This is the first of a series of blogs and vlogs where young Aussies share their experiences and views on organ and tissue donation and a little about how they have talked (or not) to their families about it.
Donnie Maclurcan featured here in this video is an author, social innovator and advocate. In addition to founding and running Project Australia he is co-founder of the Post Growth Institute. Donnie has had a diverse past, having worked as an exercise physiologist and telephone counsellor, coordinator of a lobby group for Aboriginal justice and a team assisting Sydney’s homeless, a journalist at the World Social Forum in Nairobi, coach of the Fijian Sailing Team, an English and mathematics teacher in South Korea, event manager for The Great Australian Bike Ride (raising $250,000 for mental health research), and the global organiser for Free Money Day.