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TROPIC • ENVIRONMENT

1. Barney planting trees with primatologist Jane Goodall in Moshi,
the gateway to Mt Kilimanjaro. 2. Clean-up at Shipwreck Bay,
Daintree National Park.

To launch Climate Force in 2017, Barney spent
two months dragging a sled on skis for 1000
kilometres across Antarctica. The net-positive
journey demonstrated a NASA designed solar
ice-melter, hydro flasks and biofuels robust
enough for such a harsh environment.

Barney’s latest mission to plant
360,000 native trees by 2025 is now
underway in the Daintree Rainforest.
100+ volunteers manage seedling and
saplings in the ClimateForce nursery,
which will be planted across a
372 acre wildlife corridor.

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“We are all in this together, despite go because they know there’s pretty
politics and culture, we share the same women there,” he said. Barney’s tips for how
air, water and food.” he said. We have “But after that, the actual clean-up busy people can get
a shared responsibility to protect our itself is the payoff. Being imperfect is onboard ...
natural assets. I have worked with Shell important to promote because it needs
and I copped hard core criticism for to be attractive, accessible and it’s okay to
that. Definitely we should hold them screw up and have three steaks in a day. 1 Support local
accountable but they shouldn’t be “The idea of perfection turns off people businesses & products
demonised and we can’t just pull the rug who want to make an effort because
out from underneath big oil – it would they feel like it’s unattainable. I want to 2 Consider plant-based
be total chaos and if the whole thing encourage everyone to be extra grateful alternatives
fractures, people starve.” of the abundance they enjoy next time
Thinking globally and acting locally is they go to Rusty’s Markets or swim at 3 Explore volunteer
part of his mantra, and that extends to Crystal Cascades, breathe clean air. opportunities
attracting grass roots support by not We’re very lucky we have the opportunity
demanding perfection. “Most men who to give back.” MORE: climateforce.com
go to beach clean-ups for the first time

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