Audrey Constance Wagner Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Overseeing the NbSI's multiple programmes and assisting the Director in the coordination and management of the different projects and programmes, including the AGILE project on Scaling Up Nature-based Solutions in the UK and the Global NbS Case Study Map. AGILE Initiative: Leading Work Package 5 on case studies for the Sprint project on Scaling up Nature-based Solutions in the UK, as well as supporting overall sprint coordination and work package integration. Global NbS Case Study Map: Overseeing & supervising the phase II development of the project. Other responsibilities include overseeing the functioning of the organization's internal team; representing the NbSI at various meetings & events, including COP27 and COP15; working on a COP28 primer; co-leading an update of the Oxford Offsetting Principles; liaising with close partners such as the IUCN; writing scientific articles; assisting the Director with administrative duties; and coordinating bi-weekly 'journal club' talks for the internal team, amongst other responsibilities.

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for the organization and planning of the NbS Conference 2022, an international landmark event which took place from July 5-7th 2022 in Oxford, UK.The hybrid conference was enormously successful, with 90 renown speakers and 950+ participants, 300 of which were in-person. The mission of the conference is to enhance understanding of the value of nature-based solutions to societal challenges and to help ensure they support thriving human societies and ecosystems without compromising efforts to keep fossil fuels in the ground.

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for developing the interactive Global Map of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) case studies and best practices, which was launched and presented at COP26.

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Co-authoring a report on Sensitive Intervention Points (SIPs) to achieve carbon neutrality, as part of Oxford Net Zero's Carbon Neutrality Forum, presented at COP26.

In this position at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) I was responsible for conducting research and collecting and analyzing data on Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) (ex. Organic, Fairtrade certifications) in key commodities such as coffee, sugar, soybean and palm oil in emerging economies, particularly Colombia and Brazil. This market research on price volatility and consumer demand for sustainable food items aims to leverage sustainable markets for poverty reduction and sustainable development.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

As Sustainability Coordinator of McGill's Food and Dining Services, I was in charge of ensuring and improving the environmental and social sustainability of the institution's food and dining services. This position plays a key role in setting sustainability targets and actions within its main tasks of tracking purchasing and procurement, waste management, marketing campaigns, educational program management and outreach events. I liaised between McGill Student Housing & Hospitality Services (SHHS), contracted food service providers (Chartwells), food suppliers, environmental student groups and the general student body to ensure the continuation of existing initiatives and the successful implementation of new ones. My key responsibilities were to: track purchases, manage data, and create sustainable purchasing reports; plan, hire and manage educational programs, including waste education, local food days, and Fairtrade weeks; oversee waste management through reviewing signage and food packaging; research and implement new waste diversion techniques; act as a resource for students pursuing Applied Student Research; and strategize initiatives to improve overall sustainability of McGill’s Food and Dining services’ operations.

Montreal, Canada Area

Mac Campus and the surrounding area is home to several initiatives related to regenerative food systems. However, these projects remain unknown to many students and lack connectivity, integration and collaboration, which limits their potential and resilience. A participatory approach to connect these sustainable food-related projects is essential to create a greater sense of community around Mac and make a real difference in using the synergy of all the projects to create a local and sustainable food system. Moreover, this project aims to enhance the ecosystem services of these local networked initiatives, especially to improve pollinator habitat in the face of unprecedented insect decline.The primary aim of the Mac Regenerative Food Hub (MRFH) is to establish a network which integrates the different sustainable food-related initiatives and organizations around Mac Campus. This will effectively create a local regenerative food system that will offer habitat to native wildlife, including beneficial insects and pollinators, and foster symbiotic relationships between these various associations. The community stakeholders with which we will foster collaboration and construct a more resilient food system around Mac include: the Macdonald Permaculture Showcase Garden (MPSG), the McGill Student-Run Ecological Gardens (MSEG), the McGill Senneville Food Forest, SymBioSyn & Kahnawà:ke, the McGill Apiculture Association (MAA), the Fruit Tree Bike Path, John Abbott College (JAC), and the Gardenvale Permaculture Garden.As the Mac Food System Coordinator and Mac Gardens Supervisor, I lay the groundwork for the establishment of a perennial network between the different clubs/associations/stakeholders listed, with a designed structure for membership, regular meetings, and collaborations, after which the MRFH will be sufficiently established to be continued by the team of stakeholders in future years.

Montreal, Canada

The Macdonald Permaculture Showcase Garden is a quarter of an acre demonstration plot on McGill's campus which uses permaculture techniques to grow food, restore the land, sequester carbon, and provide habitat for pollinators and wildlife. The garden is open for students and faculty to perform applied ecological research and professors have incorporated the garden into their teachings on campus in the themes of sustainable agriculture, plant propagation, and ecological engineering. Having received close to $20,000 from the Sustainability Projects Fund and the Student Experience Enhancement Fund, the initiative has created 3 paid student jobs, including my own. Having co-founded the project alongside Christopher Wrobel, the garden is now under the management of the McGill Permaculture Club Executives and remains a communal space, open and available to all.

