AYCC Co-founder Amanda McKenzie is described by the Weekend Australian Magazine as one of the “game changers” in this interesting take on youth and the future of politics.
Generation Y tends to get a bad rap. Narcissistic, hedonistic, lacking in drive and discipline, today’s young adults are thought to be so plugged in to their mobile phones and iPods that they have no idea what’s going on in the world.
And then there are people like Amanda McKenzie. Driven, idealistic, passionate, the 27-year-old arts and law graduate is determined to change the world for the better. By the age of 23 she had established two not-for-profit organisations committed to addressing climate change; by 24 she had hooked up with colleague Anna Rose to create the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, which in four years has grown to 57,000 members registered on their website.
