Wendy Priesnitz is a Canadian advocate of alternative education and environmentalism.
[1][2] She was leader of the Green Party of Canada from July 1996 to January 1997.
[4] She focuses on lifelong learning and biomimicry as a reason to look at decentralised or home (or autonomous) education.
She describes the educational benefits as, "[unschooling] children generally live and learn, with the support of their families, based on their own interests and their timetables, and without curriculum, tests, or grades.".
[6] Priesnitz and her husband run Life Media (formerly The Alternative Press).