Oz GREEN is an independent, not for profit organisation that was
established in 1992. Oz GREEN facilitates transformative learning and
leadership programs for sustainability, enabling people to harness
their inner wisdom, creativity and intelligence to build pathways to
an ecologically sustainable future. Oz GREEN runs a range of
programs, working nationally in Australia and internationally in
India, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Pakistan. Donations to Oz
GREEN are tax-deductible in Australia.

Oz GREEN programs are based on a 3-part methodology that enables
informed participation, harnesses unique contributions and provides
ongoing support through long-term engagement. Oz GREEN programs
enable people to become agents for positive social change to address
environmental and sustainability challenges at their roots and build
pathways for long-term engagement and ongoing growth.

Some of Oz GREEN´s programs include:
· Youth LEAD: youth leadership training and mentoring to build a national network of young leaders actively working for change in their own community and beyond.
· MYRiveR: Youth voice, vision and action reversing the decline of river health
· Living Communities: Community education for sustainable living.
· India, Clean Ganges Campaign: Environmental education programs with schools, river priests, media, boatmen and community village water supply program.
· East Timor & Papua New Guinea: Sustainable village program involving local communities.

What´s in store for 2007?

The year ahead is shaping up to be a big year for Oz GREEN. The Youth
LEAD program is going from strength to strength. This network of
inspiring young Australians now involves over 450 people. In 2007
there will be a further 9 workshops across Australia. These workshops
provide leadership training and mentoring for youth-led eco-social
projects. Through Youth LEAD young people learn how to listen deeply
and question strategically. They find focus, direction and a clear
plan for action.

For the first time there was also Youth LEAD Facilitation Training in
February for Youth LEADers who wanted to further their skills.

The MYRiveR program continues to grow and expand. MYRiveR is a whole
river basin environmental education and engagement program that
harnesses youth passion, intelligence and commitment to build
pathways to sustainable river futures. This year Oz GREEN will be
working with schools and communities along the Cooks, Derwent, Yarra,
Murray and Darling Rivers.

The new Leading with the Heart program is focused on finding wisdom
and inspiration for living with purpose and passion on an endangered
planet. New Leading with the Heart workshops will be held this year
and continue to build on the success of last years pilot program. The
first will be held at the end of March in Sydney.

For more information on any of Oz GREEN´s programs, visit their
website at www.ozgreen.org.au or feel free to contact them at
ozgreen@ozgreen.org.au.

What is Youth LEAD?

Youth LEAD is an Oz GREEN initiative that is building a national
network of young leaders who are working in their local community and
beyond to build a life-sustaining society. Youth LEAD is achieving
this through leadership training and mentoring for youth-led eco-
social projects that forge pathways to sustainable futures. Youth
LEAD begins where other leadership programs finish - with young
people learning to be leaders by designing and undertaking their own
projects. The program starts with a three day training and action
planning residential workshop involving up to 25 participants.

Youth LEAD is currently being documented as a case study in best
practice education for sustainability by the Australian Association
for Environmental Education (2006). Youth LEAD is also a previous
winner of the Social Ventures Australia BIG BOOST! Award

Youth LEAD is proudly supported by the Vodafone Australia Foundation
and PricewaterhouseCoopers Foundation.

About the Facilitators - Oz GREEN co-founders Sue and Colin Lennox
lead by example and are recognised as leading social entrepreneurs in
Australia. They each bring over 30 years of experience and
professional qualifications in environmental education, social
enterprise and youth empowerment gained on the ground in city and
rural settings in Australia and internationally. They are supported
by a team of passionate young professionals, trainee facilitators and
youth-to-youth mentors, each of whom has a track record of
successfully implementing their own life changes and projects.