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Climate
Leaders’Conference
HOBART
18 March
2019
\ www.efstas.tas.edu.au 1
Contents
4 About EFS Tasmania
5 About the Conference
6 Program
7 From the Youth Facilitator
8 Ambassadors for Change
9 Keynote Speakers
10 Performers
112018 Feature Project
122018 Feature Project
13Mentors
14Mentors
15 2019 Sponsors and Supporters
162018 Participating Schools
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About Education for Sustainability Tasmania 2
Education for Sustainability Tasmania is a - Build the capacity of organisations
network of organisations that aims to promote, to sustain a process of individual
.
and support innovation being achieved in and organisational change to
sustainability. improve delivery of education for
sustainability initiatives.
We are a growing network of leaders in
sustainability research, training and - Promote and endorse Tasmanian
education. We believe that together we can education for sustainability projects
harness the full potential of learning to help and the significant contribution
more people develop the skills and capacity Tasmania is making to the global
needed to protect our planet and ensure social learning space for education for
and cultural prosperity for all. sustainability.
Tasmania is recognised by the United Nations - Advocate for education as a tool to
as a Regional Centre of Expertise on help more people develop the skills
Education for Sustainable Development. Our and capacity needed to protect the
vision is to promote and inspire innovation in planet and ensure social and
education to address the sustainability cultural prosperity for all.
development goals.
We do this by:
- Facilitate collaboration and Kim Beasy
bring people together to work Chair
on education for sustainability Education for Sustainability
initiatives. Tasmania 4
About the Tasmanian Youth Climate
Leaders Conference
The Tasmanian Youth Climate Leaders Conference aims to equip youth from across Tasmania with
the skills to become climate leaders in their schools and communities by creating a project that will
make a difference for themselves, their community and the planet. The Conference will focus on the
Sustainable Development Goals. It will be hosted by Education for Sustainability Tasmania (EFS
Tas) with convenor Toby Thorpe, the Youth Facilitator at EFS Tas.
- WHEN Monday 18th March 2019 9:30AM – 2:30PM
- COST Free
- WHERE Hobart College/Sustainability Learning Centre
The event will bring together youth and experts in the fields of climate science/change/justice/action,
renewable energy, STEM, and sustainability. Participants will interact with inspiring youth from
around the state and will have the opportunity to hear from empowering climate leaders. Mentors
will be available to support students to plan and undertake an on-ground activity in their schools
relating to the sustainable development goals.
Students will then be invited to present their projects at the Celebration Conference on 16th
September 2019. This is a fantastic way to show-off all the incredible work students are doing to
address climate change in their schools.
The conference aims to facilitate a network of engaged young people across the state who will be
inspired to follow their interests by running their own events, volunteering, and investigating further
study options.
Last year, over 300 students across the state from over 25 schools participated, watch the video
here! In 2019 we are excited to empower even more young people. Also, in 2019 we will have a
teacher workshop prior to the conference where teachers can also connect, share and talk
curriculum support with education leaders from Greening Australia and the Department of Education
to optimize the conference impact on their schools and students.
The outcomes of the conference will involve inspired youth to pursue leadership opportunities,
studies, careers, and volunteering in the fields of climate science, change, justice, and action,
renewable energy, STEM, and sustainability. Schools leave the first day with a grassroots plan to
lead a project with new skills, both as a student and teacher, related to the Sustainable Development
Goals. With the support from mentors and teachers, students will have the opportunity to act to
mitigate climate change in their schools and communities.
Registrations are essential for all students and schools from across the state who wish to
participate. To register or for more information contact Toby Thorpe: 0472 639 380 or
tobyjthorpe@yahoo.com.au or Nel Smit: 0407 684 029 or nelssmit@gmail.com. Registrations
close on 1st March 2019.
