Rachael Vorwerk
@rachael_vorwerk
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Co-founder @ClimateThrive | Science Communications Coordinator @COMBSCentre | Associate at @OutsideOpinion1 | #WaronWasteAU researcher | she/her
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined May 2018
A word puzzle and adventure game ft. a super cute chicklet 🐥 Inspired by playing Scrabble with his Grandma, and now winner of the Aus Indie showcase at @PAXAus! Such a big well done to Marty at @TankSpork 🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥 #paxaus2024 @GamesWeekMelbs #MIGW24
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If you film @COMBSCentre researchers predicting the impact of their work in 7 years, could the outcome change? How did the 1st season of #WaronWaste lead to a @KeepCup revolution? I'll be presenting in Perth this week at the @auscicomm Conference!
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"A scientist can make the most fantastic discovery, but until someone knows about it, nothing is going to change" says @ChiefSciWA Peter Klinken who has just kicked off the 2024 @auscicomm Conference! #ASC2024
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How did the first season of the War on Waste lead to such mammoth systemic & behavioural change in Australia? I was delighted to share mine & Danie Nilsson's research findings at the @auscicomm Student Symposium a few weeks ago! @CSIRO @RMIT @abcnews
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Thanks @CSIRO for sharing mine and Danie Nilsson's research - love your work!!
Winning the war on waste? @ABCaustralia's #WarOnWaste had a huge impact on individual and organisational behaviour. We've investigated the show's success to understand how entertainment-education interventions can inspire and trigger behavioural change:
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@DanSteen @ClimateThrive @RMIT Thank you so much @DanSteen! Can't wait to keep implementing it at @ClimateThrive 🥰
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@ConversationEDU @craigreucassel @CSIRO @RMIT Thanks for sharing our research @ConversationEDU (and a shout out to our editor @ClarePeddie!) we hope other practitioners can learn from the success of #waronwasteau as well ♻️ Here's a link to our journal article too 👇
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Have a read of the full article published in Communication Research and Practice @CRP_journal, including our framework to help practitioners to create behaviour change at scale 👇
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@ToppMedia1 @ArnanMitchell @auscicomm Thanks so much for coming Kieren, I hope you've been well and let's catch up soon 😊😊
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After more than three years of being a Co-Founder of FireThrive🌱, we have just rebranded to @ClimateThrive 🌏 We’ve been hard at work on this rebrand for a while, and are so excited to share all our work on our new website 👇 Reach out if you'd like to know more!
We would like to officially welcome ClimateThrive to the world!🌏 After realising that bushfire education was one piece of the puzzle, we have broadened our business to create climate mitigation & adaptation resources too. Take a squiz at our new website!
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Thanks so much @CitSci_Geek, loved presenting at the Aus Sci Communicators Conference #ASC2023 😊😊
“I’m building my army of science communicators!” @rachael_vorwerk from @InPAC_RMIT (@RMIT) at #ASC2023
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Once-extinct wood feeding cockroaches living under a rock, copulating bird sounds & science happening in real-time during filming a doco - a wild story with @SarahKlistorner @NSWDPE on eradicating rats on Lord Howe Island. #ASC2023 Excited to watch!
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@CrabbBrendan and @ColinKinner, this research and practical tips by @lyndalbyford may also be useful for you both.
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