Our Team
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Dr Jennifer Pinkerton
Executive Director
Jennifer’s background spans environmental journalism and communications, tertiary education, and community arts. From outdoor photography exhibitions and climate talks to Indigenous languages celebrations and live storytelling events, she’s worked on projects designed to share practical ideas and inspire action - always with the goal of helping people live better, happier lives while cherishing and protecting nature.
At CEC, she’s focused on building community; empowering and connecting Canberrans with environmental and active travel skills and knowledge; and helping to shape a more climate-resilient city.
Outside of work, her best weekends are spent bushwalking, picnicking and enjoying time with her two young children. Jen loves exploring the ACT’s nature reserves, parks and walking trails (and she finds particular joy in spotting black cockatoos). -
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Bianca Knox
Events and Workshops Co-ordinator / Social Media Guru
Bianca has a background in sustainable building design, permaculture and community garden coordination. She is very passionate about using thoughtful design to create local systems that support food security and connect communities.
In 2020 Bianca undertook an honours research project focused on circularity in building materials and how we can design to regenerate rather than degrade our environment. In her spare time she is expanding her verge food forest and probably feeding her dog fruit from the trees.
Following this she continued to work in solar passive residential design and completed a permaculture course to further develop her skills with a holistic approach to house and garden design.
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Zali Rackel
Project Support Officer
Zali is an avid outdoors enthusiast, who, like many in Canberra, has been bit by the cycling bug. Her time spent bikepacking around New Zealand has sewn a passion for sustainable travel and emphasised the importance of connecting and caring for Country.
Zali is passionate about creating a circular economy, and participating in convivial conservation. She is deeply invested in slowing down and creating sustainable clothing through the upcycling of second-hand materials
When she is not peddling, rock climbing or creating fibre art, Zali is busy finishing her Bachelor of Arts degree in Indigenous Studies
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Geordie Ferguson
Recyclery Manager
Geordie brings more than 15 years’ experience in bicycle restoration and sales built through working privately with Stone Cold Classics and originally with the University of Canberra Design Workshop Bicycle Collective.
Geordie was mentored and trained by Ian Downing Bicycle Repairs of Bike Revive Tumut. He is also a qualified upholsterer and has completed most of his Bachelor of Industrial Design.
Geordie is a mature, reliable Manager, able to manage competing priorities to deliver on-time and confidently trouble-shoot in difficult circumstances.
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Murray Watson
Recyclery Projects Officer
Murray is a bike mechanic with more than a decade of experience on the tools. He has been with us since 2020 when he took on the job of revitalising the Recyclery after years of dormancy. He continues with us now part-time, working on projects and filling in.
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Ying
Recyclery Staff
Ying began volunteering with the Canberra Environment Centre when she joined as a community member in 2021. While she was working in the community garden, she noticed people at The Recyclery and became curious about what they were up to. Thus, began her new adventure delving into all things bikes and cycling! Ying is now a valuable part of our casual staff team and an active and keen promotor of active travel in Canberra. Look out for her in a fun outfit at our monthly bike sales!
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Tina Gopalan
Casual Team Member
Tina is passionate about conservation and loves learning about and promoting all the little things that we can do, and make it matter for the environment.
Tina graduated with first class honours from the Australian National University in 2022 studying the feeding behaviour of greater gliders. She brings expertise in ecology, evolution and taxonomy linked to conservation.
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Cohen Saunders
Community Bike Mechanic
Cohen is a new-school bike mechanic with an old-school taste in bikes. He began repairing bikes at the Ceres Community Bike Shed as a teenager a decade ago, and now pursues his passion whole-heartedly as a bike mechanic and bike repair educator.
Cohen’s love for bikes is deeply wound up with a desire to work towards a sustainable future where we are more connected to the community around us and the earth beneath our tires. At the Recyclery, he is focussed on expanding our capability to deliver bike repair training courses.
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Tessa
Casual Team Member
Tessa is passionate about promoting a circular economy and making a positive difference in the community. Her motivation to utilise food waste as compost, limit single-use packaging, understand seasonality, and to reduce food miles inspired her to regularly volunteer within the CEC community garden since 2024.
She has experience working at the ANU Kitchen Garden where she supports gardening bees, harvest meals, and sustainability workshops, as well as volunteering with community groups such as SEE Change.
Tessa is set to graduate from the Australian National University at the end of 2026 with a Bachelor of Science, focused on Environmental Sciences. She feels empowered to use her skills in this space to teach others how to take climate action starting in our local community.
