Episode 59 / The Butterfly Story of Restoring Australia’s Rainforest Hosting Branden Barber

This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Branden Barber. Branden is a lifelong environmentalist. Starting with a degree in Environmental Studies from UC Santa Cruz, he cut his teeth with Greenpeace International on the Rainbow Warrior. Then he ran the Victorian State Office for Greenpeace Australia. Over the last 25 years, he’s worked in both the social profit and for-profit sectors, from start-ups to S&P 500 companies to NGO’s, large and small. In the last decade, Branden has been involved with various environmental organizations as staff or as a consultant, served on the Leadership Teams at both Rainforest Action Network and Amazon Watch, and has sat on several boards – always with a focus on the environment. Branden joined the Rainforest Rescue team in 2018. He is passionate about rainforests, ardently committed to the natural world, and brings a wealth and breadth of experience to Rainforest Rescue as the CEO. In this episode, you will hear about his work, challenges in restoring a rainforest, the Daintree rainforest (the oldest rainforest in the world), and more. Some notes... More about 1treellion & Branden Barber. To support planting all over the world, please check out this link. The great music is credited to Pixabay.