About the Premier's Sustainability Awards

Visual Summary

The video shows two people holding circular award trophies (awards) in front of a colourful paper-streamer background, talking to camera. The people are:

• Amanda Morgan and Camden Cooke from Fungi Solutions, Community Champion Winner: Circular Economy Innovation and Premier’s Recognition Award Winner.

As Amanda speaks, the video shows a group of eight people in front of the same background, facing the camera with their awards and cheering. It then shows Amanda and Camden smiling at the camera in front of the same background, holding their awards.

Amanda: We are totally elated. We run a very small team that work really hard, so it's such an amazing piece of recognition. We just want to thank everyone that contributes to what we do.

Visual Summary

The video shows two people standing on a stage with a large screen behind them. It then shows a person standing in front of the colourful paper-streamer background, talking to camera. The person is:

• Fiona Bowie from North Western Program Alliance, Industry Leader Winner: Sustainable Places and Destinations Award.

As Fiona speaks, the video shows her standing on the same stage with another person. They are smiling and being photographed with an award.

Fiona: I work in sustainability because I have an inherent desire to make the world better. I want to see a world that I leave in a better place than the way it was when I came here and that drives me every day.

Visual Summary

The video shows a person standing in front of the colourful paper-streamer background, talking to camera and holding an award. The person is:

• Marcus Seal from Rock Posters, Industry Leader Winner: Waster and Litter Reduction Award.

As Marcus speaks, the video shows him standing with another person on a stage, smiling and being photographed with an award.

Marcus: I'm absolutely thrilled, I’m just about, just about in tears! It's really, really special to us and to my colleagues. We've worked really hard on this.

Visual Summary

The video shows a person shaking hands with another person on a stage, as an announcer stands in front of a lectern. The video transitions the same person being interviewed on stage by a second person holding a microphone. The two people are:

• Chris Taylor from Solar Thermal Australia, Industry Leader Winner: Future Energy Award.
• Alice Zaslavsky, MC for the Premier’s Sustainability Awards 2022.

As Chris speaks from stage, the video transitions to five people smiling to camera in front of the colourful paper-streamer background, holding an award.

Chris: This is incredibly humbling. I know a lot of the other organizations that were nominated to be recognized like this with such great calibre of other finalists around us

is just such a great honour, so thank you very much.

Visual Summary

The video shows a person speaking to camera in front of the colourful paper-streamer background. The person is:

• Cathy Olive from Euroa Arboretum, Community Champion Winner: Thriving Environment Award and Premier’s Regional Recognition Award Winner.

As Cathy speaks, the video shows them facing the camera in front of the same background, holding an award.

Cathy: It feels lovely to be able to then show the crew, you know, how valued their work is as well. I just feel like it’s a real validation for them.

Visual Summary

The video shows Fiona Bowie again, standing in front of the same colourful paper-streamer background, holding an award.

Fiona: It feels amazing. I've been working in sustainability for years and this is just a culmination of years’ worth of work.

Visual Summary

The video shows Amanda Morgan and Camden Cooke on a stage, shaking hands with another person and receiving an award, as Alice Zaslavsky speaks from a lectern. Amanda’s voice is heard over the video, as it shows groups of people standing in front of the colourful paper-streamer background, holding awards. The video then shows Amanda and Camden on stage. Camden gives a thumbs up to the audience.

Amanda: Awards like this are really a springboard to reach the wider community who may not know that we're out there and doing this work. But it offers the opportunity for them to get involved.

Visual Summary

The video shows Marcus Seal smiling to camera in front of the colourful paper-streamer background with an award. Marcus’ voice is heard over the video as it shows them speaking on stage with Alice. It then transitions to them speaking to camera in front of the paper-streamer background. As they continue speaking, it shows a group of people in front of the same background having their photos taken with awards.

Marcus: I think that if we tolerate the status quo, nothing's going to change, and it has to change and it has to change urgently. We all have a responsibility to do something about this.

Visual Summary

The camera shows Fiona Bowie smiling while looking at an award, then smiling to camera.

Fiona: Think of all the things that you could possibly achieve and try not to say no to any of them.

Visual Summary

The video shows Amanda Morgan, Camden Cooke and Cathy Olive with Matt Genever, Interim Chief Executive Office of Sustainability Victoria, in front of the paper-streamer background. The are smiling as they have their photo taken.

As Cathy speaks, the video shows all the award winners on stage, smiling to camera with their awards. It then shows Matt taking a selfie with the award winners on stage, before showing the selfie itself with everyone smiling at the camera.

Cathy: I'm constantly in an interface with people who are wanting to do positive things for the environment, and it just gives you that constant inspiration every single day. So, I feel extraordinarily blessed that I'm around this positive energy all the time.

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