About Isla Burgess

I live in one of the most beautiful places in the world. It is elemental so while your time here will not only be about the gathering of knowledge it will give you cause to pause more than occasionally to ponder on the interconnectedness of all things.

Isla recently completed an MSc in Holistic Science at Schumacher College, Devon, England. She was attracted to study at Schumacher as she felt this would offer a deeper understanding of living in relationship with the world in which we live and in particular her relationship with the plant world.

An inspiring teacher, Isla has been an educator for the past 40 years, firstly as a teacher of Science and Biology and then as Director of the International College of Herbal Medicine (2000-2010) and Director of the Waikato Centre for Herbal Medicine, Waikato, New Zealand (1990-2000). She is also an experienced herbal medicine practitioner and has presented at conferences both in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States.

More recently the description of ‘Wild and Medicinal Plant Conservationist’ aptly describes her concerns. She is the interim convener for the International Research Group for the Conservation of Medicinal Plants (http://www.irgcmp.org/) and has appeared in two recent documentaries ‘Earth Whisperers Paptuanuku’ (New Zealand) and Numen (USA).

A recent YouTube video can be found by going to www.irgcmp.org and then to 'Resources'.

Isla M Burgess MSc (Schumacher College, Uni of Plymouth, UK ), Dip Tchg, Dip HM. FNZAMH.