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Dr Fritjof Capra
Lead Teacher

Fritjof Capra is the lead teacher of the Capra Course, sharing the systems view of life with a global community of learners. A physicist, systems theorist and environmental educator, he received his PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Vienna and researched high-energy physics at leading universities in Europe and the United States, before devoting more than five decades to exploring the philosophical and social implications of modern science.

Fritjof was a founding director (1995–2020) of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, a Fellow of Schumacher College (UK), and serves on the Council of Earth Charter International and the faculty of the Amana-Key executive education program in São Paulo. He was the first subject of the BBC documentary series Beautiful Minds.

He is the author of international bestsellers including The Tao of Physics (1975), The Turning Point (1982), The Web of Life (1996) and The Hidden Connections (2002), and coauthor of The Systems View of Life (2014).

 

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Morag Gamble
Course & Alumni Network Host

Morag Gamble is the host of the Capra Course and its global Alumni Network, now part of the Permaculture Education Institute. An award-winning permaculture educator and global ambassador, she has spent more than three decades sharing a systems view of life, leading programs in 22 countries. Her path began in 1992 at Schumacher College, studying with Fritjof Capra, a collaborator ever since.

Morag is the Founder of the Permaculture Education Institute, mentoring permaculture educators worldwide, and Executive Director of the Ethos Foundation, supporting youth, women and refugee communities in East Africa. She hosts the Ethos Fellowship, the Sense-Making in a Changing World podcast and the International Festival of Wild and Kind Ideas, with Fritjof among her guests. She co-founded Northey Street City Farm and the Australian City Farms & Community Gardens Network.

She lives at Crystal Waters ecovillage on Gubbi Gubbi Country, in the off-grid home she hand-built, surrounded by wild and edible gardens and abundant biodiversity.

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Della Duncan
Course Development Manager

Della Duncan is the Course Development Manager for the Capra Course, inviting individuals and groups into the course and facilitating live sessions that bring its ideas to life. A Renegade Economist based in the San Francisco Bay Area, her work spans coaching, education, activism and podcasting, all in service of economies that support justice, community and ecological regeneration.

Della co-hosts the Upstream Podcast, which challenges mainstream economic thinking through documentaries and conversations, and supports people as a Right Livelihood Coach. She is a Senior Fellow at the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics, a Gross National Happiness Master Trainer, a founding member of the California Doughnut Economics Coalition, and teaches at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Santa Cruz Permaculture and Gaia Education.

She holds an MA in Economics for Transition with Distinction from Schumacher College and has completed Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects Intensive.

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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.