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| Big ideas start small. Extreme Weather Heroes is a youth led social networking drive to recruit 20 000 young emergency volunteering ASAP.
The number of category five hurricanes in the North Atlantic has tripled, and scientists predict 3 times the number of extreme heat days in Victoria by 2050. Meanwhile, Australia's emergency volunteer base has an average age of around 50.
This network has generated over 30 000 hits since it launched three months ago - with support from the Nova network and Channel 10. Our five Heroes have been blogging non-stop to reach their peers. Soon they will be joined by Liz Cantor from Channel 7 - our sixth Hero!
In Victoria, our 'Build it back green' campaign is sprouting from bushfire affected Flowerdale.
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 | | Governor General greets our Heroes!!! | | Last Friday Australia's Extreme Weather Heroes were welcomed by Their Excellencies Quentin and Michael Bryce at Government House to celebrate youth leadership in confronting severe weather impacts of a warming planet. Environment Minister Peter Garrett was there along with fifteen of Australia's largest and greenest businesses who want to help...
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 | | Flowerdale rebuilds GREEN! | | Green Cross Australia and our growing mob of young emergency volunteers are sprouting green rebuilding shoots out of Victoria's bushfire ashes. See how Australia's largest sustainable business forum and our partners the Green Building Council of Australia will support Flowerdale, the heart of a new green hub of bushfire reconstruction...
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 | | Heroes ROCK Greenfest | | The emergency volunteering heroes of tomorrow can be found where the music plays. From World Environment Day Friday June 5th Extreme Weather Hero Ayla Curtis and newest Hero Liz Cantor will face the 50,000 strong young Greenfest crowd in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens - with special thanks to NRMA Insurance!
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 | | Ben helps at Flood Recovery centre | | Following the floods and storms in Northern NSW, Ben has been working day and night at the Police Public Information and Inquiry Centre (PIIC) and the Sydney State Enquiry Centre as a pillar of support for members of the public that were affected by extreme weather.
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 | | Ayla spends day at beach cleaning up oil | | Ayla's very first activation as an SES volunteer saw her donning a contamination suit and shovelling oil off a beach on the Sunshine Coast as part of the massive clean up effort after the devastating Brisbane oil spill.
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 | | Katie battles floods in the Solomon Islands | | While fires raged here in Australia, Katie was dealing with severe flooding in the Solomon Islands, coordinating local and international volunteers and procuring and distributing resources to affected villages.
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 | | Meet our newest Hero | | Liz Cantor, the winner of reality TV show 'The Mole' and Channel 7 Weather and Surf Presenter is a new SES recruit. Stay tuned as we take you through her journey of training and activation as an Extreme Weather Hero! If Liz can do it - anyone can!!!
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 | | Phillip Toyne on YouTube | | Phillip Toyne is the former CEO of the Australian Conservation Foundation, Chair of Australian Bush Heritage Fund, renowned environmentalist AND a Rural Fire Service volunteer. Find out what Phillip thinks about extreme weather and volunteering on the Extreme Weather Heroes YouTube Channel.
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