Climate News: Yael Stone turns her back on Hollywood and after a Black Summer epiphany uses her talent and skills to tackle the climate crisis

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Yael Stone (pictured) has become a force in Hollywood, she had just been afforded the Green Card when a Black Summer epiphany saw her switch from her movie dreams to doing what she could to combat the climate emergency, and out of that came "Hi Neighbour".

Yael's story, and that of her partner, Jack Manning Bancroft, is told on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's, Australian Story, "The Two of Us".

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