The Otesha Project (Australia): Cycling for Sustainability

We are really excited about announcing our two bicycle tours for New South Wales and Victoria this year. Also, we are now officially putting out a call to applications for 4 (yep that's four) tour coordinators to help us setup some of the logistics and make these two beautiful tours a reality! YESS! So if you or someone you know would love to apply for one of these positions we'd love to hear from you! Sweeet!

Current consumption behaviours in Australia have far reaching consequences that are both unsustainable and inequitable. The negative impacts of these practices usually affect the most disempowered people in society, including young people who now face an uncertain future. The aim is to ensure that the basic needs of the entire global community are met by reducing excess consumption, avoiding environmental damage, and ensuring that we are considering all peoples needs through social considerations for safe working conditions and fair living wages.

We believe that the problem is not that people don’t want to change, but that they don’t understand why change is needed or that they feel overwhelmed by the size of the problems and can’t easily see ways to be part of the solutions. Therefore, there is an urgent need for programs that shift attitudes about the impacts of our daily choices, build positive social norms, and reduce the perceived barriers around taking action on sustainability issues.

The objectives of The Otesha Project (Australia) are to increase awareness about the impacts of the products and resources we consume, increase the number of responsible consumer choices made by young Australians, and increase the number of young role models and sustainability advocates.

Please stay tuned (and check back all the time) for heaps of changes to this website as we are in the process of developing and growing it!

- The Otesha Project (Australia) Crew