Bio
Adrian has been campaigning on environmental issues since 1989. His early campaigning included working on both the East Gippsland and Central Highlands Forest Campaigns. In the mid 90s he co-founded and was instrumental in running the successful Greater Otway National Parks Campaign through OREN. In 2005 he ran the successful campaign to stop the Naas Valley Dam for CCSERAC in Canberra. Over the years he has also helped to support a number of other campaigns including Victorian Marine Parks Campaign and the Stone Haven Power Plant Campaign.
Adrian began campaigning on climate change in 2003, calling for a near zero emission society and net negative emissions. Working with Matthew Wright, he founded and was the full time campaign coordinator and director of Futureenergy.org then later Beyond Zero Emissions.
Adrian has worked in a variety of jobs that range from a professional environmental campaigner, renewable energy educator at CERES, bush re-vegetation with Greening Australia, Sustainable Housing Policy officer with DHHS (Vic), to a bouncer at a variety of Melbourne's clubs and pubs, when he need to earn money to fund his campaigning.
He also spent 8 years serving in the Australian Army Reserve as an Infantry private and then Lieutenant with 8/7 RVR.
Adrian has a long interest in politics, joining the young Liberals while at school and later running a number of times as a candidate for the Greens.
Adrian's campaigning since 2016 has been largely focused on getting councils to declare climate emergency though the organisation he co-founded call CACE. He divides his spare time between his family, climate campaigning, teaching collapse survival and developing a permaculture property in the Otways.
Adrian has a BSc from Melbourne University, majoring in Botany, a Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management from Deakin and he completed his PDC with Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton in 2009.
Adrian began campaigning on climate change in 2003, calling for a near zero emission society and net negative emissions. Working with Matthew Wright, he founded and was the full time campaign coordinator and director of Futureenergy.org then later Beyond Zero Emissions.
Adrian has worked in a variety of jobs that range from a professional environmental campaigner, renewable energy educator at CERES, bush re-vegetation with Greening Australia, Sustainable Housing Policy officer with DHHS (Vic), to a bouncer at a variety of Melbourne's clubs and pubs, when he need to earn money to fund his campaigning.
He also spent 8 years serving in the Australian Army Reserve as an Infantry private and then Lieutenant with 8/7 RVR.
Adrian has a long interest in politics, joining the young Liberals while at school and later running a number of times as a candidate for the Greens.
Adrian's campaigning since 2016 has been largely focused on getting councils to declare climate emergency though the organisation he co-founded call CACE. He divides his spare time between his family, climate campaigning, teaching collapse survival and developing a permaculture property in the Otways.
Adrian has a BSc from Melbourne University, majoring in Botany, a Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management from Deakin and he completed his PDC with Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton in 2009.
Adrian and Corangamite
Adrian has a long association with the Corangamite region. Spending most of his early summers on his family's property near Johanna beach, Adrian grew to love the wild bush and variable and wild weather of the SW coast.
Adrian was a key figure in the campaign run by the Otway Ranges Environment Network to establish the Greater Otway National Park, helping found the group and later moving to Apollo Bay to run the OREN Apollo Bay Office and Last Chance Tours. Adrian has also lived in Geelong for 18 months while he was Second in Command of the Geelong Army Reserve Infantry Unit.
Adrian is currently developing his family's land as an agroforestry venture and permaculture demonstration site. He has served on the Apollo Bay Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, run an environmental radio show on Otway Community Radio, and run for the seat of Corangamite for the Greens in 1998, the Otway local council and the state upperhouse seat of Geelong.
Adrian was a key figure in the campaign run by the Otway Ranges Environment Network to establish the Greater Otway National Park, helping found the group and later moving to Apollo Bay to run the OREN Apollo Bay Office and Last Chance Tours. Adrian has also lived in Geelong for 18 months while he was Second in Command of the Geelong Army Reserve Infantry Unit.
Adrian is currently developing his family's land as an agroforestry venture and permaculture demonstration site. He has served on the Apollo Bay Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, run an environmental radio show on Otway Community Radio, and run for the seat of Corangamite for the Greens in 1998, the Otway local council and the state upperhouse seat of Geelong.
Front Line Campaigning
Adrian has been on the front line of a number of environmental campaigns. In December 1998 he was bashed unconscious by a logger with an axe handle during the Otway forest campaign. Local police decided not to press charges after the loggers said Adrian tripped on a dog and hit his head on the axe on the way down. Adrian was significantly impacted and took a number of years to recover.
Bio Highlights
- 2019 - Co-funded Vote Climate Emergency
- 2019 - completed an 8 week tour of UK and Europe in support of Climate Emergency Declarations by Councils and Governments.
