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Simran Sethi is a multimedia journalist, academic and public speaker who is endlessly curious about psychology, sustainability, food, and the people and places that nourish us. Named one of the '50 Most Influential Global Indians' by Vogue India and the 'environmental messenger' by Vanity Fair, Simran has written for outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic, The Washington Post, and The Guardian.

Liz Wells is one of the UK’s foremost photography scholars, specialising in landscape and the environment. She has curated numerous exhibitions, including Light Touch (Baltimore Washington International Airport, 2014); Futureland Now – John Kippin, Chris Wainwright (Laing Gallery, Newcastle, 2012), Sense of Place, European Landscape Photography (BOZAR, Brussels, 2012); and Landscapes of Exploration, British Art from Antarctica (touring the UK 2012–2015).

Miranda Lowe has decades of experience caring for historically and scientifically important natural history collections. She presents lectures on both curatorial research and popular science, including appearances on BBC Radio 4, BBC Four, and CBBC. Her engagement and work with creative industries allows her to link science, nature, and art to aid the public understanding of natural world.

Dornith Doherty has an MFA in Photography from Yale University and is a 2012 Guggenheim Foundation Fellow. Her work has been exhibited widely, including Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas; Bluecoat, Liverpool, England; Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen, Netherlands; and Museum of Photography, Rafaela, Argentina.

A graduate from the Royal College of Art (1997), Lebas has exhibited widely, at venues including Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh; The Photographers’ Gallery, London; Maryland Art Space, Baltimore; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels; and Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Her work is held in private and public collections including Victoria and Albert Museum; Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; The Citigroup Private Bank; and The Wilson Center for Photography.

Sant Khalsa has exhibited internationally in over 175 exhibitions, and is represented in museum collections including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, and Nevada Museum of Art, as well as private and corporate collections in the US and Europe. Her work has featured in Art in America, Artforum, Afterimage, American Photo, European Photography, British Journal of Photography, Huffington Post, and Los Angeles Times, among others.

Heidi Morstang has worked with moving image, photography and experimental documentary for more than 20 years. She has exhibited her photographic work and screened her films internationally, most recently at International Science Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia; Krakow Film Festival, Poland; Royal Norwegian Embassy, London; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Santander y Cantabria, Spain; and The Science Museum, London.

Liz Orton is Mead Fellow at the University of the Arts London. She is the recipient of a Wellcome Trust Arts Award to investigate the social and cultural aspects of medical imaging. She was selected for ‘Next Generation: Future Greats’ by Aesthetica magazine, and has exhibited in group shows including Stour Space, London; Photofusion, London; and Guernsey Photo Festival.