Philanthropy

With the support of my wife, Michelle, Natalie Isaacs a mum of four and close family friend founded the I Million Women campaign. I joined as a founding Director, along with my Ecos colleague Murray Hogarth. Driven by frustration at the lack of action on climate by the men in politics in Australia, Natalie realised her best response was to do something concrete and practical. Women are in influential positions both at home and in the workplace, they make 70 percent of consumer decisions in the house hold. The campaign realised that emissions could be reduced by 1 million tonnes if just one million women across Australia could commit to reducing just one tonne, by taking simple easy steps, saving money and feeling good. It took 1 Million Women just a year to have one of the highest membership numbers of environmental organizations in Australia. In 2019 1MW celebrated their 10 year anniversary, it is now a movement of over 950,000+ women and girls (and growing everyday). I’ve written about 1MW here.