Trudy was introduced to Analog Forestry in 2012 and has since been deeply immersed in AF management and methodology. She is one of the co-managers of the Belipola Sustainability Education Center in Sri Lanka, the first Analog Forestry research and demonstration site in the world. At Belipola she plays a key role in guiding the ecological farm and coordinating learning programs.

Her professional experiences range from running organizations, designing programs for experiential education, managing a small business, working with diverse communities and teaching. Trudy’s skills include facilitation, coordination, networking, organic farming and designing ecological landscapes. She is a sustainability educator, an accredited Analog Forestry trainer, a trained and practicing permaculturalist, and a student of herbal healing. Trudy’s reverence for the forest and all its beings, stem from deep ecology and the essence of community.