Anna Rose was born on 14 April 1983 and is an Australian author, activist and environmentalist.
21 Facts About Anna Rose
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Anna Rose co-founded the Australian Youth Climate Coalition in late 2006 with Amanda McKenzie.
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Anna Rose sits on the Board of Directors of Farmers for Climate Action, is a Governor of WWF-Australia, an advisory board member for Australian Geographic Society, and a former Myer Foundation Innovation Fellow.
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Anna Rose was born in Newcastle, NSW, and graduated from Merewether High School in 2001.
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Anna Rose won a scholarship with Distinction to the University of Sydney and graduated in 2008 with degrees in law and Arts.
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Anna Rose received the Young Alumni Award for Achievement in 2009.
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Anna Rose was elected Environment Officer of the Students Representative Council and was spokesperson for the organisation Sustainability at Sydney University.
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In 2004, Anna Rose was elected an editor of Honi Soit, the weekly student newspaper.
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In 2005 Anna Rose deferred her studies for a year upon election as National Environment Officer for the National Union of Students as a member of the Australian Student Environment Network.
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In 2007, Anna Rose went on exchange to Cornell Law School and while living in the United States represented young Australians at the Secretary General's Special Conference on Climate Change at the United Nations in New York on 24 September.
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In 2006, Anna Rose founded the Australian Youth Climate Coalition by bringing together representatives from all major Australian youth-run organisations in Melbourne for a three-day founding summit.
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Anna Rose was AYCC's first national director, studying law while starting up the new organisation.
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Anna Rose was instrumental in two Australian Youth Climate Coalition projects in 2009.
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In December 2009, Anna Rose helped lead a delegation of young Australians and Pacific islanders to the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen.
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In 2009, Anna Rose wrote a chapter on environment and sustainability for the book The Future, By Us published by Hardie Grant Books.
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Anna Rose has published articles in The Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, Vogue Australia and other publications.
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In 2012, Anna Rose appeared on the ABC Television documentary I Can Change Your Mind About.
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Anna Rose is currently an Associate with the Melbourne University Sustainable Societies Institute.
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Anna Rose is on the board of Farmers for Climate Action, a movement of farmers and agricultural leaders putting farmers at the centre of climate solutions behind and beyond the farm gate.
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Anna Rose is a co-founder of Australia's first climate advocacy-focused giving circle, Groundswell.
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Anna Rose is the founder and CEO of Environment Leadership Australia, a not-for-profit, non-partisan organisation championing community and political leadership on climate change.