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Daniel Cocking Hometown: Strangways (near Newstead) Occupation: Sustainability Consultant Area of Interest: Improving infrastructure, precincts and agricultural practices How is climate change impacting your community? Increasing extremes in weather are having an adverse impact on farmers' crops, [...]

James Mack Hometown: Castlemaine Occupation:  Project Management, Operations & Marketing in Tech/Telecommunications Area of Interest: Animal welfare and environmental conservation & restoration How is climate change impacting your community? I’m incredibly heartened by the passion and ingenuity [...]

Aaron Grinter Hometown: Castlemaine Occupation: Natural Environment Program Officer, DELWP Area of Interest: The intersections of natural ecosystems and human ecosystems. How is climate change impacting your community? The effects of climate change that I am most [...]

Raelene Gooch Hometown: Junortoun Occupation: Environmental and Sustainability Primary School Teacher Area of Interest: Engaging and empowering young people How is climate change impacting your community? Like many other schools in the region, our school community was [...]

Tessa Fitzpatrick Hometown: Charlton Occupation: Eastern Mallee Landcare Facilitator, Lead hand at TMC Enviro and a student at SCU Area of Interest: Natural Resource management and agriculture. How is climate change impacting your community? As [...]

Troy Butler Hometown: Central Goldfields Occupation: Education Area of Interest: Self Sufficiency How is climate change impacting your community? Weather patterns have become very unpredictable and rain shadows are creating bizarre conditions. Our communities must [...]

Linda Jungwirth Hometown: Tarnagulla Occupation: Community leader Area of Interest: Climate change resilience in small communities How is climate change impacting your community? Our community is under constant threat from fire coupled with an insecure [...]

Kristy Scalora Hometown: Swan Hill Occupation: Environmental conservation Area of Interest: Environmental restoration and resilience How is climate change impacting your community? I see the need to combat climate change on all fronts, working with [...]

Geoff Murray Hometown: Kyneton Occupation: Environmental services and community radio manager Area of Interest: Developing a circular economy. How is climate change impacting your community? Through my professional experience I have seen an enormous amount [...]

Ruby Barnes Hometown: Kerang Occupation: Irrigation Extension Officer, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions Area of Interest: Agriculture How is climate change impacting your community? In a dominated agricultural community, climate change is a large [...]

Amanda Logie Hometown: Rochester Occupation: Coordinator at Rochester Community House Area of Interest: Community resilience How is climate change impacting your community? Our local community, like many has struggled with the extremes of drought and [...]

Louise Costa Hometown: Rushworth Occupation: Public speaker and community leader Area of Interest: Biodiversity protection How is climate change impacting your community? In Rushworth, we have many poorly built homes that aren’t suitable for the [...]

Kyla Brettle Hometown: Barkers Creek Occupation: Audio Documentary Maker, Social Media Producer Area of Interest: communications, strorytelling, sound, media, psychology of climate change, community engagement, participatory culture How is climate change impacting your community? The [...]

Rachel Kendrigan Hometown: Mildura Occupation: Community Planning Area of Interest: Building community through growing food together How is climate change impacting your community? Living in a farming community, the impacts of climate change and their [...]

Gabrielle Turner-Eylander Hometown: Epsom Occupation: Local Government Area of interest: Building climate change resilience in homes, schools and gardens through design, retrofits and permaculture principals. How is climate change impact your community? One of the [...]

Samantha Downing Hometown: Elphinstone Occupation: Landscape architect and permaculture Area of Interest: Community engagement and extreme heat resilience How is climate change impacting your community? The biggest impact I have noticed in my community is [...]

Jay Smith Hometown: Mildura Occupation: Local Government Area of Interest: Urban greening/urban cooling How is climate change impacting your community? In Mildura, you can really see the impact of reduced rainfall, higher temperatures, and more [...]

Tim Read Hometown: Campbells Creek Occupation: Ecology and community development Area of Interest: Working with communities in socio-ecological transformation; particularly food security, biodiversity conservation, and social justice. How is climate change impacting your community? As [...]

Michelle McGoldrick Hometown: Spring Gully Occupation: Social Welfare Area of Interest: Grassroots level networks for climate adaptation How is climate change impacting your community? Through my work in welfare I see climate change impacting the [...]

Liesbeth Long Hometown: Maryborough Occupation: Primary Producer Area of Interest: Agriculture How is climate change impacting your community? Living in a small town surrounded by half a dozen farmers, we noticed our yields decreasing over [...]

Melanie Scaife Hometown: Maldon Occupation: Freelance writer and editor Area of Interest: Community resilience How is climate change impacting your community? My small town, Maldon, is surrounded by beautiful bushland, with many of its residents [...]