'Dr Tanja Beer is an award-winning ecological designer and community artist who is passionate about co-designing shared spaces for the benefit of humans and nature. Originally trained as a performance designer and theatre-maker, Tanja's work increasingly crosses many disciplines, often collaborating with landscape architects, urban ecologists, horticulturists and place-makers to inspire communication and action on ecological issues. Her most celebrated project is The Living Stage - a global initiative that combines spatial design, horticulture and community engagement to create recyclable, biodegradable, biodiverse and edible event spaces. Tanja is currently Senior Lecturer in Design (Interior/Spatial) at Griffith University.' ( Australasian Drama Studies; Iss. 77)
