Who is svea pitman

This experience blew my mind and heart open and showed me a positive unified way to engage with the state of affairs we currently have on our doorstep. From a young age I was instilled with an awe of the natural world. This lead to an interest in sustainability, a Zoology degree, a strong sense of environmental justice and campaigning for forest protection, opposing uranium mining and more recently standing up against local biodiversity loss and CSG.

However, what I find most rewarding is working together with my Mullumbimby community to find and deliver sustainable initiatives. Being involved with local Landcare since and running my own ecological restoration business for over 10 years has lead to many inspiring and fruitful projects. Rob Passey — Treasurer. I moved up north with my family in and was inspired by the potential for the area to be a world-leader in developing and implementing sustainable energy.

In an era where leadership is sorely lacking at the upper levels of government, it is up to the community to lead. I see community-owned renewable energy as an excellent way to achieve change because such projects provide a focus for the community to rally around, as well being as a valuable source of education.

COREM i s a fantastic group and we work really well together. Svea lived on the remote indigenous community of Palm Island for nearly 10 years, running the Land and Sea management center and numerous community programs. She was involved in establishing the Cathy Freeman Foundation in where she then worked in Melbourne as Program Manager for a number of years before returning to the Northern Rivers in where she promptly joined the Bentley anti CSG Blockade with her children Zara and Ezra, undertaking activist training and a role as Police Liaison.

Svea Pitman and David Marston. Big or small Community Energy is taking the power back for communities all over Australia — come and find out what size fits your community. At this workshop, you will hear stories of the transition to clean energy that is being led by communities across Australia.