Brendan has founded several companies and two not-for-profits that work in the field of sustainability and ecosystem protection. He is the director of Australian Ecosystems, Victoria's largest ecological restoration company (www.australianecosystems.com.au), as well as the Cape Paterson Ecovillage project in South Gippsland, Victoria (www.capepatersonecovillage.com.au), which aims to set a national benchmark in terms of zero emissions housing, enhancement of biodiversity, renewable energy and active lifestyle. He is one of the founders of Pelican, a 60-foot ocean-going sailing catamaran which sails Australian waters performing social and environmental projects. (www.svpelican.com.au) In response to his concerns about the huge risks posed by global warming, he founded Climate Positive in 2006. Climate Positive (www.climatepositive.org) works with the community, corporates and government to understand global warming, measure and reduce carbon pollution, offset residual emissions through emission reduction projects, and take a further step of becoming a positive impact on climate by removing additional carbon from the atmosphere through replanting biodiverse forests on cleared land.

Matthew Wright is a climate campaigner with Beyond Zero Emissions and Climate Consultant at Climate Positive. Matthew has been campaigning on Climate Change for 5 years; he specialises in matching available commercially deployable technologies and know how as the solution to the global warming crisis.