Young Farming Champion Anika Molesworth invited to speak at TEDxYouth Sydney

Young Farming Champion Anika Molesworth will join young changemakers, thinkers, innovators, activists, and entrepreneurs to share her big ideas for sustainable farming, environmental conservation and climate change action at TEDxYouth@Sydney on Wednesday 6 September 2017 at Sydney Town Hall.

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Anika joins fellow Young Farming Champion Josh Gilbert who spoke at TEDxYouth@Canberra last year on a journey to be a global communicator for #youthinag

Made by young people, for young people, but with the eyes and ears of the world in mind, TEDxYouth@Sydney is a platform for ideas worth spreading

The theme for TEDxYouth@Sydney 2017 is ‘Shifting The Future’ and includes talks and performances from

  • Chris Leben with special guest Lee Lin Chin – the creative team behind SBS presenter Lee Lin Chin’s comedic alter ego and viral smash
  • Maria Tran – martial artist, actor, filmmaker and screen fight coordinator has kicked many asses in international action movies including legend Roger Corman’s Fist of the Dragon
  • Ivan Zelich – young mathematician, who at the age of 17 developed a groundbreaking theorem that took the global scientific community by storm
  • Nural Cokcetin – microbiology research scientist developing new treatments to combat antibiotic-resistant superbugs
  • Joe Carbone – performer and parkour specialist
  • Anika Molesworth – climate change activist, sustainable farming advocate and 2017 NSW Finalist for Young Australian of the Year
  • Nick Molnar – entrepreneur and founder of fintech company, Afterpay, that went public on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2016
  • Tilly Lawless – queer, Sydney-based sex worker who argues that sex worker rights are integral to the feminist movement
  • Louise Zhang  – Chinese-Australian artist with a deep passion for cinema horror as an art form
  • Emily Wurramara – young Indigenous musician and seasoned performer who sings in both English and Anindilyakwa, her original language
  • Alice Ivy – rising Melbourne beat maker, guitarist and vocalist who has drawn comparisons to fellow sample-fiends The Avalanches
  • Dauntless Movement Crew – movement based team which combines art forms such as tricking, b-boying (breakdancing), parkour, acrobatics, circus stunts and fire tricks

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