Gerry is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Victoria.  He is currently a member of the Quakers Australia Earth Witness and Action Network.  For the past four years he has been a part of the ARRCC Victoria planning group. He comes to this work via an earth spirituality and the writings of Thomas Berry and others. He lives near Creswick in Victoria, on Dja Dja Wurrung country. Now retired, his working life was mostly in the Education and Community sectors.