Mara has been a non-executive director of Australian Ethical for the past five years
Mara was the founding CEO of Green Cross Australia, an organisation set up in 1993 by Mikhail Gorbachev to create a new approach to solving the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. In early 2018 it was also announced that she will become the first female President of the Australian Conservation Foundation.
Previously, Mara has worked for The Wilderness Society, Greenpeace Australia, CHOICE, the CSIRO and a number of financial organisations, including Macquarie Bank, Morgan Stanley, and as a director of Allen Consulting Group.
Mara has also worked for The World Bank on an earthquake reconstruction project in Nepal.
She was a Director on the Board of Bush Heritage Australia for ten years and a member of the NSW Sustainable Energy Development Authority Advisory Council for six years. Mara studied economics and political studies at Williams College, Massachusetts.
Video version available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGK7m3RBQeE&t=4s
Key takeaways
- There is an emergency, we have to deal with it in any way possible, perfection is going to be the enemy of the Good
- Investment and technology are being used as advocacy
- In the last few centuries, we have crunched 72% of Nature
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Mara has been a non-executive director of Australian Ethical for the past five years
Mara was the founding CEO of Green Cross Australia, an organisation set up in 1993 by Mikhail Gorbachev to create a new approach to solving the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. In early 2018 it was also announced that she will become the first female President of the Australian Conservation Foundation.
Previously, Mara has worked for The Wilderness Society, Greenpeace Australia, CHOICE, the CSIRO and a number of financial organisations, including Macquarie Bank, Morgan Stanley, and as a director of Allen Consulting Group.
Mara has also worked for The World Bank on an earthquake reconstruction project in Nepal.
She was a Director on the Board of Bush Heritage Australia for ten years and a member of the NSW Sustainable Energy Development Authority Advisory Council for six years. Mara studied economics and political studies at Williams College, Massachusetts.
Video version available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGK7m3RBQeE&t=4s
Key takeaways
- There is an emergency, we have to deal with it in any way possible, perfection is going to be the enemy of the Good
- Investment and technology are being used as advocacy
- In the last few centuries, we have crunched 72% of Nature
Show notes
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