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ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2025

United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 60,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2025 on 7,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 290+ campuses worldwide (less than 5%) were selected to host the 4,500+ Millennium Fellows.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT SARAH ISABELLA MAHONEY, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.

Griffith University | Brisbane, Australia | Advancing SDG 15, SDG 11 & UNAI 9

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" I have always been passionate about exploring, understanding, and protecting the diverse ecosystems of our planet. Growing up in a big city, I often felt disconnected from nature, which drives my commitment to helping local communities restore their natural environments and reconnect with the natural world. Landcare and Coastcare groups play a vital role in this work, yet they often struggle to attract consistent volunteers, particularly from younger generations. As a Millennium Fellow, I am excited to inspire my peers to engage in ecological restoration and make a positive impact on their communities. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: Conserve and Connect

Our project aims to create a platform that connects Griffith University students with their local Landcare or Coastcare volunteering groups. We believe that for these groups to achieve greater results in green space restoration, they need stronger partnerships with universities and schools to help recruit more young volunteers. By identifying and collaborating with local restoration groups that need volunteers, this project serves as a bridge between the university and community-based environmental groups. Through partnerships with Griffith academic programs, student clubs, and wellbeing services, we promote volunteering opportunities via our Conserve and Connect social media platform. Updates are shared regularly, outlining what each group is working on, how students can get involved, and when and where they meet. These updates are tailored to young students, encouraging participation as a fun, social, and meaningful activity during the semester. By implementing this initiative at Griffith University, we aim to create a model that can be replicated by other institutions, fostering stronger university-community partnerships and deeper student engagement in environmental restoration and wellbeing. Ultimately, we hope to promote individual student wellbeing by encouraging connection with nature, community, and purpose through environmental action.

About the Millennium Fellow

Sarah Mahoney is a final-year Environmental Science student at Griffith University in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. She is passionate about ecological restoration and inspiring young people to engage with local Landcare and Coastcare initiatives. As a long-term volunteer with her local Coastcare group, Sarah has observed low youth participation and aims to change this through her project, fostering both environmental stewardship and community connection. After graduation, she hopes to pursue a career in conservation and ecological restoration within local or state government.

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