LANDCARE YOUTH SUMMIT

Dr Anika Molesworth is a recognised thought-leader of agro-ecological systems resilience and international farming development. With a passion for rural communities and healthy ecosystems, she is committed to help create sustainable and vibrant farming landscapes now and for the future. Anika founded Climate Wise Agriculture in 2014 as a knowledge sharing platform for climate change as it relates to food systems. She is a Founding Director of Farmers for Climate Action – a national network of over 5,000 Australian farmers undertaking climate change action. Awards include 2015 Young Farmer of the Year, and 2017 Young Australian of the Year NSW Finalist.

Ella Weisbrot is a researcher in climate solutions for the Climate Council of Australia. Previously, she has worked in various roles across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors, including as an analyst at consulting firm AlphaBeta Advisors, research officer at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University (ANU), and as a national campaigner for the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC). She has a Master of Public Policy from ANU, where she won the Master of Public Policy Prize and held the Dr Claire Clark Scholarship, and a Bachelor of International and Global Studies from the University of Sydney.

Joshua is a Worimi man, whose family ancestors are recorded as having the first recorded birth in a cave in the Gloucester mountains. His connection to the Worimi nation stems through both his parents, tracing back to the Bugg family.

Josh’s work seeks to connect traditional Aboriginal knowledge and history to current contexts, translating past wisdoms and learning to the opportunities of the future. His work brings together the old and the new, weaving them together to develop new insights and findings.

He is an entrepreneur and business advisor, working predominantly in the Aboriginal cultural, agricultural and environmental spheres. He has worked with numerous of not for profits, businesses and government to develop change and bring people on a journey of change.

Josh pursues transformation through modern truth telling, bringing new concepts to the forefront through acknowledgement of the past.

Kareem El-Ansary is currently serving as Australia’s 21st Youth Representative to the United Nations. First established in 1999, it is the only role of its kind in Australia.

In 2019, Kareem and his team conducted the nation’s largest face-to-face consultation of young Australians to better understand the views of young people and the issues that are impacting them across the country. Over a 7-month period, Kareem travelled over 100,000km, visited 56 towns and cities in every state and territory and listened to over 10,000 young Australians

Prior to his role with the UN, Kareem was the CEO of the Asia-Pacific Youth Organisation (APYO) and in 2018, Kareem was named a ‘Global Shaper’ by the World Economic Forum and is currently one of four young board members of the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria (YACVic).

Ngalan Gilbert is a proud young Wiradjuri man who has demonstrated his excellence in his commitment to cultural education, caring for country and cultural burning practices.

Ngalan has positively contributed to the growth of cultural education in Canberra schools through participation in Landcare activities, Aboriginal student dance groups, establishing bush tucker gardens in schools, leading Aboriginal focused Ranger guided activities, his position as a seasonal firefighter in 2018 and 2019 and his current position at Birrigai outdoor school as the Aboriginal Facilities and Land Management Officer.

Ngalan is currently completing his studies in a Certificate III in Conservation Land Management through TAFE NSW. His aspirations for the years ahead are to restore the landscape to its natural beauty out at Birrigai and develop programs to get more youth out on country to help with these works.

Since leaving high school Saskia Gerhardy has developed and implemented an environmental youth group called YACCA (Youth And Community in Conservation Action) that encourages young people to become involved with local environmental projects. She also works with local primary school children through the Envirokids program, coordinates the Willunga Trees for Life group and has been appointed the inaugural Young Landcare Ambassador, to assist the group in engaging young people with their projects.

Saskia won both the Flinders Port’s Environment Award at the Channel 9 Young Achiever Awards and the 2019 Austcover Young Leader Award at the South Australian Landcare Awards. Since completing her honours in Evolution and Ecology, Saskia was nominated for local council and ran a campaign based on environmental change and positive environmental action.

• Tips on what you can do at home or work to get involved in landcare
• What do people involved in landcare do?

• Find a group near you
• Need a Landcare logo for your group? You can be a Landcare, Bushcare, Coastcare, ‘Friends of’, Dunecare or other environmental community group involved in landcare activities.

• Project plan with tips, ideas and resources to consider when planning a successful project

Landcare learning resources with school curriculum and framework links that you can do at high school, with your youth group or local Landcare group

• Creating a Wildlife Habitat 
• Creating a Bee Hotel
• Creating a Beneficial Garden 
• Creating a Frog Friendly Habitat 
• Creating a Food Garden
• Making a Large Wicking Bed 
• Making a Small Wicking Bed 
• Creating Compost
• Creating a Worm Farm
• Waterways Clean-up 

• How to take a video to promote your project and group activities

Explore the great work of other young people and get connected

• Landcarer is an online community platform especially for people like you – people who work to care for their local environment. You can set up your own group on Landcarer and connect and collaborate with people who share your passion. Landcarer also allows you to monitor and track projects with other people, share stories, photos and videos, and see what other groups are up to. And when you’re out in the field and see something you just need to share, there’s a Landcarer mobile app.
• Intrepid Landcare is not your usual on the ground Landcare group. They are an adventurous organisation that empowers young people to do stuff that matters. They provide a common space to inspire, connect and empower young people to do stuff that matters. They provide a common space to inspire, connect and empower young people to act and lead with Landcare.