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Program
Hobart Conference: Monday 18 March 2019 2019, SLC Mt Nelson
9:30AM – 10:30AM Opening Toby Thorpe/Nel Smit
Welcome to Country Linton Burgess
Introduction: Why are we here? Toby Thorpe
Keynote Speaker: Climate, the Bec Harris
Issue
Key Note:Climate the Action Costa Georgiadis
Climate Colours – Slam Poetry Amelia Neylon
Keynote Speaker: Student Revolution Laura Sykes
Performance Sorin Vanzino
Keynote Speaker: We can change! Melati Wijsen
School Strike Video Message Toby Thorpe
10:30AM – 10:45AM Morning Tea SLC
10:45AM – 11:15AM Taking action: Meet ‘n Greet Costa Georgiadis, Nel Smit
Meet the Mentors Mentors
Meet Someone New Everyone
11:15AM – 11:45 AM Workshops SLC
Food Security Costa Georgiadis,
Hannah Maloney
Waste & Fast Fashion Maree Bakker
Biodiversity Bec Harris
School Canteen Opportunities Julie Dunbabbin
Energy Todd Houstein
Energy Wise Nel Smit
Climate Stories Ingrid Albion and Discovery Rangers
Transport Alison Hetherington
Climate Justice AYCC, Ray Mainsbridge,
Margaret Steadman
Strategies for change Jenny Dudgeon
Communicating Climate Change Tom Remenyi
Sharon Williams
Climate Action Projects with Local Katrina Graham
Council
11:45-12:00 Students report back to school All Schools
groups
12:00PM – 12:30PM Lunch Time SLC: Whole Centre
Practical skills
12:30PM – 12:50PM Projects SLC
Project Introductions Toby Thorpe and Nel Smit
Reporting Back Toby Thorpe and Nel Smit
12:50PM – 2:00PM Planning SLC: Whole Centre
2:00PM – 2:30PM Closing SLC 6
School Project Reports Students
Final Remarks and Thank You Toby Thorpe and Nel Smit 6
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Education for Sustainability
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Ambassadors for Change
Amelie Hudspeth - Kingston High School
Attending the climate leaders conference in 2018 was a defining and
empowering moment in my life. I don’t think I realised at the time how big an
impact it would have, and continues to have, on how I think, act and live. The
conference was absolutely eye opening, it brought climate change to the
forefront of my thoughts and I’ve never pushed it away again. It was most
inspiring to meet people who are already doing so much to protect my future. I
now know that I, as a high school student, can contribute positively. I’ve
became more informed and have new skills to share messages and ideas. I
have a new and fierce motivation to make a difference.
Harrison Tunks - New Town High School
The conference was simply an amazing opportunity. For New Town High
School, it brought together a group of passionate students who wanted to make
a difference in the fight against climate change. It equipped us with the skills,
knowledge and direction to make that a reality. Returning to school, we audited
our school’s waste and electricity, began informing our students on the topic
and started implementing ways to reduce our footprint. Additionally, a
phenomenal opportunity that stemmed from the conference enabled us to send
students on a Tasmanian Youth Delegation to Conference of Parties 24 – The
United Nation’s annual climate summit, this year held in Poland.
Elsa Beinssen-Henry - Ogilvie High School
The Climate Leaders Conference of last year was a pivotal point for me as it
opened my eyes to how many people are behind the movement against climate
change and created a sense of unity and empowerment that will be valuable
moving forward, not only locally, but globally. It invoked a sense of community
among young environmentalists in Tasmania that had been previously lacking,
and allowed a space for passionate people, mentors and students, from all
schools and backgrounds to come together and coalesce and distil ideas and
experience surrounding the problem. It showed me that I am not fighting by
myself, and that I never have been.
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Key Note Speakers
Costa Georgiadis
Costa Georgiadis is a TV personality and a landscape architect, known for
connecting people with nature in the show, Gardening Australia. He is the
ambassador for the Australian Association for Environmental Education and
the Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network. Costa promotes
practical action is support of food security, eco-system values and climate
change.
