About Shelley’s Green Consultancy
Shelley's Green Consultancy provides independent consulting services to clients with the aim to support the sustainable transformation of agri-food systems, to conserve and restore soils and agroecosystems, and to help make the communities that depend on them more resilient. To serve these objectives, the Consultancy is actively engaging with a diverse set of interlinked themes and topics, among them agricultural policy, biodiversity conservation, soil governance and sustainable soil management, and climate change adaptation.
The services that the Consultancy provides range from policy analysis and advocacy, technical advice, stakeholder engagement, to strategy development, capacity-building, and supporting participatory policymaking through tailored methods. You can find indicative lists of the themes and services that the Consultancy can help with on the Services page.
The Consultancy is based in Switzerland, but operates on a global level, with a strong focus on supporting and working with local communities and practitioners.
The Consultancy is registered in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland as a sole proprietorship under the name 'Orsolya Nyárai - Shelley's Green Consultancy' (UID: CHE177422365).
About me
I’m Orsi /or-she/, the founder and Principal Consultant of Shelley’s Green Consultancy. As an independent consultant, I aim to put the experience and expertise I have gained and developed in the past 18 years at the service of topics and goals I feel passionate about. Sustainable agriculture, resilient food systems, healthy soils, Nature-based Solutions, and impactful policies have been at the centre of my work in the past nearly 9 years, ever since I decided to leave the private sector and started working at environmental nonprofits. I am eager to continue this work as an independent consultant for the same collective, social benefits as before.
While my original academic background is in the humanities (English and Communications), I also hold a university degree in Environmental Management and Policy. I wrote my Master’s thesis on soil conservation practices and how information-based policies can help overcome the social barriers in the way of their wider adoption by farmers.
In the past 9 years, I have supported the development and implementation of diverse policies on national, regional and global levels, developed and implemented a range of international projects, and collaborated with municipalities, national governments, policymakers, civil society organisations, intergovernmental organisations, farmers, and farm advisors. I am committed to participatory policymaking through constructive dialogue and collaboration among stakeholder groups.
To learn more about my academic and professional background, skills, publications, voluntary and expert roles, please visit my LinkedIn page.
Orsolya Nyárai
Principal Consultant & Founder