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Arron Wood is an Australian environmentalist, consultant and previously Deputy Lord Mayor and Acting Lord Mayor of the
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. Wood, a graduate of the
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with a degree in
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, was the youngest appointed Governor of University College (
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). He founded and runs Kids Teaching Kids program to educate students about environmental issues. In 2012, Arron Wood was first elected to Melbourne City Council. Cr Wood was Chair of the Finance and Governance portfolio. He sits on the Victorian Adaptation & Sustainability Partnership Ministerial Advisory Committee, the Parks and Gardens Advisory Committee, the Yarra Park Advisory Committee and was a board member of Sustainability Victoria and the South East Water Authority. Wood stood for election as Lord Mayor in
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but was unsuccessful.
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was returned as Lord Mayor. Wood is running again as a Lord Mayor candidate in the
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.


Career

In 2001, Wood was chosen as the Australian representative for the 25 most inspirational 25-year-olds from around the world as profiled in ''L'actualité'', the
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magazine. That same year, he was appointed as an ambassador for National Youth Week, and declared the Young Australian of the Year in the National Environment category. The following year, he taught at
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, where he hosted a series of guest lectures. In 2003, Wood received The Centenary Medal for outstanding contributions in support of
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and the environment, as awarded by the
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. He also hosted his own fortnightly regional ABC
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on the environment and a monthly broadcast on
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, discussing rural issues. The following year, Wood covered on ''
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'', a television magazine program. The following year, he hosted the Channel Seven documentary entitled ''"Our Water, Our Future"''. In addition to winning the 2006
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Individual Award for Outstanding Service to the Environment, Wood was awarded the 2007 Prime Minister's Australian Environmentalist of the Year.Prime Minister's Environmentalist of the Year Award
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, and Channel 7's
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and
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. Arron's first book Inspiring the Next Young Environmental Leader – Kids Teaching Kids: Addressing Our Environment Crisis has sold 5,000 copies and was translated into Korean for distribution throughout the Korean school system. In 2011 Arron released his auto biography, "Billabong Boy". Arron has been named on ''WME Magazine'''s 2012 Leaders List and appointed as the youngest Governor of
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(The University of Melbourne). He appeared fortnightly for years on Network TEN's morning show ''9am with David and Kim'' and ''The Circle'', presenting a popular segment on all things environmental. Named in the top ten education leaders nationally in 2009 as part of The Weekend Australian Magazine, he is a Member of the Future Melbourne Reference Committee which decided the vision for Melbourne over the next 10 years. He is a former Clean Up the World Ambassador with David De Rothschild and Celine Cousteau and was named one of Friday Magazine's Most Inspirational People for 2003, which also included
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and
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. He is also a previous Member of the National Council on Education for Sustainability and was selected to complete
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's Climate Change Leadership Program.


Personal life

Arron's memoir, Billabong Boy outlines a period of depression and anxiety in his mid-twenties and his subsequent recovery. In 2012, Wood married advertising executive Stephanie Dunstan, and they have 2 children. Arron was born in
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.


Honours & awards

* Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant contribution to local government, the environment and the community (2020) * 2001
Young Australian of the Year The Australian of the Year is a national award conferred on an Australian citizen by the National Australia Day Council, a not-for-profit Australian Government-owned social enterprise. Similar awards are also conferred at the state and territor ...
(National Environment Winner) * 2006 United Nations Individual Award for Outstanding Service to the Environment * 2007 Melbourne Business Award for Contribution to the Environment * 2007 Prime Minister's Environmentalist of the Year * 2012 Telstra News Ltd Micro Business of the Year (Victorian State Winner) * The
Centenary Medal The Centenary Medal is an award which was created by the Australian Government in 2001. It was established to commemorate the centenary of the Federation of Australia and to recognise "people who made a contribution to Australian society or g ...
for outstanding contribution to conservation and the environment, awarded by the Governor-General


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External links


Personal website
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