
• Evaluation of a major development initiative in the Cape Metropolitan Area (the Integrated Serviced Land Project) in terms of environmental, social financial and economic objectives and targets.
• Environmental due diligence investigation for a potential foreign investor.
• Training seminar on Basic Environmental Auditing and ISO 14000 for a professional internal auditor's organisation.
  Best practice review of the environmental policy prepared by Barlows against ISO 14001 requirements, the ICC Charter on Sustainable Development and the CERES principles.

Caltex Oil, Cape Town Refinery 
Environmental Specialist. 

Responsibilities included:

• Development of a strategy for EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) and public participation procedures for a major upgrade and modernisation project.
• EIA process for new projects, Refinery shutdowns and startups.
• Environmental auditing of waste disposal contractor
• Environmental review and audit of the refinery as a whole
  Co-ordination of technical studies (eg. monitoring of groundwater quality).
• Environmental compliance measurement and reporting with respect to environmental permit conditions (e.g. as air pollution and effluent).
• Development of environmental guidelines for engineering contractors.
• Liaison with regulatory authorities on compliance with environmental legislation.
• Representing Caltex on the interim Rietvlei Nature Reserve Management Team.
• Preparation of brochures to provide environmental information to the public.
• Environmental awareness and training.
• Development of a public participation strategy
• Investigation, monitoring and recording of public complaints.

Seconded by Caltex Oil to the Cape Town 2004 Olympic Bid Company.

Responsibilities included the following:

• Co-ordination of EIAs for Olympic facilities.
• Formulation of an environmental policy and guidelines for the bidding and hosting.
• Development of an EIA procedure aligned to the package of plans process
• Development of environmental criteria for the planning and design of facilities.
• Co-ordination of Strategic Environmental Assessment.
• Development of plans for waste management, water and energy conservation.
• Establishment of an environmental awareness programme.
• Participation in the Milnerton Air Quality Project.
• Conceptual design of an ISO 14000 Environmental Management System.
• Evaluation of national, provincial and local legislation to determine compliance criteria.
• Preparation of the environmental material for Cape Town's Bid Book submission.
• Liaison with regulatory authorities: national, provincial and local.
• Involvement in public participation process.
• Liaison with environmental NGOs.

Steffen, Robertson and Kirsten

Responsibilities included:

• Conducting of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), including the implementation of public participation programmes, for a variety of projects:
• An expansion project at an oil refinery located in the Durban South area;
• An open-cast kaolin mine and beneficiation plant, Noordhoek, Cape Peninsula;
• A hazardous waste disposal site in Mossel Bay;
• A open cast granite quarry in Honeydew, Johannesburg;
• An underground platinum mine near Rustenberg;
• The exploration phase for a proposed mine in the Richtersveld;
• Preliminary assessment for a sand mining project on the Transkei Coast;
• Evaluation of river crossing options for major mining equipment, Richards Bay;
• Preliminary assessment of a sand mining project near Richards Bay.
• Undertaking of environmental reviews, audits and management plans:
• An open cast copper mine in Phalaborwa;
• Analysis or rehabilitation data for platinum mining tailings dams;
• Development of environmental policy and environmental audit for Gilbeys;
• Formulation of Environmental Control Guidelines for a platinum mine.
• Environmental aspects of Open Space Planning in East London;
• Recreational utilisation for the Nahoon Estuary, Eastern Cape;
• Utilisation and development plan for De Hoop Nature Reserve, Southern Cape.

University of the Witwatersrand,
Climatology Research Group

• Involved in research on long-term climatic change and paleoclimatology.
• Contributed a chapter to the book on South African Climatology by Professor Peter Tyson.
• Undertook lectures in biogeography
• Presented several conference papers and published papers in academic journals.