Sunshine Yates lives in rural Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. She is passionate about learning and connecting – with humans, plants and animals. Sunshine runs a small environmental consultancy, working with government, business and non-profits to reduce resource use and minimize waste. She is a co-founder of the Pachamama Alliance Aotearoa and first completed the Resilience and Acceptance in the Face of Collapse course in 2023.