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.
Today's episode also marks the beginning of Season 4. Thank you so much for listening to Moments of Clarity. Remember to subscribe, review and share episodes with your friends and family. You can also check out our website at www.moc-pod.com.
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
Thank you to the team at Ex-Zero for our branding and design work and to Christian Prochilo for our music and sound editing.
S4 E2 - ’The Laughter Effect’ with Ros Ben-Moshe
S3 E16 - ’Bolsonaro, Brazil and the New Heirachies of Social Media’ with Alex Fleck
S3 E15 - ’Moving Beyond the Prevailing Views’ with Sue Barrett
S3 E14 - ’Health, Harm Reduction and Human Rights’ with Damon Barrett
S3 E13 - ’Helping Others Find Their Identity’ with Lizzie Kuoth
S3 E12 - ’Focusing On What You Love’ with Malcolm Preston
S3 E11 - ’Nurturing Possibility’ with Josie Gibson
S3 E10 - ’Talking Disasters, Resilience and Families’ with Brett Ellis ESM and Dr Randolph Kent
3.9 ’Bringing Transformation and Significance to Education’ with Adriano Di Prato
3.8 ’Opening our Hearts and Minds to a Life Nourishing Story’ with Gilbert Rochecouste
3.7 ’The Importance of Community’ with Mark McKenzie-McHarg
3.6 ’Finding the Authentic You’ with Darren Pereira
3.5 ’Redefining the Good Life’ with Dr Michelle Moloney
3.4 ’In Good Company’ with Ash Rosshandler
3.3 ’Uniting for Nature’ with Kelly O’Shanassy
3.2 ’Fighting for a Fairer Society’ with Patchouli Paterson
3.1 ’Laughing in the Face of Trauma’ with Fady Kassab
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