Meet the Team
Fritjof Capra, Ph.D.
Lead Teacher
Fritjof Capra is the lead teacher of the Capra Course. Fritjof is a scientist, author, and environmental educator who has written and lectured extensively about the philosophical and social implications of modern science. He was a founding director (1995-2020) of the Berkeley-based Center for Ecoliteracy and serves on the faculty of the Amana-Key executive education program in São Paulo, Brazil. He was a Fellow of Schumacher College (UK) and serves on the Council of Earth Charter International.
Capra is the author of several international bestsellers. including The Tao of Physics (1975), The Turning Point (1982), and The Web of Life (1996). He is coauthor of the multidisciplinary textbook The Systems View of Life (2014).
More information about Fritjof's work can be found at fritjofcapra.net
Silvia Di Blasio
Course Coordinator
Originally from Argentina, Silvia is our executive course coordinator. Silvia loves being behind the scenes to provide support and improve the experience for learners and as a former Capra Course participant, she is a #1 fan of the course. Silvia has worked in the educational, non-profit and sustainability fields for over 20 years, with experience as a K-12 teacher, computer-science instructor, adult educator, career counsellor, online instructor specialist and facilitator, Silvia is also a gifted permaculture and sustainability design consultant and mentor. Apart from her work at the Capra Course, Silvia splits her time as a course creator and facilitator for Gaia Education and as a co-coordinator for the Work That Reconnects Network, where she is also a facilitator member. Silvia holds a degree in Psychopedagogy and certificates in online instruction and sustainability design, speaks English and Spanish fluently and loves gardening and hiking in the wonderful landscapes of BC, Canada, where she lives with her husband and two sons.
Morag Gamble
Alumni Network Host
Morag Gamble is a global award-winning permaculture ambassador who’s dedicated three decades to sharing a systems view of life through a permaculture lens. She was inspired to follow this after studying with Fritjof Capra at Schumacher College in 1992.
Morag is the Founder of the Permaculture Education Institute and teaches permaculture teachers globally online. She hosts the Ethos Fellowship - engaging youth in ecological thinking and conversation - the core of this being mentoring them through the Capra Course.
Morag curates a blog and YouTube - Our Permaculture Life, she hosts the Sense-Making in a Changing World Podcast, plus monthly free Permaculture Film Clubs and Permaculture Masterclasses open to anyone.
Morag co-founded the Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network, Northey Street City Farm and numerous local food initiatives. She co-initiated the global Permayouth alongside her teenage daughter, and supports the flourishing of youth-led hubs throughout refugee settlements in East Africa. Her trust-based philanthropic organization, the Ethos Foundation, is enabled by the generous donations from hundreds of individuals throughout the global community of permaculture, and has supported thousands of women, youth, children - mostly refugees to access free permaculture education.
Morag has lived for over 25 years in a permaculture ecovillage where she has hand-built an off-the-grid home surrounded by permaculture gardens on Gubbi Gubbi country - which she enjoys with her family.
Della Duncan, M.A.
Course Development Manager
Della Duncan is the Course Development Manager for the Capra Course. In this role, Della invites participants and groups to take the course and facilitates live sessions to bring the course material to life. Della is also a Renegade Economist who serves as a Right Livelihood Coach, offers consulting to organizations contributing to sustainable and equitable systems change, and co-hosts the Upstream Podcast challenging traditional economic thinking through documentaries and interviews. Della is also a Senior Fellow of Social and Economic Equity at the International Inequalities Institute in the London School of Economics, a Gross National Happiness Master Trainer, a founding member of the California Doughnut Economics Coalition, and a current senior lecturer at the California Institute of Integral Studies and Santa Cruz Permaculture. She also co-developed and co-facilitates the annual Economic Dimension course and the Cultivating Regenerative Livelihoods course at Gaia Education. She holds an MA in Economics for Transition with Distinction from Schumacher College, a BA in International Relations and Sociology with highest honors from the University of California, Davis, a graduate certificate in Authentic Leadership from Naropa University, and has completed Joanna Macy’s Work that Reconnects Intensive Program.