About us
Vision Print

As young leaders, our shared vision is of an ecologically sustainable future, a future where all individuals live from an activated environmental consciousness, respecting the natural systems to which we belong.


Members of the Queensland Youth Environment Council and Secretariat, August 2009
 
History and purpose of QYEC Print

The Queensland Youth Environment Council (QYEC) was created as an outcome of the International Earth Dialogues Forum, held in Brisbane in July 2006. At the conclusion of the Forum, former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie announced that a youth environment council would be established to provide the Queensland Government with a youth perspective on environmental issues.

The QYEC was established in May 2007, by the Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation, and the Minister for Education, Training and the Arts to:

  • Provide a youth perspective to the Queensland Government on key environmental sustainability issues facing Queensland; and
  • Act as youth leaders to enhance awareness and inspire other youths to take action to achieve a more environmentally sustainable future for Queensland.
 
A youth environmental voice Print

The Ministers have sought the QYEC's perspective on the following key environmental sustainability issues:

  • Climate change
  • Water use
  • Renewable energy
  • Waste
  • Biodiversity conservation 

The QYEC is currently made up of 22 young individuals, aged between 18 and 25 years.


Council members are broadly representative of geographic, cultural, indigenous, age and gender diversity within the Queensland youth population.

Involvement in the Council also provides members with a chance to build their knowledge of environmental issues and practice, and to develop other skills such as public speaking and professional communication, as they participate in Council forums and report back on Council deliberations to their respective schools or organisations.

Interested young Queenslanders are encouraged to make contact with the QYEC.


Council members with The Honourable Andrew McNamara MP, Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation at the 3rd QYEC meeting in February 2008.

 
 
Council members Print

 

  • Alice - Student, Queensland University of Technology, Engineers without Borders, Brisbane
  • Andrew - Student, University of Queensland, Brisbane
  • Brenda - Student, Griffith University, Brisbane
  • Cameron - Maranoa-Balonne Catchment Team Co-ordinator, Roma
  • Claire - Student, Mitchell River Watershed Management Group, Cairns
  • Grace – Student, Griffith University, Brisbane
  • Katrina – Student, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
  • Leon - Student, University of Queensland, Brisbane
  • Meritt - Student, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
  • Mia - Student, Bond University, Gold Coast
  • Michael - Student, University of Queensland, Ipswich
  • Michaela - Student, University of Queensland, Wild Mountains Trust, Brisbane
  • Miranda - Solicitor, Brisbane
  • Nadja - Sustainable Minerals Insititute, Brisbane
  • Nathan - Australian Youth Climate Coalition, Toowoomba
  • Paul - Landscape Architect and Youth Environment Society, Brisbane
  • Sarah - Student, University of Queensland, Brisbane
  • Steffanie - Student, University of Queensland, Innisfail
  • Stephanie - Student, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Earth Education, Bonogin
  • Stuart - Environment Health Engineer, Brisbane
  • Tony - Student, University of Queensland, Brisbane
  • Yass-Marie - Student, University of Queensland, Brisbane

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    QYEC members with The Kate Jones MP, Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, at the August 2009 General Council meeting.