In April news, support Koalathon, climate adaptation solutions and actions, play The Adaptation Game, No to Nuclear solidarity bike ride, Melbourne water update, protecting forests from fire, plus more!
Raise your hopes with a report back from our mighty Koalathon crew and help our SKAT collective hit $8000! Donation link here.
Take action: Climate Adaptation & Victorian Government 2026-2030 climate strategy
The Victorian Government is now accepting submissions for it's Climate Change Strategy from 2026-2030. Scroll down to see how the Act on Climate collective suggests you include climate adaptation in your survey responses. These suggestions are focused on equitable climate adaptation, which is community-led, centres First Nations knowledge, and leaves no one behind. Make a submission with our guide.
Resilience Inquiry Climate Adaptation Report
The Act on Climate collective’s latest report, VIC Climate Resilience Inquiry Analysed: The leading concerns & adaptation solutions, shares how Victorian communities can and want to adapt, as well as inspiring examples of what community-led climate adaptation looks like. Find out more.
Email your MP: Victoria Wants & Needs Climate Adaptation
We’ve identified climate adaptation solutions Victorians want to see funded and enacted, so ask your MP to advocate for increased funding using our pre-written email.
Climate Adapatation Fair panel recordings
On 8 February 2025, the Act on Climate collective curated the first ever Climate Adaptation Fair at Borderlands Coop. Have a listen to the panel discussions that were had on the day, from topics such as how to care for Country and communities ourselves to how can we adapt our food systems. Listen to recordings here.
Get along to the next Act on Climate social meetup 10 April from 6pm-8pm at FoE Melb HQ. RSVP here.
Play The Adaptation Game 17 May
The Adaptation Game (TAG) is an engaging, cooperative tabletop experience where players work together to tackle real-world climate adaptation challenges. Blending creativity, strategy, and innovation, TAG encourages participants to brainstorm solutions for adapting to a changing environment—while having fun and learning about resilience and the power of community connections. Join the Friends of the Earth crew as we simulate the next ten years of climate change in Yarra and explore ways to build a more climate-resilient community. Reserve a spot here.
NO to Nuclear Bike-ride
On the April 26, the 39th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, we are organising a one-day Nuclear-free Bike Ride from from the city via Brighton to Kooyong. Get active and join our NO to Nuclear bike-ride in Naarm/ Melbourne 26 April, the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Read more and sign-up.
On the Fukushima disaster anniversary 11 March the Nuclear Free Collective helped to host the National Day of Action launching the nuclear plume map indicating impacts if a reactor meltdown was to happen at one of the seven sites proposed for nuclear reactors.
Later that month for budget day, we demonstrated the costs of nuclear inflating a huge nuclear waste barrel in front of Parliament House Canberra.
Kinglake Friends of the Forest are hosting an emergency meeting about the ongoing planned burning regime Wednesday April 9 from 7pm-8pm at Kinglake Community Centre, 436 Whittlesea-Kinglake Road, Kinglake 3763 (access on Extons Rd). Read more & show your support here.
What are Trihalomethanes and are they in Melbourne's drinking water? Find out here.
Protecting our protected areas
Many thousands of Australians spent years working to see wild and special places protected in national parks, World Heritage and other conservation reserves. From central Tasmania to the forests of south western WA, K’gari in Queensland to the Victorian high country, many special places are protected due to sustained community campaigns. But now, as fire increasingly threatens World Heritage Areas and high conservation landscapes across the country, these precious areas face an existential risk to their very survival. You can read more here.
We’ve got 4 good ideas to protect wild places from fire here.
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