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About Us

Lighter Footprints is a local climate group committed to leading effective climate action.

Working together, we can do so much more than alone. For over a decade, we have educated, advocated and brought people together to inform the community and promote a clean energy future.

 

Our core activities are:

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Meetings and Community Forums

Our regular community meetings feature an exciting variety of expert speakers on clean energy, sustainability and climate action. We also run large public events once or twice a year featuring experts and/or politicians.
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Building Community Climate Action

We build local presence and influence through activities such as street conversations, events and stalls at markets and festivals. Meet some of our local members and learn why they joined Lighter Footprints and what actions they are taking to stop climate damage. Find out more…

Kooyong Candidates forum 2023

Influencing Decision Makers

We write submissions to all levels of government, meet with our local politicians and also lobby through phone calls and letters. Our letter writers’ group writes letters to newspapers across the country to help change the public narrative and influence how politicians view the mood of the electorate. Find out more…

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Taking Action

Our working groups include energy transition, letter writers, forests, electrification, communications and event/campaign support. During elections, we run non-partisan #VoteClimate campaigns with our local allies to help our community understand candidates’ climate policies. Find out more…

Mission

Lighter Footprints aims to educate, advocate and bring people together to inform the community, create the momentum for change and influence Australian decision makers to take the action necessary to halt global warming as a matter of urgency.

Vision

As a committed local climate action group, Lighter Footprints aims to lead and stimulate action that will help to ensure a clean energy future. 

Independence and Governance

Lighter Footprints is non-partisan, welcomes supporters of all political persuasions and remains independent of all political parties. Lighter Footprints receives no government funding and is powered by community support. Members are active in the community and act on their own behalf in a variety of ways.

As an incorporated association, Lighter Footprints has a Committee which has overall responsibility for the activities of the association, including its financial management and reporting obligations.

Lighter Footprints is a member of the climate peak bodies Victorian Climate Action Network (VCAN) and Climate Action Network Australia (CANA).