Biography

Award-winning broadcaster and bestselling author Gill Deacon is one of Canada’s best known environmental advocates.

Gill hosted CBC television’s flagship daytime talk show, The Gill Deacon Show, and before that was host of @discovery.ca for five years on Discovery Channel Canada, and Discoveries This Week for Discovery Science Channel in the U.S.

In addition to her work on television, Gill is the monthly greening expert for Chatelaine magazine; the author and editor of Green Tips, a consumer guide to making more environmental lifestyle choices; and co-founder of The Global Cooling Society, an event-driven organization that promotes sustainable lifestyle choices to young urban consumers.

Gill’s newest book, Green For Life, a guide to making sustainable living ‘the new normal’, was published in spring 2008 by Penguin Canada and quickly became a bestseller.

Gill sits on the board of the Evergreen Foundation, and has served as a director of World Wildlife Fund Canada since 2002. She lives in Toronto with her husband and their three sons.