Our Team

Activate Elders

Rosanne & Thom

Viv & Mort

Janey & Michael

Hundreds of Volunteers

Year-round Crew

Couldn’t live without: Nature, family, friends.
Chosen Superpower: Wisdom of an old growth tree.
Why volunteer with Activate? Passion for repairing ecosystems and connecting communities.
Best part of Activate? Hands in the dirt!

Shane

Couldn’t live without: Faith in humankind.
Chosen Superpower: Flying. Basic, I know.
Why volunteer with Activate? There’s no choice! Once you’ve experienced an Activate, it won’t let you go.
Best part of Activate? The way that absolutely everybody is accepted for who they are and empowered to grow, take flight, and take responsibility for healing these beautiful lands.

Noni

Couldn't live without: Water.
Chosen super power: Being able to fly and sprinkle magic stardust that makes greedy people into caring, loving environmentalists.
Why volunteer with Activate? For many years I dreamt about combining music and tree planting. I’m so happy I discovered Activate. We are planting seeds in the hearts of people participating, it creates a belief we can do things together and make a positive change.
Best part about Activate? I love seeing people of all ages together having the best time and doing something good for our environment. I believe we can grow, create a movement and plant millions of trees in the coming years. ACTIVATE is the best concept ever!

Lenny

Couldn’t live without: Trees.
Chosen Superpower: To speak every language.
Why volunteer with Activate? The people.
Best part of Activate? The people.

Wade

Couldn’t live without: Flowers.
Chosen Superpower: Ability to slow down time.
Why volunteer with Activate? To help inspire and introduce more people to tree planting and see for themselves what has happened to the Wheatbelt.
Best part of Activate? Seeing such a wonderfully diverse group of people coming together to achieve our tree planting goals while dancing and smiling.

Amy

Couldn’t live without: My dog, Jazzy.
Chosen Superpower: Time Travel.
Why volunteer with Activate? Helping to care for our natural environment is really important to me and this is the most fun way to do it!
Best part of Activate? Being able to see the positive, direct impact we have had on the area is really special.

Mike

Couldn’t live without: Getting out in the bush touching the earth, the rivers, the trees and breathing the forest air.
Chosen Superpower: To stay peaceful and positive no matter what!
Why volunteer with Activate? It gives me an opportunity to do something positive for our environment and our community. It has connected me to some of the most wonderful people I now know and love. Working with the farmers and seeing the connection with us city folk is such a gift.
Best part of Activate? Coming back to the farms and seeing the trees we have planted over the years and seeing the farmers commitment to planting more and more.

Rob

Couldn’t live without: Colours
Chosen Superpower: Healing powers
Why volunteer with Activate? Activate enabled me to fulfil a dream: to be the change I wanted to see in this world. One of our duties to the Earth is to plant trees, and I volunteer for Activate to make it happen and offer that gift to others.
Best part of Activate? To be in the middle of the field, look ahead, see nothing as far as the horizon, but to know that after an Activate Festival, it will be bush. And then, what is magic is to hear the drums… to the music plays and to turn around, and see dozens of other tree planters, of all ages and of all walks of life, putting thousands seedlings in the ground. Nothing beats that feeling of communion with nature and fellow humans.