Value-added hippie, logger and reforestation contractor. Activist and lobbyist for reforestation, rainforest conservation and Landcare (1980s), pioneer of Green Employment programs (1990s), carbon market pioneer (1990s and ongoing). Managed Australia's first avoided deforestation project (Minding the Carbon Store) and contributed to early development of the managed regrowth project type. Expert reviewer of the IPCC Special Report on Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry and project manager for the Greenhouse Challenge Vegetation Sinks Workbook. Career highlights include writing a million dollar cheque for a Queensland farmer not to clear 6,500 hectares of Poplar Box woodland in 2005, and lobbying successfully in the early nineties for a billion dollar commitment from the Keating government to green employment schemes. Currently promoting biodiverse, multi-purpose reforestation as the next big commercial opportunity in carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation and adaptation.