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Zoe’s love for writing has been evident from a young age, with Zoe spending her primary school lunchtimes writing fictional stories with others. She later extended her passion in secondary school by writing numerous opinion pieces for the school newspaper, while also using her writing to assist with activism.

Zoe has always felt a strong affiliation with the natural environment. When not writing stories, Zoe could often be found up trees or embankments during her primary school lunchtimes. Consequently she encountered much strife from the yard duty teachers. Zoe values the environment not only due to its importance to physical survival, but also its strong spiritual attributes. Thus she identifies with faiths who consider the environment as a fundamental aspect of their spirituality, such as neo-druidism. She also has high regard for the Aboriginal people (whom share her spiritual connection with the land) and their traditional lifestyle. Zoe believes that nature is a system that humankind must respect and preserve, and it is possible to coexist with nature in a sustainable manner. However, she is concerned about the role that unrestricted capitalism, accompanied by globalisation, is playing in fuelling greed, consumption and resource exploitation in society. Zoe believes that the values of our economic system, including efficiency, quantity over quality and speed, are trickling down into our personal lives and placing us on a treadmill which inhibits us from living a balanced, fulfilling and sustainable life, whether physically, psychologically or spiritually.

Zoe’s connection with the wilderness led her to become politically active. She has been involved with issues concerning climate change, nuclear power, deforestation, animal rights and the Port Phillip Bay channel deepening project (Melbourne, Australia). Her activism also focuses on social justice issues, including Aboriginal, refugee and equal marriage rights, cheap labour and poverty.

Her other interests include: exploring the point where spirituality & science meet, quantum physics, parapsychology, creativity, craft, ecopsychology, playing the piano, sociology, holistic medicine, philosophy and positive psychology.