The biggest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it

When Anika Molesworth’s family purchased a sheep station in Far West NSW in 2000, little did 12-year-old Anika know that that it would be the catalyst for her lifelong passion for the environment.

Anika Molesworth - she argues the biggest threat to the
 planet is that we are waiting for someone else to save it.

Anika’s family had fallen in love with the “starkly beautiful piece of Australia” and began planning their future on the farm – but then the rain stopped falling. It barely fell for the next decade.

“It was a steep learning curve into farming, and it opened my eyes to the fragility of our natural world, and how connected everything and everyone is to it,” says Anika.

“Climate change means this part of Australia – my home – will become hotter and drier, and will experience more frequent and intense droughts and dust storms,” says Anika. “It was living through the Millennium Drought, having my eyes opened to its impacts, that cemented my commitment to farmers and to my work to ensure their resilience in the face of climate change.

“It has led me to undertake a PhD in agricultural and environmental science, meet royalty and global leaders, and talk on stages like TEDx in front of thousands of people.”

Read the story from Business Chicks by Nicky Champ - “The biggest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”