| Opening Night This year we have a number of excellent guest speakers throughout the festival ~ passionate and dedicated people working at the heart of the environmental and sustainability movement. Experts in their field, the speakers will share their thoughts on the films and the issues they raise.
 Robb is the Founder & Managing Director of InterfaceNZ, Ltd. Founded in 1996, the company is now recognised for its leadership in sustainable business practices. Robb will share the InterfaceNZ story - including how getting the entire staff to embrace the companies core sustainability values is key to the their success.
Pete is passionate about the environment and has spent the last five years promoting biodiesel as part of a transition towards sustainability. Pete recently skippered Earthrace in a record setting voyage around the globe. Hear Pete talk about his adventures so far and his plans to take Earthrace down to Antarctica to join Sea Shepherd in disrupting Japanese whaling operations in November.
Kirstie Knowles is Forest & Bird's marine conservation advocate and a passionate champion of New Zealand's unique marine environment. Kirstie will talk about some of issues - depleting fish stocks, environmental damage, how to protect our marine species - from a New Zealand perspective.
Kevin Hackwell is Forest & Bird’s advocacy manager. He has been a passionate conservationist for 40 years, and fought to protect West Coast beech forests from logging. Kevin will talk about New Zealand’s unique natural environment and the challenges we face protecting it.
Chris Harris is the campaigns director for Greenpeace New Zealand. He has worked in the non-profit sector for nearly thirty years, on issues as diverse as climate change, forest conservation, water, nuclear and mining issues. Chris will describe the organisation's work in this area and the talk briefly about the problems facing the oceans, and as a result of global warming and overfishing.
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