A Tongan Experience - Chloe Luzar - S2E6

Join us in listening to Chloe Luzar, an environmental science and law student from Macquarie University, Sydney and one of The Earth Prize 2023 Mentors of the Year, providing guidance to the youth participating in the competition. In 2022, Chloe was awarded the 2023 Australian Government New Colombo Plan Scholarship, a prestigious scholarship providing Australian students the opportunity to study and work abroad in the Indo-Pacific. 

Chloe chose to work on the small pacific island of Tonga, a place rich in community and culture but suffering from the effects of extreme weather only exacerbated in the face of unprecedented climate change. She tells us about her experiences there, the troubles faced by the nation and how she is trying to help by working in natural disaster risk and management. Chloe notes her experience was life changing and asks a future guest: “What experience have you had that has completely changed your perspective on what it’s like to be sustainable?”