- 2018 - Appointed as a member of Darebin Councils advisory committed, Climate Emergency Darebin.
- 2017 - Co founded CACE (Council and community Action in the Climate Emergency) to drive the uptake of claimte emergency action by local councils and communities and ultimately higher levels of government.
- Nov 16 - Successfully lobbied Darebin to declare a climate emergency
- Mar 13 - founded the Save the Planet Party
- Nov 12 - Jan 13 - Workshop Director Fest La Frog 2013
- Oct 12 - Ran as a climate emergency candidate for the Darebin local government election in Darebin in Cazaly Ward.
- Mar 11- Nov 12 - Worked as Project Director Zero Carbon Australia - Land Use Plan
- Nov 10 - Ran as a Climate Emergency Independent for Northern Metro Region Victoria - 348 votes
- Mar 10 - Special Project Officer, Bushfire Housing, Department of Human Services, Victorian Government
- Sep 09 - Ran the inaugural Introduction to Permaculture Course at Grey Cliffs Permaculture
- Jul 09 - Began to develop the Target 300 campaign into an international focus
- Jun 09 - Opening speaker, World Environment Day, Climate Emergency Rally, Perth.
- Feb 09 - Succeeded in having the Target 300 core goal adoption by a meeting of national grassroot climate campaign groups in Canberra.
- 2009 - Established Grey Cliffs Permaculture
- Nov 08 - Succeeded in having the Target 300 core goal adoption by a meeting of Victoria grassroot climate campaign groups in Melbourne.
- Nov 08 - Panel Member at Melbourne University Debating Society's 2008 Annual Public Debate.
- Jul 08 - Established and developed the Target 300 climate campaign.
- May 08 - Panel Member at the 2008 Green Left Weekly Comedy Debate.
- May 08 - Commenced work as Sustainable Housing Policy Officer, Department of Human Services, Victorian Government
- Dec 07 - Represented Zero Emission Now Campaign and Network at the UNFCCC Climate Conference Bali.
- Jun 07 - Organised and ran the Zero Emission Network Conference.
- Oct 06 - Established Beyond Zero Emissions. Developed the group until March 2007.
- Nov 06 - Established the Vote Climate Campaign.
- Jan 05-Aug 06 - Full time campaigner for Conservation Council of the South East Region and Canberra. Was focused on the Naas Valley and Light Rail Campaigns.
- Jul 04 - Spoke at National Wind Industry Conference Tasmania.
- Jul 04 - Ran a climate change theme at the Students of Sustainability Conference.
- March 04 - Organised the first Climate Change rally on steps of Victoria's Parliment House.
- Nov 03 - Organised pro-windpower rally on steps of Victoria's Parliment House.
- 03-04 - Established and ran the futureenergy.org campaign.
- Late 03 - Participated in the Solidarity Global Meeting in West Papua in New Zealand and was involved in the international campaign for the freedom of West Papua.
- Apr 02 - Blockaded in East Gippsland as part of the Goolengook Campaign.
- 01-02 - Networked for the Marine Coast Community Network, Victorian Marine Parks Campaign, through South West Victoria.
- 01-02 - Co-led campaign on marine issues locally in Otways during the late 90s.
- 01 - Co-led Otways Forest Campaign representing the Greens.
- 01 - Advised and participated in the community campaign against the Stonehaven Power Station.
- 98-99 - Produced and presented "Environment Today", a weekly environment show on Colac Public Radio (now OPR FM).
- 97-98 - Served on the Apollo Bay Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee promoting environmental issues.
- 97-02 - Founded and directed Last Chance Tours.
- 96-98 - Helped plan, develop and run the Otway Kleenex campaign.
- 95-99 - Founder, campaigner, public speaker, administrator, media spokes person and tour organiser for Otway Ranges Environment Network.
- 95 - Land Environmental Action Program Trainer for Greening Australia Victoria.
- 94-95 - Public speaker for Environment Victoria on forest issues.
- 93-95 - Casual Waste Auditor for "Waste Audit & Consultancy Services - Waste Minimisation".
- 93-95 - Active in Camberwell Bicycle Users Group.
- 93 - Campaigner for The Wilderness Society Central Highlands campaign.
- 91-92 - Active Conservationists at Melbourne University.
- 89-90 - Brown Mountain forest campaign in East Gippsland.
- 89-90 - Organiser of Ecology Action Group at Melbourne University.
- 87-90 - Volunteered for East Gippsland Coalition and Conservation Council of Victoria.