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Lobbying for Australia to step up on climate ambition

Lobbying for Australia to step up on climate ambition

Sep 18, 2021 | Climate Policy, Lighter Footprints Working Groups, National campaigns, Paris commitment, Taking Action

Australia’s climate ambition has been judged the worst in the UN Australia took an empty promise of net zero in 29 years to Glasgow, with no modelling, new actions or legislation, while platforming Santos at COP26. Despite international pressure, Australia has...
Getting out on there on the streets!

Getting out on there on the streets!

Jul 12, 2021 | Climate change and health, Climate Damage, Climate Policy, Communicating climate change, Lighter Footprints Working Groups, No category, Taking Action

Lighter Footprints is getting out on the streets! Together with our friends at the Kooyong Climate Change Alliance we will be holding street stalls on Saturday mornings, in shopping centres around Boroondara.  We will be providing high quality information about making...
Community Battery Challenges

Community Battery Challenges

Jun 28, 2021 | Clean Energy, Climate Policy, Community battery, Lighter Footprints Working Groups

The regulations covering community batteries are consistent across the National Electricity Market (NEM).  However, Western Australia has a separate regulatory framework. This discussion paper focuses on challenges that face community batteries in the eastern states...
Local Government Working Group, and what we do

Local Government Working Group, and what we do

Jun 27, 2021 | Boroondara Council, Climate Policy, Environmental law, Lighter Footprints Working Groups, Local government

Local Government Working Group The days when your local council was judged on the basis of “roads, rubbish and rates” have long passed.  Local Government is now a significant third level of government in Australia with access to substantial authority and resources. ...
Lighter Footprints Planning Day 2021

Lighter Footprints Planning Day 2021

Apr 16, 2021 | Lighter Footprints Working Groups, Planning, Taking Action

A report from Myf Parker On Sunday 28th February 2021, 17 of our committed Lighter Footprints members met together at the Canterbury Guide Hall to plan for the upcoming year. Our meeting was wonderfully facilitated by Joan Staples, who is the current chair of Market...
New Councils in Boroondara and Whitehorse

New Councils in Boroondara and Whitehorse

Nov 17, 2020 | Boroondara Council, Climate Emergency, Lighter Footprints Working Groups, Local government, Whitehorse Council

A challenging time to hold elections Now that we know what our local councils are going to look like after the recent local government elections, it is time to start considering how we work with them on the matters that are important to us. But first, let’s...
Unpublished Letters – April Edition

Unpublished Letters – April Edition

Apr 12, 2020 | Letters, Lighter Footprints Working Groups

Lighter Footprints has a talented pool of committed letter writers. Some very good letters go unpublished. This is the first in a series of selected unpublished letters from the group that we believe will be of interest. The formats of the letters have been modified...
Join the consultation process for Boroondara’s Climate Action Plan now

Join the consultation process for Boroondara’s Climate Action Plan now

Apr 5, 2020 | Boroondara Council, Clean Energy, Climate Emergency, Climate Policy, Lighter Footprints Working Groups, Solutions, Taking Action

It’s time to have our say. Local climate action is powerful! Would you like a more walkable city? Better public transport? Support for putting on solar and storage? Cleaner local power? It’s time to put our support behind the clean energy transition and...
Working Groups – central to Lighter Footprints’ climate action

Working Groups – central to Lighter Footprints’ climate action

Mar 9, 2020 | Climate Emergency, Climate Policy, Lighter Footprints Working Groups, Solutions, Taking Action

Energy Transition Working Group The Energy Transitions Group meets fortnightly with a focus on pulling together energy data, latest innovations and submissions to government and making climate solutions accessible to a variety of audiences. Please contact Mick Nolan...

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Community Climate Action
Everyone is welcome to join us in taking climate action for a safe and livable future.

Many members of our community come from the council areas of Whitehorse and Boroondara and the state electorates of:

  • Kew which includes Kew, Kew East, Deepdene, Balwyn, Balwyn North and Canterbury.
  • Box Hill which includes Balwyn, Canterbury, Surrey Hills, Box Hill North, Box Hill, Blackburn North, Mont Albert North, Nunawading and Forest Hill.
  • Ashwood which includes , Glen Iris, Ashburton, Ashwood, Mount Waverley, Chadstone, and parts of Burwood.
  • Hawthorn which includes Hawthorn, Hawthorn East, Camberwell, Canterbury and Glen Iris.

Lighter Footprints acknowledges the leadership and custodianship of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nations. We support climate action within the principles of climate justice, acknowledging that those who have contributed the least are the most impacted, particularly First Nations peoples and disadvantaged communities.

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