International Athena Foundation Earth Champion, Gary Opit

In August 2003, the International Athena Foundation and Byron Shire Council awarded Gary Opit the title of ‘Earth Champion’. I am listed in their interactive Knowledge Pond Website for my work for the understanding and the protection of the Earth’s natural environment having been heavily involved with conservation organizations since the early 1960s. I have lectured to university, TAFE and high school students on botany, zoology, bio geography, Australian ecology, microbiology, anthropology, geography, cosmology, permaculture and on Aboriginal ecology, religion and culture.