Montreal, Cananda

I founded the McGill Permaculture Club in September 2016. As one of the most active student-run organizations on campus, the club hosts over ten events per semester. We host Permaculture Week every year in the Fall semester, with multiple events every day such as Iron Chef competitions, garden tours, essential oil workshops, cooking courses, guest speakers and more. We host many workshops in the Macdonald Permaculture Showcase Garden such as tree planting workshops, plant propagation workshops, pergola building workshops, seed planting, and much more! We have partnered in the past with many organizations, one such being P3 Permaculture, in which McGill students obtained a Permacuture Design Certificate for discounted price and designed a permaculture farm. The McGill Permaculture Club supports any sustainability initiative on campus and in the Montreal community and has made large strides in sensitizing McGill students about the amazing potential of permaculture.

Montreal, Canada Area

As Community Garden Coordinator for Corbeille de Pain // Bread Basket Lac St. Louis, I was in charge of overseeing and facilitating workshops at four community gardens in the West Island on topics related to sustainable agriculture, gardening and sustainability. Corbeille de Pain is a non-profit community organization that tackles food insecurity and social isolation in the West Island of Montreal through assisting community gardens, hosting community kitchens and transforming produce that would otherwise go to waste through out Ugly But Loved program.

Montreal, Canada

As an executive member of the McGill Environment Student Society (MESS), I was the liaison person between MESS and the students of Macdonald Campus. I helped plan and host events and meetings, communicate with stakeholders and represent MESS to the Macdonald Campus Student Society, and vice versa.

Havana, Cuba

I completed a 3 month internship at the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Havana, Cuba. In this position I worked in the Country Office on themes related to global food security, the sustainable development goals, info-communication, nutrition, and climate change resilience.

Panama

As a researcher in partnership with McGill University, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the NGO FUNDICCEP, my research partner and I performed a study on the impacts of climate change on agriculture in the district of Tierras Altas. We interviewed 30 farmers and 4 specialists, and obtained results on what kinds of climate changes are being experienced locally so far, what effects they have on agriculture, how vulnerable farmers are, and what adaptation strategies can be locally-effective to mitigate damages.

Montreal, Canada Area

Sprouting Minds - For The Food Revolution is a group that strives to connect youth with their food through facilitating workshops in classrooms and camps about sustainable and local food production and urban agriculture. Our workshops educate youth about the environmental impacts of current industrial food production, as well as on the ongoing solutions and food revolution. Sprouting Minds has a partnership with Santropol Roulant, in which we give tours and workshops of Santropol Roulant's facilities to school classes and summer camp groups. We also hold participatory peer learning sessions called "Food Dialogues" in which semi-structured conversations give way to new collective ideas and solutions related to the future of food systems.

Montreal, Canada Area

Merit360 is the world's most significant program for young people to tackle the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The program brought together 360 changemakers from all over the world who worked in teams and developed action plans to tackle each of the 17 goals. As part of World Merit's partnership with the United Nations, these action plans were presented to the UN at its headquarters in New York City with the objective of paving our way to successfully addressing these challenges before or by 2030. I am part of writing and implementing Action Plan 001 for Sustainable Development Goal #15 - Life on Land.

Belize

Maya Mountain Research Farm is an agroforestry permaculture organization in Belize that has successfully restored degraded land and which conducts research on sustainable agriculture practices. I interned for the organization a total of 3 months, during which time I conducted research on Inga Alley Cropping (a specific agroforestry technique), carried out a biodiversity survey, and created an extensive plant species database of all the species on the farm (purposefully planted as well as wild). The plant species database includes information such as: species name in English, Latin and local name; canopy layer; medicinal uses; physical description; ecosystem services; harvest time; flowering time; edible fruits, ect. The biodiversity survey I designed and carried out, along with a coworker, consisted of counting the species number and abundance in 20 10mx10m plots and analyzing the data to extrapolate the farm biodiversity.

Biodiversity Conservation Farm In Dehradun, India

I completed a two month internship on Navdanya's Biodiversity Conservation Farm doing independent research on the question of sustainable agriculture practices. I wanted to analyze which practices on this exemplary farm could be implemented in agricultural systems worldwide to make them more sustainable. I subsequently continued my research after leaving official internship while traveling around India for three months looking at other agricultural systems and sustainable lifestyles.

Montreal, Canada Area

As Co-President of the Green Earth Club, I was entirely in charge of the functioning of the club. My tasks included creating and organizing awareness campaigns, club meetings, movie screenings, events, craft sales, and member outings. I was in charge of communicating with the Dawson Student Union as well as with faculty and partnering organizations about the club's activities. During my term, I accomplished the feat of banning the sale of plastic water bottles on campus.

Masters, Msc. In Environmental Change And Management, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Oxford Net Zero Micro-Internship - Research on creating robust net zero strategies for the food industry: Best.

Honours In Environment And Food Production (Bsc.), Minor In International Agriculture, Agroecology And Sustainable Agriculture, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Founder and President of the McGill Permaculture Club Co-Founder and Manager of the Macdonald Permaculture.

Diplôme D'Études Collégiales, Environmental Science, Graduated With Honors (88% Average)

Activities and Societies: Co-President of the Green Earth ClubAwarded Honours | During my time at Dawson I took courses in biology.

High School Diploma, Fine Arts Core Education

Activities and Societies: Choral des Jeunes Chanteurs, Project Choral Leadership, Won a bursary for Jazz Choir at Domaine ForgetThe.