Ambrose Hayes is a student organiser for School Strike 4 Climate, who grew up in Inner West Sydney. He’d always been interested in the environment since primary school, but it wasn’t until 2018 at the age of 13 that he noticed more and more students starting to take action for the future of our planet. “I realised the size of the problem, and decided that I wanted to be a part of the solution”.
After seeing the first climate strike in Sydney back in November 2018, he decided to take action himself and get involved in challenging climate injustice. Ambrose went on to help organise the March 15 Sydney #ClimateStrike in 2019, the September 20 #ClimateStrike which mobilised at least 80,000 Sydney-siders, the May 15 online #ClimateStrike and other various actions throughout 2019-2020. Ambrose has also been involved in panel events including ones for Sydney Science Week, where he’s raised awareness of the Australian School Strikes movement and its demands for a more sustainable future. Ambrose works on all of the tech platforms used by the movement, to ensure they all work seamlessly, as well as organises logistics for the strikes so they are set up for success.
