Candidates for the 2014 Victorian ELECTION
Below are Save the Planet's candidates endorsed for the Victorian election.
Upper house candidates
northern metropolitan region
Tiffany Harrison
Tiffany Harrison is a consulting ecologist who has worked internationally and locally with environmental NGOs, in various roles including policy and planning, research and campaign work. She is passionate about progressive and pragmatic environmental and social change, and the building of connected and empowered communities. She stands with integrity and honesty, and is running with Save the Planet this election in order to campaign for policies which will avert a climate emergency and allow for a healthy future.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tiffany-Harrison/326751480795740
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tiffany-Harrison/326751480795740
Lower House
Brunswick
Dean O'callaghan
CEO & ideas man at the Good Brew Company. Deano, a man of deep environmental conviction, is known for cycling his solar brewed crafty beverages around inner Melbourne. Deano consulted to his fathers brewery to improve its environmental efficiency and achieved a 77% reduction in the breweries' emission profile.
Deano is not only passionate about being part of a humanity that avoids catastrophic climate change but also passionate about human rights, small business and empowerment. All of these passions manifest very positive outcomes with his pursuits.
Deano is not only passionate about being part of a humanity that avoids catastrophic climate change but also passionate about human rights, small business and empowerment. All of these passions manifest very positive outcomes with his pursuits.
FRANKSTON
READE SMITH
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Reade is passionate about creating an Environmentally Sustainable, Socially Just and Economically healthy society especially the urgent need for our governments’ and community to tackle the current climate emergency.
A former Senior Constable with the Victoria Police, including almost 5 years at Frankston, he currently works at Hummingbird Eco Retreat in Red Hill. He has lived in Kananook, Frankston North and South and has worked in Frankston with youth at risk and youth development roles. Reade has 12 years local government experience as a former Shire Councillor with Mornington Peninsula Shire Council from 2000 to 2012 and was Mayor in 2005. Reade has and continues to be involved in a broad range of environmental, social and sustainability activities including attending the COP15 climate conference in Copenhagen as a representative of ICLEI; working as a director of Peninsula Zero Waste; developing Transition Towns and Sustainability Street projects; implementation of safer cycling facilities; developing a Farmer Incubator in Moorooduc (@Vidamourfarm) and a bicycle recycling program (@upcyclebikeshed); participated in the creation of the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula Local Learning and Employment network as well as the Communities That Care program and has supported a number of indigenous initiatives in the region including the Bunjilwarra Healing centre in Hastings. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/READESMITH4theEnvironment |
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Jordan Crook
Jordan is a 22 year old conservationist from Victoria's Eastern suburbs, a previous winner of the Shire of Yarra Ranges young environmentalist of the year.
Jordan works vigorously in the community on issues such as wildlife conservation, invasive species control and climate action.
Jordan works vigorously in the community on issues such as wildlife conservation, invasive species control and climate action.
Northcote
Bryony Edwards
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Bryony is passionate about creating the systems to support a liveable planet: economic, agricultural, ecological and social.
She is determined to avert rampant firestorms, sea level rise, excessive wind and droughts and other extreme climate events by seeking an emergency speed role out of zero emission technology across the economic spectrum along side methods to draw down the excess Greenhouse gases we have already put up there. Bryony has worked in human services policy making and community development in Australia and internationally, and has lived in Thornbury since 2008. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bryony-Edwards-Save-the-Planet/1446840662249701 |
