Lowana reports extensively on environmental and conservation issues from Iceland. She was born in Britain, but wrote her first article on environmental issues for a student newspaper in Australia in 1974 while studying for a biology degree in Melbourne. After returning to the U.K., she became involved in various magazine collectives in which she wrote, edited and designed material. She moved to Iceland in 1996 and started writing for several media. She balances her writing work by taking people out for horseback rides.
