Changemaker. 

Speaker. Storyteller.

Secondhand queen.

Audiences leave
Tamara’s talks informed, inspired
and ready to act.

Book Tamara

Nine Newspapers call her “PR for the planet”.


Founder of
Buy Nothing New Month, she’s bought nearly nothing new, for nearly 20 years.

Creator of the original
RUOK day,
Tamara turned mental health stigma into a national conversation.

She craned
all-electric homes onto FedSquare, normalising electrification
and sustainable living.

She towed
a tiny house with a big message across Australia,
for the health of our people, planet, pets + pockets.

She created
The New Joneses
EV Road Trip. The funny climate solutions series with Hollywood actors, heavy-metal heroes, coal-miners, farmers, AFL players, foul-mouthed puppets and more.

Audiences leave
Tamara’s talks informed, inspired and ready to act.

Book Tamara

"Tamara’s passion for her work
and ability to inspire
left a lasting
impact on our entire team.
Her insights challenged us
to think differently
about sustainability
and ignited a renewed
sense of purpose in our work."

Marianne Doyle,
interim CEO
VicReturn

Tamara Talks On:

Keep it Simple:
From an idea to a movement

Antarctica to Broken Hill:
Positive Action Everywhere

The Circular Economy:
From “Consumer” to Citizen,
the power in our pockets.

Financial Freedom:
Buying Nothing New

Climate Action is up to all of us:
Corporate. Government. Citizen.

Why Storytelling wins hearts
(…and data doesn’t.)

How “Toadie” from Neighbours
is a climate solution

Living like The New Joneses:
Change you bank, energy company, super fund.

How more, more, more
gives us less, less, less.

Tamara can respond to unique
challenges with tailored sessions.

Speaking formats
visionary and relatable,
Tamara’s message
resonates for:
Keynotes, Panels, Webinars,
Strategy Workshops,
Corporate Leadership and Staff Engagement.

Tamara’s featured in:

About Tamara

Antarctica, 2010:
On expedition to learn about climate change, Tamara and team are asked “how will you be part of the solution?”

Ever since, she’s created awarded communications and behaviour change campaigns.

Tamara engages mainstream audiences with the local solutions we have to the global challenges we face.

“Taking green from mung-bean to mainstream”, Tamara’s message inspires audiences, generates global media coverage, simplifies complexity and shows how our choices create change.

Tamara is a 5x veteran of Burning Man, the world’s most radical festival of ideas, where the ethos is ‘leave no trace’.

Tamara’s worked with:
CSIRO, Momentum Energy, BMW, Nissan, Hickory, Elenberg Fraser, Belong, Polestar, Bank Australia, UniSuper, AusPost, Sendle, JetCharge, Enphase, BOUNDLESS Earth, VicReturn, TESLA, Cleanaway, Curtin University, Melbourne University Melbourne Business School, City of Melbourne, City of Greater Geelong, City of Whitehorse, City of Stonnington, Meri Bek Council, City of North Sydney, Sustainability Victoria, DELWP, PrefabAUS, The Antarctic Science Foundation.

Awards

2025 CH31 Antenna Award
Best Interview Program

2016 Danish Think Tank Sustainia100
Top100 Solutions to Global Challenges

2014 Melbourne Award
Contribution to Sustainability
by an Individual.

2013 Earth Hour Award
Creative Arts

2012 Earth Hour Award
Future Makers Finalist

Fellowships + Leadership Programs
Boundless Bridge Builders
The Regenerative Leader
Cranlana Executive Colloquium
Australian Progress Fellowship
Centre for Sustainability Leadership
Antarctic Leadership on the Edge

Consulting
With15 years at the intersection of circularity, sustainability, climate science, behaviour change, PR and storytelling, Tamara crafts communications strategies to inspire action, drive change and help organisations tell their story.

Tamara lives and works on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation in Naarm, where First Nations people have been coming together, innovating, sharing stories and shaping ideas for over 60,000 years.

Sovereignty was never ceded.