Laura Sykes
Originally from Northern Tasmania, Laura is the National Schools Program
Director at the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. She is passionate about
building a movement of high school students to lead the transition to renewable
energy across Australia. Laura has worked with young people for the past eight
years in social justice, human rights and environmental justice campaigns and
programs. She is excited to be working to build the youth climate justice
movement to ensure a fair, just and sustainable world for future generations. In
2012 she was awarded the Southern Cross Young Achievers Entrepreneurship
Award and in 2013 was a Tasmanian finalist in the Young Australian of the Year
Awards.
Melati Wisjen
Melati with her sister Isabel started Bye Bye Plastic Bags at the age of 12, after
being inspired by a lesson in school about significant people, like Nelson
Mandela, Lady Diana, and Mahatma Ghandi. Melati returned home with her
sister that day and asked themselves, ‘What can we do as children living in
Bali, NOW, to make a difference?’ Bye Bye Plastic Bags was born in 2013 and
has now grown into a well-known international movement of inspiration, youth
empowerment, and of course, saying NO to plastic bags. Melati and Isabel
were on a mission to stop plastic bags from strangling their beautiful island
home of Bali. Their efforts included petitions, beach clean-ups, a hunger strike
and more, which all payed off when they convinced their governor to commit to
a plastic bag free Bali. Watch their TED talk here!
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Hobart College
Performers
Amelia Neylon
The 2017 Tasmanian Poetry Slam’s Hobart heat marked the first spoken word
performance of the then 14-year-old Amelia Neylon. Now 16, her interests
include a clutch of passionate friends, the history of protest, complex equations,
gender equality, roller derby and sleeping. Amelia wrote Climate Colours for
last year’s student strike 4 Climate in Hobart, where it was first performed.
She wanted the poem to encapsulate the feelings of students both here in
Tasmania and elsewhere in the world - the fear and frustration that young
people feel when faced with the blind stubbornness of most of the adults who
are supposed to be protecting our future.
Sorin Vanzino
Sorin Vanzino is a 17-year-old musician and songwriter from Woodbridge
Tasmania. Since first beginning to write songs when he was 11, Sorin has
mixed his political mindedness with an eloquent grasp of melody and prose.
From folk ballads to raging punk, politics are ever present in much of his writing;
the culmination of this being the EP ‘Swimming in Plastic’ recorded and
released with his band Vivien. Over the past 2 years Sorin has performed at an
array of protest rallies including the 2018 Anti-Cable Car rally at Cascade
Gardens, the Amnesty International ‘Rock for Refugees’ concert, Amnesty
International’s 2018 Palm Sunday refugee rights rally, and the 2018 Hobart
School Strike for Climate. Sorin is a year 12 student at Hobart College.
St Mary’s College
102018 Feature Project - St Mary’s College
Students at St Mary’s College worked on a project to address the
waste and energy concerns at the school. They identified the
issues by auditing the school’s waste production and requesting
statistics on energy consumption. From their findings, they put
together a three-page proposal of suggestions and presented it
to their senior management team. These solutions not only
hoped to reduce waste and energy consumption but also to
educate students and staff on environmental topics.
St Mary’s College also hosted a whole-day Sustainability Fair.
Students from Kinder to Year 9 participated in workshops,
specially designed around environmental issues facing our
planet, and how small changes can make a difference. These
workshops included everything from how to pack a nude-food
lunch box, how to make beeswax wraps, and choices to help
reduce the impact of beauty products on the environment.
The fair was organised by the College’s Footprint Project, a
student-led group that focused on promoting everyday changes
students can make.
The actions at St Mary’s College reached close to a thousand
people.
112018 Feature Project - Launceston College
The Clean and Green Committee, a subcommittee of the Student
Representative Council (SRC), at Launceston College was
established in early 2018 with the committee's primary focus to
establish a strong support network and commence a recycling
initiative within the college. This ties in with the college's Sky
Garden which currently holds a hanging garden and worm farm.
It is hoped to become a place to recognise and demonstrate an
appreciation for Tasmania's cultural diversity and native heritage.
Students were involved with the Student Climate Action Network
(SCAN) facilitated by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition
(AYCC).
