Greg attended his first Coastal Dune Vegetation Network conference in 2002 where he met a bunch of like-minded people who were passionate about their coast.
This inspired him to get actively involved in the coastal management of Pegasus Bay, near Christchurch. This extended to the rest of New Zealand when he became a Trustee of the Coastal Restoration Trust in 2008. In 2006 he received a resource management award from Environment Canterbury for services to coast care. Greg now resides in Nelson and is a Stormwater Engineer with the Tasman District Council.