Helen lives with her husband in Melbourne, Australia, and has two adult children. She completed her PhD in 1975, and worked as a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Melbourne. She retired in 2009 to pursue her interest in the nexus between evolutionary psychology, sustainability, climate change, and politics, and has been studying and publishing in this area for the past twelve years. Her articles have appeared in Meanjin Quarterly, The Conversation, Cosmos Magazine, New Internationalist, Kosmos Magazine, This View of Life, The Evolution Institute, Mother Pelican, and Independent Australia. Most of them can be found at https://www.resilience.org/resilience-author/helen-camakaris/