Succession Ecology Pty Ltd

Last night our Directors Briony Horner and Glenn Christie were invited to attend the 2024 Hot 30 Awards after Succession Ecology was listed as one of the Hot 30 companies from right across Australian using innovation to shape the future of energy, mining and robotics. It was a fantastic evening and we are proud to announce that Succession Ecology won the 2024 Sustainability Innovation Award. Big thanks to our team for making this possible. To learn more about the award and our case visit the awards site here, https://lnkd.in/g9VAEzwy

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I was cheeky; I was audacious; I “lead with my chin”, 😉. The line up was settled, there were 14 speakers; a mixture of Government, Councils, Academia/Research & 5 Community Groups talking to their efforts & well deserved pride in their results. “Ask & ye shall receive” is a very, very old phrase… I asked, “is there room for one more, it’ll be worth your while”. I received an initial, “like your energy; we’ll see what we can do”. That transformed into, “we’ve made a slot, you’ve got 10 minutes; please be conscious that there’s a lot of speakers & we want to fit everything in”… Those that turn up, change history….is a phrase I’ve heard more than once. I turned up: it was SO well worth “the price of admission”, 👍🏻, Green Adelaide Chris Daniels. There were 15 speakers; I was the second last. I did a lot of listening, to a lot of varied subjects & angles. The common topic? Trees & the shade they provide. I took a very different approach in my presentation… I talked about “double shading”; seeding or planting native broadleaf groundcovers on street verges at the same time as planting the trees. I showed data of up to a 32 degree Celsius difference between bare & compacted street verges compared with the combination with a green “living” mulch of (mostly) low growing saltbush under established street trees. My take home message? Street trees take a very long time to provide their shade & affect temperatures on a substantial scale; a living green understorey/mulch can provide powerful temperature reductions within 6-12 months. Combine the two though; understory & street trees & you get the best temperature reductions. Take home message in one sentence? “Stre

In 2015, my wife, Briony Horner & myself, founded Succession Ecology, here in South Australia. Our son, who is now 10; was then 2 years old. I’ve long been preparing for him to ask me, “Dad; what are you doing/done about Climate Change/do I have a future”? How will I respond? I will say that Mum & Dad own & run an Environmental Consultancy; that currently employs 26 people (& looking for more) & works at landscape scale; helping renewables, agriculture, mining, building developments. That we see “Succession”” throughout Nature & aim to catalyse, harness & leverage that for our clients; not fight against it. That we always observe first; understanding how Nature is working; both in times of stress & in times of bounty. That we aim to make our clients more productive through this harnessing of Nature; to reduce risk; reduce operational costs whilst boosting both output & yield. That we specialise in smart, fast, affordable solutions to reduce/repair erosion, salinity, temperature, dust through landscape scale restoration using coloniser groundcovers & the gazillion soil critters they feed, shelter & protect. That we specialise in solutions for the arid zone; that covers 80% & 80 million hectares of South Australia, (roughly the size of France & Germany combined). That our solutions apply to the 5 billion hectares of degraded arid lands found worldwide. That what we provide “buys time”; that what we provide contributes to a “reasonable hope”. That we can do “both”, that it’s not an either/or situation; that biodiversity can be an integral part of making electricity, growing food/fibre, mining & building/living in cities & the regions. I hope my son is satisfied

At Succession Ecology we employ a different way of looking at & interacting with Nature. We are practical & pragmatic; we look for ways where Nature, in the form of rapidly growing coloniser plants (& the soil critters they feed, protect & harbour), does the hard yards & we, the humans, do the seed collecting & act as the catalyst to restore vast, vast areas of degraded lands in a timely fashion. Perhaps while we’re at it; we’ll inspire others around the world & together we might just help save the planet….