What YOU(TH) can do to make a difference for the climate!

This dynamic youth-led session from the OceanEarth Foundation explores how everyday choices in food, fashion, and advocacy can drive meaningful and positive change for a healthy climate. These inspiring young people will share how their personal and professional journeys are creating ripples in sustainability, proving that small actions can lead to big change. Young people hold significant power; the choices youth can make through food and food waste, fashion choices, and advocating for change for a healthier planet and future. 

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” - Jane Goodall

Format:
1. Introduction – Understanding Your Sphere of Influence. The power of consumer advocacy and conscious lifestyle shifts in shaping a sustainable future.
2. Ruby Wake, Program Manager, OzHarvest, will share the connection between food waste and climate change, the importance of reducing food waste at scale and how everyone can get involved. 
3. Jiayi Fang, Founder, Wastebusters - The toll of our plastic in our lives is enormous. Jiayi took matters into her own hands by starting a community clean up in her local community, demonstrating how young people can have a positive impact upon the environment. 
4. Owen Bradstreet, Climate 200 Youth Advisory rep – Will show us how your voice and your vote can speed up or slow down action on climate change.
5. Interactive Discussion & Q&A - Q and A with the audience in identifying their own sphere of influence. Practical steps to take immediate action in daily life.
6. Call to Action - Encouraging young people to become conscious consumers and change makers in their communities. Highlighting ways to continue the conversation and amplify impact.

This session is a call to action for young people to recognise the power they hold in shaping a sustainable future—one choice at a time.

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