Hub Profile: Megan Adrain
I was inspired to become a Hub Intern because it is a place that values my skill set, the content is created for young people by young people, and it allows me to develop my skills and experience new things.
Solving Cultural Isolation
Recently, I was involved in supporting, and luckily being a part of the ‘Multicultural Networking Event’ organised by the Marion Youth Collective Committee, and directed by Jessica Williams, founder of local networking business ‘Small World Networking’.
Second Hand Fashion? The Look You Didn’t Know You Needed!
Fast fashion continues to dominate the Australian clothes market. According to the ‘From high fashion to high vis’ 2021 report from the Australian Fashion Council, published on ABC News. Approximately 227,000 tonnes of garments are discarded in Australia each year to landfill.
SA SRC Fitness for Free Campaign Stories: Elysia
Living in a country town means I have been lucky enough to grow up doing sports my whole life. I have tried 10 different sports so far, and I’m currently doing Free G and basketball. This year I started going to my local YMCA gym everyday to workout. This has improved my mental health so much, and I have become more confident in myself.
Meet Your SA SRC Representatives: Sofiya Karimov
As a group we are working on multiple different projects including campaigns surrounding racism, cancel culture, sexual health and identity. We are hoping to create a space for young people to freely ask questions and receive informed answers opposed to young people educating themselves using social media or unreliable online resources.
Meet Your SA SRC Representatives: Chelsea Adams
Having been to two my personal favourite thing about both of them is networking with both political members in my area and fellow passionate young people, many of which I am still friends with today! The dance circle inf this year's summit was also fun too.
Meet Your SA SRC Representatives: Elysia Parker
Currently the Free Fares Campaign has put out a petition to get free public transport for children going to and from school as we have realised this is a major issue that is effecting children’s education. This is because some students aren’t able to catch transport to and from school as they don’t have enough money and transport can get expensive.
Meet Your SA SRC Representatives: Tyson Edwards
I loved getting to meet all the amazing people with similar aspirations to support our young students of South Australia and to make an impact in our world. I loved hearing all the inspiration stories and sharing these with my own student leadership group truly benefited my school’s leadership team in how we operate.
The Holistic Benefits of Skateboarding: How it Nurtures Mental, Physical and Creative Wellness
Growing up in a conservative household from a foreign culture, expressing my feelings through any means was never encouraged, and it simply wasn't part of our culture. However, skateboarding has had such a profound impact on my life that I feel compelled to share my story; this is how serious this s*** has changed my life.
Meet the Interns: Tabitha Stephenson-Jones
I first found out about Hub when it was being developed back in 2021 and I thought it was a really cool platform! A site built for young people, by young people. At the end of 2022, I wanted to branch out a little into different mediums of voicing my opinions, which prompted me to become a Journalist and Research Intern.
A New Way of Teaching
As humans, we never stop learning. There is always going to be something we don’t know, it’s just impossible to know everything. The phrase ‘You learn something new every day’, is especially true, but who are we learning things from?
The Upcoming Generation: Earth’s Eradication
“One bottle will have no impact.” Now visualise Earth’s population, instantaneously a critical number of seven billion bottles have materialised. Human impact is literal and the actions that proceed from now are crucial. Currently, our present and previous generations have contributed to awful and growing issues.
Climate Change Scientists
A prominent concern of our era is occupied by the critical controversy of climate change. Scientists are attempting to alert us that immediate measures against it need to be adopted to prevent catastrophic consequences. Recently, in April 2022, a frantic association of four NASA scientists united together to exert the importance of climate change.
More Than Words
Languages all over the world are dying, tearing down the cultures and traditions which are bound to them. Many languages, including countless Aboriginal languages, are in significant danger of totally vanishing soon, severing people’s connections to their history, culture and identity.
Silver Linings
School is fast-paced, interactive and very collaborative, so it was a huge challenge to adjust to learning from home during the pandemic, especially because I had very limited internet coverage.
Change the Date: Celebrating the Resilience of First Nations Australians
While for many January 26th is a day of family celebrations, beach cricket and barbecues, for the nearly 800,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians it can be a day of overwhelming sadness, frustration, and a reminder of the generational trauma experienced by First Nations people.
No Back to Normal, Please
If there’s one statement that’s been thrown around excessively during the pandemic that’s turned 2020 upside down, it’s “I can’t wait for things to get back to normal.”
Driving Change
A few months ago, I turned sixteen, and every parent knows what that means: watch out Adelaide, I am learning to drive. As a sixteen-year-old, I have a myriad of responsibilities. At sixteen, I can learn to drive, I pay tax, I can work, register as an organ donor and even apply to join the Australian military. However, despite all of this responsibility, at sixteen, I am not allowed to vote.
COVID-19 and the Environment: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
With the recent quarantines and social isolation across the globe, we have all come to a startling realisation; the environment is already bouncing back. It turns out than when people are staying inside, without using their cars, excess resources or energy; when mass production of everything and anything we could ask for has ground to a halt, the environment benefits.
Say No to Animal Testing
Imagine being locked up in a tiny cage with no room for movement trapped, restricted, enclosed, with no way of ever escaping. Having absolutely no control of any aspect of your life and most of all, having not even the slightest bit of freedom.