__NOTOC__ Seed Mob, also known simply as Seed, is an

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youth climate network in Australia.

History

Seed, established in 2014, is Australia's first Indigenous youth climate network . It is led by Aboriginal and

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young people. It was initially a branch of the

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, but became independent in 2020. It was co-founded by Amelia Telford, who is currently its national director, and Larissa Baldwin-Roberts, who is CEO of political activist group

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Campaigns

In 2015, Seed, in an alliance of 13 environmental groups, was successful in campaigning for Australia's four largest banks to rule out funding the

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. Seed has been campaigning against

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's plans to do gas

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in the Beetaloo Basin in the

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. It produced a film about the campaign called ''Water is Life'' in 2019.

References

External links

*{{official, https://www.seedmob.org.au/ Climate change organisations based in Australia Youth-led organizations