Brisbane News Senior Editor, Phil Brown interviewed Green Cross Australia's CEO Mara Bun about her big, green, eco ideas - connecting the dots between sustainable housing, extreme weather, and resilient communities.

 

"Light-bulb moments from the likes of this former banker may be the key to our future survival.

 

Building sustainable housing that can survive extreme weather is just one of Mara Bun's good ideas.

The 48 year old former Wall Street banker and Greenpeace Australia chief financial officer is now trying to convince others of that in her role as CEO of Green Cross Australia.

 

"One of the big ideas that Green Cross has is that if every time we get hit by extreme weather we go back and build again the same was, guess what will happen?" Mara says.

 

"After a disaster we have the opportunity to push the envelope with something more resilient and it can mitigate the risks as well."

 

The organisations "Build It Back Green" project enshrines those principles.

 

Mara will be spruiking this and other bright ideas at the biennial Ideas Festival at the State Library of Queensland from May 19 - 22.

 

Sustainability will be high on the agenda and the theme will be explored by participants including foodie Maggie Beer, comedian Rod Quantock, environmentalist Drew Hutton and the Hunter Gatherer Dinner Club Founder Deb Newell."

 

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