ouryoungheroes.org.au is a website dedicated to highlighting the efforts and achievements of young people around Australia with the aim to:
Amanda McKenzie
Australian Youth Climate Coalition
Amanda, 27, established two successful climate change not-for profit organisations at the age of 23, the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC) together with colleague Anna Rose, and the Australian
Climate-Change Education Network. At 24, she worked with other young people from around the world to build the global youth climate movement – helping to organise the International Youth Climate Conference in 2007 and 2008, and establish the International Youth Climate Network. The AYCC – with Amanda as CEO – is now a leading youth initiative on climate change globally and Australia's largest youth organisation, boasting 53,000 members and hundreds of volunteers
across the country.