Mara Bun is interviewed by Frances Frangenheim about the projects she is working on in her role as founding CEO of Green Cross Australia.
You can't help but smile when chatting with Mara Bun. Her energy is infectious and she uses phrases like "bottled sunshine" and "equal parts total terror and complete glee" to describe projects she is working on in her role as founding CEO of Green Cross Australia, based in Brisbane. Green Cross Australia launched in 2007 out of Green Cross International, which started its own special journey in 1993 with the bold mission to apply the Red Cross International medical emergency response model to ecological issues. Mara's role is to convince partners across Australia that it's easier to work together, rather than apart, to respond to environmental change and extreme weather events in proactive, creative and sustainable ways. It appears a daunting task but spend time talking to Mara and suddenly it all sounds achievable and bundles of fun.
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