Lead by Kate Nichols, the Urban and Agricultural Sustainability team provides mentoring, training and evaluation services to government and non government agencies and individuals working in these sectors. Together, our team has specialist skills in monitoring, evaluation and improvement approaches developed through many years of working with agricultural research development and extension programs as well as community-based sustainability interventions. Our approaches are typified by high levels of stakeholder engagement, participation and capacity building delivered through passionate and expert facilitation. Consultans currently working in the sustainability Team team are:

Kate Nichols

Kate Nichols is a monitoring and evaluation practitioner with eight years of involvement in the evaluation, social research and market research fields, and has worked in the agriculture and natural resource management sectors for the past six years. Specialising in the evaluation of large and complex natural resource programs and agricultural research and… More

Dr Sarah Butler

Dr Sarah Butler has brought Clear Horizon a wealth of research and analytical experience from the NRM and primary industry sectors. Sarah has always had a strong commitment to conservation biology and ecology and the care of our environment, from studying biology and volunteering in high school… More

Megan Hughes

Megan Hughes has a Bachelor of Applied Science degree, majoring in Environmental Resource Management and has developed her interest in communicating the environment and sustainability by completing a Masters in Environmental Education.  Megan has a strong background in program and project management, with over eight years experience  in local and state government NRM field…More

Grant Smith

Grant Smith has been working in the NRM and biodiversity conservation sectors for more than eight years. He has worked across a diverse range of roles in both public and private sectors and holds a Masters of Environment and a Bachelor of Science (Zoology) from the University of Melbourne. More