Seed Mob

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Seed Mob is an Indigenous youth climate network in Australia.

History[]

Seed is Australia's first Indigenous climate network and was formed in 2014.[1] It is led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people. It was initially a branch of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition but became independent in 2020.[2]

It was cofounded by .[3] Telford is currently its National Director.[4]

In 2015, Seed, in an alliance of 13 environmental groups, was successful in campaigning for Australia’s four largest banks to rule out funding the Adani coal mine in Queensland.[5]

It is currently campaigning Origin Energy to stop gas fracking in the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory.[3] It produced a film about the campaign called Water is Life in 2019.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Meet Seed Mob, Australia's First Indigenous Youth-Led Environmental Organisation". Junkee. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  2. ^ "Seed Mob to be first Indigenous youth-led environmental organisation". Medianet. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  3. ^ a b "The young Indigenous woman fighting fracking in remote NT". The Feed. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  4. ^ "Our Team". Seed. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  5. ^ "Big four banks distance themselves from Adani coalmine as Westpac rules out loan". the Guardian. 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  6. ^ "Water is Life". Protect Country, Ban Fracking. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
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