Waterfind Environment Fund Inc

ABOUT US

Waterfind Environment Fund is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to improving the health of Australian river systems.

The organisation directs donations of water and money to accredited environmental watering projects through an interactive web based system. This allows urban, regional and rural communities to directly assist with the restoration and management of Australian river systems.

Waterfind Environment Fund commenced in 2004 and has attained funding from the Australian Government to achieve the following goals:

promote awareness of the importance of rehabilitating and protecting water dependant ecosystems;
enable underutilised water allocations to be directed to worthy environmental projects;
provide for real-time online water donations through a web-based platform.

The project will contribute to the improved environmental outcomes of the National Water Initiative.

You can become an active participant in the work of Waterfind Environment Fund by making a water or financial donation or becoming a member.

WEF STAFF

CEO

Dr. Mark Siebentritt

An ecologist by trade, Mark commenced as inaugural Chief Executive of Waterfind Environment Fund in December 2006.

Mark`s PhD was undertaken at the University of Adelaide looking at the influence of wetting and drying on wetland plants across the River Murray in south-eastern Australia.

Prior to joining Waterfind Environment Fund he worked in a number of positions at the Murray-Darling Basin Commission including as a river operator and in the position of Senior Manager, Environmental Delivery where he coordinated the development of policy, planning, monitoring and reporting arrangements for The Living Murray.

Mark was also a lead author in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment which from 2001 to 2005 assessed the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Chairman

Matthew Harding

Matthew is the founding Chair and co-originator of the Waterfind Environmental Fund.

A Senior Environmental Scientist for international consulting firm GHD, Matthew has worked with nearly all sectors of industry and Government on issues as diverse issues such as impact assessment, environmental monitoring and management, management systems, greenhouse inventories and management and auditing.

He believes that people are the agents for either environmental protection or environmental degradation and it is to people that we must appeal if we are to halt and hopefully heal the damage to our riverine ecosystems.

"The beauty of the WEF is that it can help people from whatever background or locality make a positive contribution to riverine ecosystem rehabilitation", says Matthew.

The WEF Chair is kept additionally busy by his family of three and a passion for surfing.

Secretary

Tom Rooney

Tom Rooney is the Managing Director of Waterfind Pty Ltd, a water trading company integral to WEF`s daily operations.

Tom has been a water broker now for over 10 years. Learning water trading through his family business which was a country real estate agency Tom latter specialised in Water brokering activities and formed TH Rooney Water Brokerage which was involved with the transfers of river and underground water licences.

Tom has been a valuable part of the Waterfind Environment Fund since its commencement in 2004.

Treasurer

Murray Hutchesson

Committee Member

Andy Chambers

Andy Chambers has strong interests and involvement in water and environment issues. As principle and owner of Streamline Environmental Consultants, Andy actively participates in business, community and social change with respect to management of the environment and water resources.

More recently Andy has become involved in carbon neutral planning, with strong links to the volunteer organisation Trees for Life. Andy is also associated with the EcoIntegrity Group with involvement in development of Environmental Management Systems and a focus on socially aware environmental change.

Andy enjoys living in the Adelaide Hills and protecting his local Grey Box woodland.

Committee Member

James Levinson

Committee Member

Pauline Rooney

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Water Bank water flowing in to Little Duck Lagoon, South Australia, in June 2008.

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