The magical experience of diving in a kelp forest is like flying through a jungle surrounded by an amazing diversity of life, - Jessica Melbourne-Thomas

The national finalists are an extraordinary group of people whose impact ranges from medical and scientific endeavours to volunteering, human rights advocacy, education, sustainability action and more,

I've come from being interested in understanding the fundamentals of ecology to thinking more about how humans interact with ecosystems and how we can better connect knowledge to decision making,

Those forests are now effectively gone because of climate change. It makes me sad when I think my kids won't have that same experience and get to see those environments the way I did.