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Team & Network
TEAM & NETWORK
A Living, Decentralized Faculty
The McMaster Institute operates through a global network of:
- PlanetSpeakers – Trusted voices with lived sustainability experience
- Planetpreneurship – Builders of ethical, regenerative ventures
- ConscienceLAND Coaches – Local facilitators and mentors
- Ambassadors & Sustainies – Community connectors and cultural translators
Rather than a static staff list, the Institute functions as a living faculty, activated based on geography, language, sector, and need.
Active, registered ConscienceLAND members embedded within universities, companies, or communities may request reduced or waived fees based on institutional capacity and mission alignment.
PHILIP McMASTER
Co-Founder | PlanetSpeaker | SustainaClaus
The McMaster Institute was co-founded by Philip McMaster, aka Professor Planet - internationally known through his iconic field personas:
- SustainaClaus – Sustainability made human, hopeful, and globally accessible
- QuantumClaus – Systems thinking, digital presence, exponential change, and the future of intelligence
- AdaptaClaus – Resilience, climate adaptation, and civilizational stress-testing
- PrepperClaus – Preparedness, continuity, and responsible risk awareness
Philip McMaster brings a rare combination of lived experience and institutional credibility:
- Decades of global travel across five continents
- Direct engagement with each UN Climate Conference (COPs) for over a decade
- Experience working with governments, universities, corporations, indigenous communities, youth groups, and media
- A communicator equally at ease with princes, CEOs, academics, artists, students, pub regulars, and people on the street
Booking Philip McMaster is not a keynote.
It is an experience of perspective—grounded, disarming, credible, and unforgettable.
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