Michael Mobbs is a Sydney-based author and environmental consultant.

He graduated from the Australian National University with a Bachelor of Laws in 1975[2] and then worked as an environmental lawyer for 19 years.

[3] Mobbs served as an Independent Alderman on the City of Sydney Council from 1985 to 1987.

[2] In the 1990s Mobbs converted his Chippendale home into a more sustainable house by modifying the water, energy and waste systems.

[5] He has an ongoing role in the urban food growing movement in Sydney and has been a contributor to the Chippendale verge gardens.