Anke Jurleit has 10 years of experience in sustainable community planning and water sensitive urban design. Her passion lies in the mix of practice, teaching and researching the challenges of our cities and communities. Her international background and multidisciplinary approach to problem-solving allowed her to travel the world and see from a global perspective. Anke's work spans climate mitigation and adaptation plans for cities, to sustainability guidelines for communities to working on certification systems. She says her calling is to 'save this world as much as it is in my capacity'.