☕: Skinny cappuccino

Inspiring, skilled and effective.  Siwan is a familiar face in the Australian river restoration community, with her work in communications, public speaking, leadership and on-ground riparian rehabilitation well-known and respected.  She enjoys facilitating and empowering others to value themselves and their knowledge so that rivers and waterways can be managed confidently, in partnership with nature.

☕: Long black

Lori specialises in riparian rehabilitation projects that focus on engaging the community in improving biodiversity, linking vegetation, addressing salinity, etc. She is the on-ground Program Manager for Rivers of Carbon, a program she and Siwan co-founded six years ago Lori is practical, approachable and a great person to talk to about all things riparian. She is a skilled community practitioner and is always willing to share her experiences with others.

☕ – Soy mocha

Enthusiastic, progressive and motivated. Pat is the digital wizard behind the ARRC, ensuring the science and the stories we share reaches the right audience through technology. He enjoys getting to develop the digital ‘why’, ‘what’ and ‘how’ for every project, offering value to anyone working in natural resource management who wants to share knowledge and empower others.

☕: Long black

Antia wears many hats as a Waterwatch Coordinator and Facilitator of the Upper Murrumbidgee Demonstration Reach. A passionate paddler and lover of the river, Antia spends her time working with locals to protect and restore the Murrumbidgee from Casuarina Sands to the Headwaters. She is a great community connector, bringing landholders together to remove weeds, stabilise banks and create native fish habitat. Her interest is working with the community to build knowledge and share information and use it as part of locally tailored programs.

☕: Soy latte

Kate does the content writing and research for ARRC. As an environmental science student, she is very excited to be reading, writing and learning more about what is happening in the field, and sharing that with ARRC’s audience! So far, working with ARRC has taught her a lot about the importance of people and connections for protecting our environment, and she is looking forward to further combining her environmental science background with this.

☕ – Almond flat white

Masha is passionate about how social media can support relationships, communities and growth. She was super excited to bring what she knows about digital marketing into a field that she feels strongly about. Although not (yet) an expert when it comes to the technical aspects of rivers or the environment, she loves that she gets to educate and make an impact on herself, and hopefully others, with the work that she does.

☕ – Double espresso

Innovative, energetic and disciplined. Matt joins the team as an experienced digital leader to help deliver engaging digital experiences for ARRC’s online communities. He enjoys assisting ARRC deliver clear environmental science communications to catalyse community conversations and in turn, action.

☕ – Dirty chai latte

Mikayla assists in content creation, field visits and carbon sequestration projects. Working with ARRC has helped connect her earth science and geography studies with real world experience and applications. She is most excited to learn about how engaging landholders can create better outcomes for land, wildlife and people. She is looking forward to collaborating further with enthusiastic people working towards a sustainable future.