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OPEN LETTER: Victorian Offshore Wind Auction
September 16, 2025
We, the undersigned groups, call on the Albanese government to commit funding for Victoria’s first offshore wind auction, and to ensure it will be held by the end of 2025.
Read More 1 Reaction ShareNew protected areas for forests in Western Victoria and Mirboo North finally delivered
September 12, 2025
Photo credit: Powerful Owl in the Mirboo North IPA, by Bill Blomeley via Preserve Our Forests Mirboo North. Friends of the Earth Melbourne welcomes the long-awaited creation of protected areas via Minister Dimopoulos' Parks and...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareSKAT surveys completed at Won Wron State Forest
September 12, 2025
Friends of the Earth's SKAT collective has just completed koala scat surveys in the 7,000 hectare Won Wron State Forest, near Yarram. Won Wron is definately a stronghold of the Strzelecki koala, with perhaps...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareAoC Sept 25 Update: Vic Showing Up to Shape Preparedness
September 10, 2025
Victorian communities are coming together and showing up to shape the state's climate preparedness! They have been taking the lead on their adaptation plans, through visioning, learning from and teaching and inspiring each other. And...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareFriends of the Earth Melb news Sept 2025
September 09, 2025
In September news, solidarity with Camp Sovereignty, anti-AUKUS action, Wombat forest work trip, protect Snow gums, join FoE rapid response network, calls for the State to step up on climate risks, local energy hubs,...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareVictoria’s environment sector welcomes tabling of historic statewide Treaty and Truth-telling report
September 09, 2025
MEDIA RELEASE Victorian environment groups have written a joint letter to Victoria’s Premier Jacinta Allan and leading government ministers welcoming Australia’s first ever Treaty with Indigenous people, and committed to standing alongside First Peoples...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareSolidarity with Camp Sovereignty.
September 05, 2025
On the 31st August at approximately 5 pm, a group of males wearing masks and identifying as neo Nazi’s attacked Camp Sovereignty with the intention of causing harm to the people who gather at...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareThe FoE rapid response network
September 04, 2025
We know that angry voices (those opposing new national parks and environmental protection and the development of renewables and action on climate change) are often the most vocal, especially on social media. Angry voices...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareVast Adaptation Shifts Strongly Suggested
September 03, 2025
A strong call for the state to step up on climate risks - that’s what the Parliamentary Report for the Inquiry into Climate Resilience amounts to. What’s in it? Find a summary of all...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareProtect Macedon’s Rare Snow Gums from Chainsaws
August 21, 2025
Snow gum communities across the high country face an existential threat from the combined impacts of dieback and more frequent and intense fire seasons. Sadly the isolated pockets of snow gums away from the...
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