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I’ve planted 20 seedlings over the past two weeks on my property on Lamb island. Really looking forward to them growing and providing habitat, food and joy to me and the local wildlife. All natives from in and around the Redlands area. A mixture of banksias, she-oaks, wattles, bottlebrush and eucalyptus.

Construction sites generate so much rubbish that flows/blows into the environment. I was picking up rubbish when I saw this huge piece of wrapping blowing down the street (see video). Probably counts as a bag’s worth by itself.

Looking forward to 2026! As 2025 starts to wind down many of Greenbrand's 'pieces of the puzzle' are coming together. For 5 years it's just been Soyun Yoon and I working to together in this startup. But I am fortunate to have made many wise and helpful friends over my 35 odd years of working in different fields. And so, building a team to commercialise and scale the platform is not only imperative; it's joyful. I had a great lunch with Dhru Lodhia and Prash Lodhia yesterday. Thanks fellas!

Was visiting Lamb island again and picked up another bag full of KFC, McDonald’s and Guzman Gomez rubbish

The car park at Redlands Marina is always full of rubbish in amongst the plants. Each time I go there I’ll pick up a bags worth. Started Wednesday morning.

This rubbish had been lying at the green link bus stop in Eight Mile Plains for days. So I did what no one else did, including council, and cleaned it up 💪

On my way to Kings College this morning to present Greenbrand.org to the Deputy CEOs of UQ Colleges. I spoke with a groundskeeper who said they’d welcome more student involvement at UQ. The UQ lakes now have 7 Pelicans!

I had an hour to kill while my car was getting new tyres. I had one bag in the car and I collected two bags and a piece of polystyrene foam while waiting.

I had the pleasure of attending the Pawkala Animal Welfare Charity Gala today. Their mission is ‘to give stray dogs a second chance at life, fostering a compassionate community where every dog can thrive.’ Nilima, Nikki and the family are doing wonderful work here in Australia and in India. Please check them out!

I had a wonderful meeting on Saturday with the Climate and Energy Club at UQ about Greenbrand.org. Keerthi, Mateo, Dinalka and Jagdeesh were all curious, asked me heaps of questions and full of suggestions and feedback. And I learned about the activities the club organises, from problem solving Hackathons to Mentoring. I feel the future is in good hands.

I came back after a month to see the result of cutting the invasive vine next to the pedestrian bridge. I’m happy. Trees saved!!! The video below shows it best.

The theme for World Environment Day this year is reducing plastic waste. I spent 15 minutes in the winter sun picking up over 50 pieces of plastic from the footpaths around my home.

Today is Queensland Environment Day and also World Environment Day. I spent 15 minutes at the Kangaroo Point end of the bridge this morning. I cut all the vine stems and pulled what I could out by the roots. No chemicals, one person, problem sorted. I’ll pop back again time to time to prevent regrowth.

Tomorrow, 5th June is both World Environment Day and the inaugural Queensland Environment Day. I’ll be acknowledging the day in a highly visible way!!….. The new pedestrian bridge over the Brisbane river has had over one million people walk on it. And ever since it opened there has been a highly visible, massive Mile A Minute vine smothering a large Casuarina. Through a lack of knowledge, lack of awareness, lack of will or a ‘Council will fix it’ attitude, none of the over one million people have done a thing and the vine is getting bigger and spreading. But no more!! Tomorrow, with my trusty secateurs, I’ll cut the stems and relieve the pressure on the poor casuarina. And over the next few weeks passersby will see the drying, dying vine leaves, and maybe a few will wonder why.. Our native environment is under threat from so many sources. The way I see it, we need as many people as possible, making numerous small actions, to inspire others, to end up making a difference.

Had a great chat over breakfast with KOCA President Blake Miller about the great work his organisation does building communities and networks with old collegians. I demonstrated Greenbrand.org and highlighted all the positive activities undertaken by the current residents. We are working on an exciting future model of sporting tour sponsorships using Greenbrand.org to bring extra value into the transaction; for not only the sponsor and the team, but also the environment and community.

The fast food companies really do need to take some responsibility for educating their customers and cleaning up their mess. Leaving their mess is so disrespectful for local residents.

Back at the Biobasin. Collected a bag’s worth of rubbish washed in by the recent rain. I cleared around the latest plantings and removed many immature glycine vines which would grow into a much larger problem. There were some much larger vines removed from the eastern edge that can be seen in the second photo.