ACU

Dean of Green
& The Pack

Sixteen working dogs. One legal cannabis university. An immigrant's son the system tried to break — and the family he grew through concrete.

Learn the story
How it began

It started with an open gate.

The Australian Cannabis University is a legal, certified-organic cannabis farm in Northern New South Wales. It was never about the end product. It exists to educate, advocate, cultivate, elevate, rehabilitate and recreate — the fusion of ancient natural wisdom and modern academia, built for the community, by the community.

The first three dogs — Trinity, Humboldt and Mendocino — came to guard the land after local government overreach and trespass upon a lawful operation. They lived a blessed life for two years. Then a gate was left open while the alpha female was on heat.

Two accidental litters followed. Thirteen puppies. And somewhere in the middle of all of it, a man looked at what nature had built and understood it completely: these dogs are the university in animal form.

Resilient by nature. Purposeful by circumstance. Grown through concrete.

The founders · Emerald Triangle

Named for the resistance.

Trinity, Humboldt and Mendocino — three counties at the heart of the Emerald Triangle. Without that struggle against oppression on behalf of nature, none of this would exist.

Alpha Female

Trinity

Born 26 April 2022

The smallest of the three founders — and the reason every other dog in this story exists. The mother of the entire pack.

Alpha Male

Humboldt

Born 22 May 2023

The largest. The patriarch. Named for the county at the very heart of the cannabis resistance.

Beta Female

Mendocino

Born 22 May 2023

Humboldt's litter mate. Now aunty to twelve nieces and nephews she didn't ask for — and loves without reservation.

The next generations

All sixteen counted.

Two litters, born seven months apart. The first named for the towns of the resistance. The second for the plant, the culture and the community language.

May Day Litter

Born 1 May 2025 · International Workers' Day
Eureka Garberville Ukiah ♀ · three-gen alpha line Weaverville Wildwood Willits

December Litter

Born 1 December 2025
Hashish Rosin Skittles Indica Silver Wombat ♀ · the Australian heart
Always counted

Unicorn

1 December 2025 — 14 December 2025

The largest of the December litter. Lost on day thirteen to a nipple malformation on his mother. He was named Unicorn because that is exactly what he was. He rests on the land, under the clothesline, on the farm his mother guards.

His name belongs in everything. Always.

The mission

Six pillars.

Not a statement workshopped in a boardroom. Earned through hardship.

01

Educate

Full education — ancient natural wisdom fused with academia and vocational training.

02

Advocate

100,000 members as the political lever for decriminalisation and real law reform in Australia.

03

Cultivate

Certified organic standards. Soil science and Biochar technology at the foundation.

04

Elevate

Raising the standard of how the plant, the land and the dogs are all treated.

05

Rehabilitate

Healing — of bodies, of land, of people, and of the working dogs at the centre of it.

06

Recreate

Re-creation in the oldest sense. Making whole again. For the community, by the community.

The newest pillar in sound

Sound & Soil.

The entire universe is one big sound wave. We've started building healing audio environments for dogs — designed around the frequencies and resting-heart-rate tempos shown in research to ease canine stress. First made for our own pack. Free for yours.

Recovery & HealingPost-surgery, cone life, enforced rest
SeparationFor the working day alone
Storm & ThunderGrounded calm through the worst of it
Travel & TransportSettled, contained, responsive
Whelping SupportFor the mother, through it all
Puppy First NightsCompany without stimulation
Deep SleepThe deepest restorative rest
High-Drive DecompressionThe working dog cool-down

Built on peer-reviewed research. Tested on our own pack. Free for yours. Audio enrichment is a tool — never a substitute for proper exercise, veterinary care and training.

The man behind it

The Dean of Green.

The son of two ten-pound migrants — Gladys of Newcastle upon Tyne, Johann of Graz. He survived public housing, the bad neighbourhoods, a boys' home, and institutionalisation until the age of twenty-one.

Released with nothing. Built everything.

The same brain the system tried to flatten is the one that looked at an accidental litter and saw a programme — that looked at a cannabis licence and saw a university.

Dolph Cooke

Warts and all.

  • Star of 40+ terabytes of educational footage
  • UN Millennium Award — soil science & Biochar
  • Has stood in front of judges. Will do it again.
  • Bilingual — English and profanity
  • No filters. Nothing to lose.
  • So much more than the ADHD label

"With people like this out there — no need to panic — the world is going to be ok."

— Dolph Cooke · Dean of Green

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