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Having worked with the iconic Melbourne Arts Centre on implementing behavioural change across a staff of 500 in conjunction with their environmental management strategy and counting names such as Sony, Toshiba, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Citipower, Powercor, Pratt Foundation, City of Melbourne, Sustainability Victoria, the Australian Government, the United Nations New York, Hanson and Telstra as clients, Arron’s skill is his ability to galvanise business leaders and community groups alike to deliver innovative triple bottom line solutions. Arron sees the environment as the single biggest industry within the next 5-10 years and he’d like Australian businesses to be at the forefront of this global phenomenon to secure the nation as an environmental knowledge and technology broker in a post manufacturing economy. Whether it is advising 700 local government executives from around the world on how to see sustainability as an opportunity or speaking at the National Business Leaders Forum on Re-calibrating the Risk From Climate Change Arron’s leading edge understanding coupled with global experience on sustainability issues results in constant demand for his talents across a wide variety of industries, community groups and government organisations. Arron received The Centenary Medal for outstanding contribution to conservation and the environment, awarded by the Governor-General and recently completed a Churchill Fellowship which took him to New York and Geneva working with the United Nations to research replication of environmental education programs on a global scale. Arron recently won the prestigious Melbourne Business Award for Contribution to the Environment and was selected to complete Al Gore’s Climate Change Leadership Program. As winner of the 2006 United Nations Individual Award for Outstanding Service to the Environment Arron was also the 2001 Young Australian of the Year (National Environment Winner). Arron holds a degree in Forest Science from the University of Melbourne and is currently the youngest Board Member of the Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority. Arron’s commitment to the environment was covered on ABC’s Australian Story watched by 1.4 million viewers and he hosted and co-produced Channel Seven documentary Our Water, Our Future. Arron was the youngest Waterway Manager in the State of Victoria by some ten years and held the Deputy Chair of the Victorian Waterway Managers Group in 1999. Arron is now the Director of Firestarter Pty Ltd, an environmental communication and education consultancy business. The business works through behavioural change management, major event organisation, project management, education campaigns and innovative company promotion methods aimed at better linking the corporate sector with community and government. Arron initiated and now runs the highly successful International River Health Conference for students from around the world which has attracted $12 million in funding over the life of the project (single-handedly raised by Arron) and seen 13,000 students participate in the program. Arron’s insight and ability to identify emerging environmental markets and risks to existing markets has seen him speak at the Australasian Mutuals Institute Annual Conference, the KPMG Graduate Induction and the Ernst and Young Human Capital Forum to name but a few. He has even addressed the annual national staff meeting for Sony Australia. Arron has appeared on Network TEN’s Totally Wild, and Channel 7’s Sunrise and Saturday Disney. In 2001 he was chosen as the Australian representative for the 25 most inspirational 25 year olds from around the world as profiled in French Canadian Magazine, La Actualite’. Arron has also written a book, a resource on how the environment can be used to build healthy communities which has seen a print run of 5,000 copies. The book is being translated into Korean for distribution throughout the Korean school system. Further details: • Current Clean Up the World Ambassador with David De Rothschild and Celine Cousteau • Member of the Future Melbourne Reference Committee which decided the vision for Melbourne over the next 10 years. • One of ten Friday Magazines Most Inspirational People for 2003, which included people like Steve Irwin, Troy Cassar-Daley, hurdler Jana Pittman • Member of the National Council on Education for Sustainability advising Minister Peter Garrett
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