Yael Stone is a wonderfully talented Australian actor both on stage and screen, most widely known for her role in the US Netflix comedy ‘Orange is the New Black. Just as ‘Blaze’ is hitting Australian cinemas, Robyn talks to Yael about how her efforts in criminal justice reform and experiencing the Black Summer bushfires forced her to clarify her personal values and to try to work towards them. In early 2020, literally covered in climate anxiety, Yael renounced her US Green Card and a life spent traveling between Australia and the US for acting.
Yael is now studying ‘sustainable communities’ at UOW and the seed for ‘Hi Neighbour’ was sown out of curiosity to illuminate the training pathways for coal workers, amidst a global energy transition from fossil fuels, to upskill or retrain and to find future local jobs, keeping them here to call the Illawarra home. Funds donated will see rooftop solar installations in local businesses, with loan repayments and interest converted into scholarship funding.
Find out more about Episode 6 on the Blend ESQ Website, with some useful links.
Keen to learn more?
Visit Yael Stone via the Hi Neighbour website or instagram. Find out more about AIME, read Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, Tyson Yunkaporta, and check out locals engineering our future, Platinum Season 1 Sponsors SOTO Engineers.
Photo Credits: Alex Vaughan and ocean image by Venture and Gain Agency.
Podcast Production: Relativity.
Yael Stone is a wonderfully talented Australian actor both on stage and screen, most widely known for her role in the US Netflix comedy ‘Orange is the New Black. Just as ‘Blaze’ is hitting Australian cinemas, Robyn talks to Yael about how her efforts in criminal justice reform and experiencing the Black Summer bushfires forced her to clarify her personal values and to try to work towards them. In early 2020, literally covered in climate anxiety, Yael renounced her US Green Card and a life spent traveling between Australia and the US for acting.
Yael is now studying ‘sustainable communities’ at UOW and the seed for ‘Hi Neighbour’ was sown out of curiosity to illuminate the training pathways for coal workers, amidst a global energy transition from fossil fuels, to upskill or retrain and to find future local jobs, keeping them here to call the Illawarra home. Funds donated will see rooftop solar installations in local businesses, with loan repayments and interest converted into scholarship funding.
Find out more about Episode 6 on the Blend ESQ Website, with some useful links.
Keen to learn more?
Visit Yael Stone via the Hi Neighbour website or instagram. Find out more about AIME, read Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, Tyson Yunkaporta, and check out locals engineering our future, Platinum Season 1 Sponsors SOTO Engineers.
Photo Credits: Alex Vaughan and ocean image by Venture and Gain Agency.
Podcast Production: Relativity.