ABOUT BRENNA
Illustrator, educator, mover, shaker
Brenna Quinlan is an illustrator and creative communicator drawing a better world into being.
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Brenna is the paintbrush behind the Costa's Garden series of children's books with Gardening Australia's Costa Georgiadis. She also draws for the likes of the United Nations, the Australian Red Cross, the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program, and CSIRO.
Brenna is regarded as one of the country's leading sustainability educators, and she can often be found speaking and teaching at Australia's biggest sustainability festivals and events.
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She has ridden a second-hand bicycle from Canada to Panama, taught permaculture across South America and Australia, and she hasn't bought a new item of clothing in over ten years. Her creative advocacy has earned her international acclaim; she was the winner of the prestigious Circle Awards in 2022, and has been profiled by the most celebrated in sustainability media.
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She co-runs Grow Do It Permaculture Education, a project focused on bringing climate solutions to kids (and their grown ups) through art, music and creativity.
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Brenna lives in a strawbale house that she built from reclaimed materials on Bibbulmun Menang boodja, in an intentional community in Denmark, Western Australia.
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