Simone has a Bachelor of Environmental Management (with Honours), majoring in Product Lifecyle Assessment, and Carbon and Energy Management. Her skills include GIS, cleaner production and marginal abatement cost analysis. She is an experienced trainer, having taught Sustainable Business Practice and Carbon & Energy Management at the University of Queensland and to corporate and government groups. Simone has also delivered training initiatives to local communities within remote regions of Indonesia. Simone has worked on both Australian and International Projects (China, Malaysia, Sweden, Indonesia and USA) for the Environmental Defence Fund, International Energy Centre, Geonomics Global and an indigenous natural resource management board. As Project Manager at the Australian Centre for Sustainability Studies Simone plays a key role in developing and delivering courses.