Anna is an author, philanthropist, and climate campaigner. She is the CEO of Environmental Leadership Australia, a not-for-profit with a small, skilled team of 5, working to foster leadership to address the climate crisis within community, politics, and philanthropy. Anna holds an Arts / Law degree with first-class honours from the University of Sydney.
Anna became an environmental campaigner at age 14. At age 22, she co-founded the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, a movement Cathyof over 120,000 young people. Anna is also a co-founder and board director of Farmers for Climate Action. In 2019 she co-founded Australia’s first climate-advocacy focused giving circle, Groundswell, which raises and re-grants funds to high impact climate interventions.
She was a finalist in the Australian of the Year Awards and was named one of the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence in 2019. Anna co-starred in the documentary I Can Change Your Mind on Climate Change which was aired on Australia’s national broadcaster in 2012. She is the author of the book Madlands: A Journey to Change the Mind of a Climate Sceptic and she has written for all major Australian newspapers as well as journals Griffith Review and Quarterly Essay.
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