Today's guest on Moments of Clarity is Arron Wood.
Arron Wood AM is Chief Policy and Impact Officer at The Clean Energy Council - the peak body for the clean energy industry in Australia. He is a former Councillor and former Deputy Lord Mayor for City of Melbourne. He is currently on the South East Water Corporation Board and was Chair of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute.
Arron is founder of award-winning education program Kids Teaching Kids where over 140,000 students have participated in the peer education model since 1999. He was 3AW environment reporter for many years. Arron received The Centenary Medal for outstanding contribution to conservation, awarded by the Governor-General and completed a Churchill Fellowship to New York with the United Nations. As a past winner of the United Nations Individual Award for Outstanding Service to the Environment, Arron was also the 2001 Young Australian of the Year (environment). His commitment to the environment was covered on ABC’s Australian Story in a 2004 episode titled "Rising Son". In 2011, Arron published an autobiography titled 'Billabong Boy' which follows his journey from a boy who loved to explore his local billabong in Mildura on the Murray River to an international award-winning speaker, as well as his struggles to keep balanced while being an inspiration to those around him.
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Links
http://arronwood.com/
https://au.linkedin.com/in/arronwood
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arron_Wood
https://www.instagram.com/arronwood/
https://www.facebook.com/ArronWoodMelbourne/
https://twitter.com/ArronWood
https://www.cleanenergycouncil.org.au/about/our-team
Time Stamps
0:00 - 14:39 Introduction with Matt and Toby
14:40 - 42:13 Part 1 with Arron Wood
42:14 - 77:33 Part 2 with Arron Wood
77:34 - 78:51 Outro
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