today i realised i didn’t have a vase for my flowers so i reused a plastic bottle, reusing plastic bottles is a great idea as each one you reuse, is saving it from staying in a land fill for thousands of years… it’s a great and innovative idea that will save you money and the environment

I think this is exciting and thought provoking! Watch the video (Sound Up!) I was walking through Post Office Square near where I often work and was actually noticing that bin chickens (white ibis) and feral pigeons were the only birds here. Then I heard a familiar trill sound I wasn't expecting. Whilst this little fella (Superb Fairywren) seemed to be away from his tribe, seeing him in the middle of the CBD brings hope, along with thoughts about how we need to make our cities more friendly towards biodiversity. Say by having more shrubbery and groundcover to provide protection, food and housing. Brisbane has the Olympic and Paralympic Games coming in 9 years. Tourists and visitors will be expecting to see wildlife. Wouldn't it be wonderful if they could see some more iconic and unique species in the city! I checked iNaturalist. Hardly any sightings recorded in the CBD. Just a couple near QUT in 2023.

helped my dad pick up rubbish on a walk and picked up rubbish found in park in my own time

I planted another 3 gums and a casuarina at Prince Henry Dr. Not easy digging holes due to all the volcanic basalt. The Toowoomba range first formed some 300 million years ago. Are these rocks that old? And is this the first time they’ve seen the sun??? 🤷🏼‍♂️

Created a chemical free garden.

I saw all these plastic bags just waiting to be washed and blown into the drain and into our rivers and oceans. At least this bag of plastic and rubbish didn’t make it!

My girls are growing up and so I cherish any time they are willing to spend with me. Today we had a lovely walk and a chat. They even tolerated to be seen with me picking up rubbish. Lots of people tell me that they pick up rubbish on their walks. Our Greenbrand platform is the perfect way to document those good deeds. And by pooling them together we can create that movement of repair that so many people hope for.

The last day of 2023! Multiple reasons for posting; rubbish in the gutters with more storms predicted, so don't want this rubbish flowing into our streams and the ocean. I'm retraining myself with the movie making ability of the mobile phone and You Tube, as amateurish as I am. And I need to get into the habit of posting, 2024 is the year Greenbrand.org will take off. So if I'm going to be a social media mover and shaker (insert a couple of laughing emojis here) I need to be able to post regularly and seamlessly.

I visited Mum on Boxing Day at Dovetree Aged Care. She was a bit better (more with it) than Christmas Day. I noticed some rubbish in the car park so thought I’d pick it up. I collected 12 masks in total in amongst the bag of rubbish that won’t flow into our rivers 😊

On Sunday 10th December I planted another 5 seedlings, including a couple of native mulberries (first photo). I put tree guards around the others in the long grass as I knew council would come and either cut or poison the grass. Sadly they whipper snipped the wattle (background photo 2) that was growing so well despite being identified by ribbons and posts. I’ll assume it was an accident as none of the other seedlings were harmed. So whilst I’m a bit sad, these things happen in nature, and hopefully the others will grow to their potential 🙏🤞

Up at my parent’s place in Toowoomba. A number of large, old Eucalyptus trees died during the terrible drought of 2019-2020, both on the property and in the adjoining park. I’ve started to plant replacement trees for those lost, and add in some variety with acacias and bottlebrushes to help create an understory.

We have designed a very efficient Tidal Energy Turbine to harness kinetic energy from tides and rivers. This can be used in remote locations to remove dependence on diesel generators.

Spent a day visiting Lamb Island in Moreton Bay with my great friend Mark and his son Alex. Saved 3 young casuarinas from mile a minute vine as we explored the island.

Walking in the countryside of Aude in France. Luckily not much to do as the weather keeps people inside. Still, we met few people strolling around and enjoying a bit of sun. It feels like people keep their rubbish and take care of the wild paths. Only pick up few litter here and there.

Beautiful walk through the Christchurch botanic gardens picking up the odd piece of rubbish here and there. It was sunny, hot, cold, windy and raining in the hour and a half we were there lol. Beautiful!

Firtirized garden

I often go down to Gibbon's rent for yoga practise. It's peaceful and quiet. Unfortunately, lots of rubbish around. But luckily some residents like me do take the time every now and then to put them away. Here is it's story: A permanent community garden transformed from a previously neglected space in London Bridge designed by Andrew Burns and Sarah Eberle featuring impressive sculptural structural planting enhanced by smaller scale contributions from the community. Created in collaboration with The Architecture Foundation, Team London Bridge and Southwark Council. Designed by British landscape architect Sarah Eberle working in collaboration with Australian architect Andrew Burns, to transform Gibbon’s Rent, a neglected cut through between Magdalen and Bermondsey Streets in London SE1, into an urban oasis. The unique project took a new approach to creating public spaces, with input from both public and private sectors, international designers and local residents. Not only is it a truly innovative work of urban design, it is a dynamic one which will continue to transform and adapt to the needs of the community stakeholders. The design incorporates a series of large concrete pipe planters filled with an exotic array of plants, arranged around a harlequin pattern walkway. Smaller pots with plants are placed within the scheme by local residents, modifying it according to their needs and seasonal interests – cultivating a community of gardeners in a previously barren urban space. The garden was opened as the inaugural event of the London Festival of Architecture in May 2012 and has continued to develop with the introduction of a Little Library and entrance arbours in 2014. The garden is maintained by the St Mungo’s Broadway horticultural initiative Putting Down Roots. Gibbon’s Rent won the Society of Garden designers ‘Designing for Community Spaces’ Award 2013

Beautiful and clear beaches in Norfolk, UK. Not much work to do as it currently is low season. Still, the few walkers there seemed to be looking after the beach paths well and to take care well of the nature.

The cows live and eat amongst the rubbish..

I picked up some rubbish in Vrindavin, lndia. It has been 18 years since last here. Unfortunately the pollution has increased and u cannot see the blue sky.