Australian of the Year: Sue Lennox, environmental educator #AOTY2020 #ausoftheyear
November 26, 2019
1,336
36
2
2.84%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Abc Australia Episodes Around November 26, 2019
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
3:13Now PlayingAustralian of the Year: Sue Lennox, environmental educator #AOTY2020 #ausoftheyear
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelAs a teacher, Sue Lennox was concerned about young people's anxiety and despair about the future of the planet. So with her late husband, Colin, she founded the award-winning social enterprise OzGreen (Global Rivers Environmental Education Network Australia Inc). It teaches young people how to take positive environmental action through education, participatory leadership and community development.
Sue's initiatives with OzGreen include the Youth Leading the World program, a learning and leadership course that creates sustainable communities. She teaches people to become 'citizen scientists' and to take action to improve the health of their waterways. Under Sue's leadership, OzGreen has developed sustainability programs in 1,600 locations across Australia, India, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Pakistan.
After stepping down as CEO this year, Sue is now focused on sharing OzGreen's multi-award-winning approach by training others as facilitators and citizen scientists. She remains on the board. Her extraordinary work continues to empower individuals and communities by replacing despair with hope.
Australian of the Year Awards:
Each year our nation celebrates the achievements and contributions of eminent Australians through the Australian of the Year Awards by profiling leading citizens who are role models for us all.
They inspire us through their achievements and challenge us to make our own contribution to creating a better Australia.
The Awards honour an exceptional group of highly respected Australians who ignite discussion and change on issues of national importance.
The Australian of the Year Awards provides everyone with the opportunity to recognise any Australian who makes them proud.
The four Australian of the Year categories are:
Australian of the Year
Senior Australian of the Year (those aged 65 years or over)
Young Australian of the Year (ages 16 to 30)
Australia's Local Hero
The Awards operate at two levels - State/Territory and national.
State and Territory selection committees select four nominees for each Award category, with one of these nominees being announced as the State/Territory Award recipient.
The National Australia Day Council Board selects the Australians of the Year from the group of 32 State and Territory recipients.
The prestigious year-round program culminates in the announcement of the National Award recipients in Canberra on Australia Day Eve.
For more information on the Australian of the Year Awards, read about the history of how recipients are chosen:
Join the ABC Australia community on social media!
#AOTY2020 #ausoftheyear
Links & Promotions
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.