12Conference
Mentors
Margaret Steadman
Margaret is a climate and sustainable living champion. She is a
founding member of Climate Action Hobart and the West Hobart
Environment Network. Margaret is also a Council member of the
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member of the Australi an Conservation Foundation. Also,
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initiating sustainability programs. She initiated the highly
successful community bush kinder learning on country program
and facilitates the annual Kids4Kids Conferences.
Ingrid Albion
Chris is an e nvironmental educator who works the non -
government sector and hasIngrid has been
extensive a passionate
experience in voice for the environment over the
managing award - winning past sustainable
20 years and believes
energy, education and young people are the
energy
key change
conservation and behaviour to having a safe climate
programs. He has future! Ingrid has worked to save
Tasmanian
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living’ communities in Tasmania and i n the implementation in Tasmania.
Nel Smit
of suburban rooftop solar projects.
Nel is an Education Strategist for Greening Australia. Her focus is
on nature-based education and energy efficiency. Nel works on a
project called Energy Wise in partnership with TasNetworks
Bill Walker
developing is a hub
an energy horticulturist who has qualifications
at the Sustainability in
Learning Centre.
Nel was
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Recreation
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of year 2018
Management
in Tasmania. and
Maree Bakker
Business Management. He currently is Natural Resource
Management Officer with Circular Head and Waratah
Maree Bakker has been working for many years in waste/litter
Wynyard Councils. He was Chair of Greening Australia
education and policy and enjoys using waste materials as a basis
for hands-on educational experiences. She is looking for
opportunities to assist in re-thinking waste, to convey a message
about consumption.
Zoe Douglas-Kinghorne
Zoe has been inspired by climate leaders such as Laura Sykes and
Kandi Mossett. She is a school’s coordinator at the Australian
g
Youth Climate Coalition, where she assists school students to
Centre where she works with teachers state - wide,
carry out their dreams and formulate strong plans for a safer
students and community groups. She has initiated the
climate.
highly successful community bush kinder learning on
Country program and facilitates the highly successful
annual Kids4Kids Conferences
13Conference
Mentors
Pete Wright
Pete currently oversees support for teaching and learning in
Kim Beasy Science for the Department of Education. He knows that solutions
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Dr. Bec Harris
related projects for over 10 years in her previous role as a
Sustainability Officer a nd in volunteer roles in the
Bec is a Climate Research Fellow at The Antarctic Climate
community. She has worked on waste and recycling
Ecosystems CRC. Her principal research interests are in the areas
initiativ es and energy reduction campaigns.
of conservation management and climate change impacts on
natural and human systems. Recently her research has focused on
Kara Spence
the impact of climate variability and extreme events on ecosystems
Alison Hetherington
Kara has combined her passions for teaching, the
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Todd Houstein
Todd is a humanitarian engineer turned sustainable community
development leader. He's passionate about helping people to live
happy, healthy and sustainable lives. Todd is now the Executive
Officer at Sustainable Living Tasmania managing school energy
audits in partnership with the Department of Education.
Ray Mainsbridge
Ray has a legal background, with extensive experience in
commercial litigation, and was until recently a partner in an
international law firm based in Sydney and London. He is currently
the Convenor of the Franklin Greens. Ray is passionate about
communicating the message about climate change.
Katrina Graham
Katrina is Climate Change Projects Officer at the Hobart City
Council. She is strong advocate for local government climate action
and increasing the capacity and capability of councils and their
communities including schools to prepare for and respond to
climate change impacts and hazards.
142019 Supporters and Sponsors
152018 Participating Schools
16For more information contact Toby
Thorpe on 0472 639 380 or
Fortobyjthorpe@yahoo.com.au.
more information contact
tobyjthorpe@yahoo.com.au or
0472 639 280 . for
Education Sustainability
Tasmania 2019.
Education for Sustainability 2018.
Report contributors: Toby Thorpe, Nel
Smit, Leah Page, Harry Tunks,
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