The week-long workshop was facilitated by Desert Pea Media and involved writing lyrics, recording the song and then filming a music clip to go with the song.

Joel Westlake is a music producer and was one of the facilitators of the workshop.

“We did a day and a half out at Jigamy, mainly writing, and we were able to facilitate a group of elders to talk about their stories and talk to the group about what their experience has been,” Mr Westlake said.

“It was a magical time.

"One of the Elders was Ossie Cruse, a local pastor who runs a small church. 

"He did some spoken word stuff for the music clip,” he said.

The main aim of the workshops held by Desert Pea media is to help young people engage with the environment and help open up new options for them. 

“We run storytelling and music media workshops, look at engaging young people to look at the environment around them and what they want to achieve,” Mr Westlake said.

“We don’t shy away from difficult subject matter. 

"We try to be mentors and facilitators of change.

“I’m a hip-hop producer, and that’s a language that all young kids want to speak,” he added. 

The feedback from the project has been extremely positive.

“A few of the students we worked with on the project were always getting suspended and the teachers were amazed at how engaged they became through the workshop process,” he said. 

Toby Finlayson is a director of Desert Pea Media and also worked with the students from Eden High.

“We are pretty transparent and try to break down barriers," Mr Finlayson said.

"We work out with the students how we can help them tell their story. 

"On the first day the students write the whole project, we record on day two and three and film for the last two days,” he said.

The song and film clip created by the Eden High students will be released via YouTube. 

The project was funded by Smugglers of Light, an organisation set up by Joel Westlake’s mother and father after the loss of their son Eli in a road rage incident.