Alan Hayes

Alan Hayes. who was awarded the Order of Australia medal for his service to the community and to the environment, has created a self-sufficient and sustainable lifestyle with his wife on a small farm in a beautiful rural valley behind the Central Coast of NSW, Australia. He grows his own vegetables and fruit, recycles all sorts of material, and makes his own household products, too, from natural materials that are as effective as the harsher chemicals in commercial products. His home is carbon-neutral and is heated or cooled by the sun passing across the sky. All his energy needs are produced on-site and he lives the lifestyle that he encourages other people to do.

Mr Hayes has written 35 books and has sold over three milliion copies. He is totally committed to recycling, healthy living and utilising natural resources, and his philosophy works three ways: do-it-yourself, save the planet, and save money.

Alan is now recognised as Australasia’s best-known exponent of the natural life and the guru of herbal lore.