In today’s episode of the 2nd Renaissance, Jacqui Scruby visits the Thinque Studio. Jacqui is the Teal Independent candidate for Pittwater, Sydney in the 2023 New South Wales elections and as a local resident in this magic peninsula that I call home, I have personally really been looking forward to this deep and meaningful with one of our resident polymaths - Jacqui Scruby. The topics we touch on are global in nature, but local in their implications and whether you are an international or national listener or a fellow Pittwater resident, I believe this conversation has so much savoir-faire on the state of the world and what we would like it to become.

In this conversation, we decode how Jacqui’s professional background and childhood converged at this moment in time to set her up to run on a platform of climate, integrity, and gender equality, what she learnt about disruptive innovation from working alongside Dr Sophie Scamps and other independent female voices in national politics, her war on plastic waste, Jacqui’s views on the Circular Economy, how the green transition can be accelerated, the trust-busting effects of greenwashing, the dichotomy of the world’s largest coal-exporting port sitting just north of the Ku-Ring-Gai national park, the importance of conservation, and her futuristic vision for Sydney’s northern beaches in 2030.  

A few words on pedigree…

Jacqui Scruby is an environmental lawyer, management consultant, serial entrepreneur, medical science graduate, climate change warrior and mum. Most recently she was an advisor to the independent federal Member of Parliament, Dr Sophie Scamps. She is running for the seat of Pittwater and has already asserted real world influence with the incumbent government torpedoing gas exploration off the coast of Sydney because of the rise of environmental consciousness in the local community. She is looking forward to continuing to champion the issues of climate, integrity and gender equality and to ensuring that we do not see another ‘lost decade’ on climate action.

Welcome to the 2nd Renaissance, Jacqui.