Green Music Australia is a registered charity, harnessing the cultural power of our influential music scene to create a greener, safer future.
What – Sound Country Women Artists’ Leadership Retreat. This program is designed to develop your skills, self-reflection, support and networks to take the next steps in using your voice for a better future.
When – 4 day retreat, 27 – 30 March 2023
Where – Spring Bay Mill, trayapana/Triabunna, lutruwita/Tasmania
Who – This retreat is designed by Women’s Environmental Leadership Australia (WELA) in partnership with Green Music Australia.
Scroll down to find out more about our Sound Country Women Artists’ Leadership Retreat.
Australia’s leaders have failed to adequately respond to our environmental and climate crises. We will not get out of these crises by relying on the same leadership that got us into them – outdated leadership that has enabled environmental destruction, gross inequality and marginalisation of diverse voices.
To turn the politics around we need a new narrative. A new verse. A new song.
Musicians and their music have played central roles in the civil rights movement, feminism and ending apartheid, while women’s leadership has proven to be often collaborative, networked and responsive to communities, which are essential skills for our transition to a sustainable future.
Asmaa Guedira
Asmaa is managing programs at WELA. She brings a decade of experience working at the intersection of system change, leadership, gender, diversity and regenerative futures. From managing edutainment programs in the Middle East and Africa to designing transformative learning experiences in Germany, France, and America, Asmaa has been connecting artists, leaders and changemakers in over 20 countries.
Victoria McKenzie-McHarg
Strategic Director of WELA, 15 years working with public and private organisations on climate and sustainability initiatives. Victoria is the immediate past Chair of the peak body Climate Action Network Australia and the former Climate Campaign Manager at the Australian Conservation Foundation
Nidala Barker
Nidala is a singer-songwriter, activist and outdoor educator. Born of the Aboriginal Djugun people of the Kimberley, her music is an anthem for open hearts and raised fists. Driven by her relentless hope in humanity, her work dedicates itself to creating reconciliation; of ourselves with our emotions, of our bodies with our natural environments, and of Indigenous wisdom with innovative ideas.
Tracee Hutchison
Green Music Australia Board Chair and an award-winning broadcaster, journalist, filmmaker, arts/media executive and author with over 30 years of experience at the highest level in Australian and international radio, TV, online, and print. Her high-profile on-air roles include ABC TV’s 7.30 Report, TripleJ & 3RRR, she is a former Saturday Age op/ed columnist, has extensive screen credits as a writer/producer/director and is the director of the smartphone short film, ‘Healing Country’. Ms Hutchison is the author of three books, including the Australian Music Anthology ‘Your Name’s on the Door’, and is passionate about making environmental justice and social equity a reality.
For further information, get in touch with Asmaa Guedira, WELA Program Producer or Berish Bilander, Green Music CEO.
Sound Country is an artist-led movement to galvanise the music industry for strong climate action. By supporting and raising the voices of women artists for our environment, the Sound Country Womens Artists Leadership Retreat will inspire musicians and music lovers across the nation to action.
It is supported by Australia’s first and most extensive online resource for artists: The Green Artist Guide. Co-written by First Nations music producer, Rhoda Roberts and sustainability expert, Matt Wicking, this manifesto offers musicians crucial advice and insights into climate advocacy.
Green Music Australia is a registered charity, harnessing the cultural power of our influential music scene to create a greener, safer future.
WELA is a community of women transforming Australia’s response to our environmental and climate crises. WELA is actively funding, training, and empowering generations of change makers through our leadership retreats, giving circle and engaged community. To date, WELA leadership programs have supported over 130 women and non binary people to step up for our environment across multiple sectors. Find out more about the WELA Programs.
www.wela.org.au