Take Action
We believe by collectively taking action we can contribute to the systemic change required to protect our planet from dangerous climate change. Lighter Footprints offers a range of ways you can contribute. Everyone is welcome to come to our monthly meetings and join one of our Working Groups.
Come to our Monthly Meetings
We gather for monthly meetings on the last Wednesday of the month to hear a range of stimulating speakers on clean energy, sustainability and climate action. Visit What’s On for details of our upcoming meetings and events which you are warmly invited to attend. You can also subscribe to our newsletter using the form at the bottom of this page.
Join a Working Group
Want to participate in climate action? Learn more about our Working Groups – you can indicate your interest in the form below.
Forests Working Group
With victories in Court, the imminent closure of the white paper line at Marysville, native forest logging is on the verge of historic change! Join our new Forests Working Group to save precious wildlife and the densest forest carbon stores on the planet. More information here.
More about this working group
Join a keen group of Lighter Footprints members who will work on supporting forest protection, running events and contributing to forest campaigns – regular updaters here. Our Save Forests Working Group can help you actively support the current Save Native Forests campaigns in Victoria and keep you up to date! Tick the first box on the form below or email Jan Molloy on molloy_jan@hotmail.com.
Electrify Boroondara Outreach Working Group
If you want to help our community go electric to take action, engage with the community through street stalls, library pop-ups, presentations, events etc. and help Electrify Boroondara grow, join this working group.
More about this working group
Electrify Boroondara is a community-led alliance dedicated to accelerating the transition to a clean energy future.
This working group is run by Electrify Boroondara and we encourage all Lighter Footprints volunteers to take part. If you would like more information please email Alison Wright agw3146@gmail.com or tick the second check box in the form below.
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. Find out more here. You can subscribe to our quarterly Community Battery updates here, and check out our Solar page here.
More about this working group
Please contact David Strang on 0405 506 275 or use the form below if you would like to contribute to this team.
• Energy transition analysis & roadmaps
• Focus on innovation and solutions
• Submissions to Government
Letter Writers Working Group
Join a group of committed writers who write letters to newspapers across the country. Our letters influence the public narrative around climate by educating the community, dispelling climate myths and raising awareness of the need for greater climate action.
More about this working group
Each year we publish 800 to 1,000 punchy, thought-provoking letters in mainstream and regional press. Group members are supported through regular emails with relevant climate editorials and articles, published letters, resources, tips and cartoons. The group also supports people who write to politicians on climate issues and policy. If you’d like to join our enthusiastic, dedicated group of letter writers, contact Ray Peck using the form below.
Speakers Working Group
Are you interested in building personal skills in communicating the climate message?
More about this working group
The speakers working group is a place of support and opportunity as you develop as a climate communicator. We are looking for people willing to be part of a group that can offer to speak at organisations around our community. If you’d like to join this group please contact Ken Parker using the form below.
• High quality training
• Climate speakers group development
• Supporting community climate education
#VoteClimate/Community Joint Working Group
This group works with the Kooyong Climate Change Alliance on local climate advocacy and Vote Climate election campaigns. More about stepping up here and Vote Climate here.
More about this working group
This joint working group was instrumental in Boroondara Council declaring a climate emergency. We will continue to advocate for Council to be bold in its implementation of the new Climate Action Plan and will encourage our community to electrify everything. This group works with KCCA on making climate people’s number one vote determining issue – please visit our Vote Climate page for more about our very successful election campaigns, and to keep updated. If you would like to join this group please call Lynn Frankes on 0425 843 685.
• Advocating for emergency climate action by Boroondara Council
• Local government petitions and community engagement
• Joint elections working group.
Local Government and MP Engagement Working Group
The Local Government and MP Engagement Working Group supports emissions reduction within the City of Boroondara including initiatives contained in the Boroondara Climate Action Plan, and actively seeks and supports meetings with our elected representatives.
More about this working group
Our work includes engaging with Council and the Boroondara community over climate policy options including emissions reduction targets, clean energy and electrification policy, tree cover, active transport and EV transition and degasification. We help with submissions, briefing documentation and MP engagement. If you’d like more information, please call Lynn Frankes on 0425 843 685 or use the form below.
Volunteer Coordination Support Group
If you are a people person and take satisfaction in helping others find their place and thrive, we need you!
More about this support group
Lighter Footprints runs many events each year all benefitting from dedicated volunteer support, across many areas of interest in the broader climate movement. To express your interest please contact Ray Peck using the form below.
• Welcoming new volunteers
• Liaison, mentoring & skills development
• Events and stalls staffing support
Communications Support Group
Vital to Lighter Footprints’ mission to educate and influence, the Comms Group helps define Lighter Footprints’ overall climate message and shape individual events.
More about this support group
Why would you attend? What will you take home? What pathways can we provide to help you act on climate? Key questions involved in ongoing publicity, content creation and campaigns across the year. Please contact Lynn Frankes on 0425 843 685 or Sally Newell on 0426 171 733 if you would like to help. If you are interested in supporting our social media team, please contact Annie Nihill on 0490 530 211 or Sally Newell on 0426 171 733.
• Strategy, analysis and messaging
• Publicity and graphics support
• Social media and digital campaigns
Logistics Working Group
Whether it’s putting up our signage at big events, technical support or just a friendly cuppa, logistics is at the heart of things.
More about this working group
Logistic is critical for effective climate action. To express your interest please use the form below.
• Infrastructure, equipment, signage
• Organising major events
• Core support
Tackling climate change is daunting but you don’t have to do it alone. Working with others to make things happen is powerful and rewarding.
“Everyone is invited, everyone is needed” is the catch cry of the School Strike 4 Climate movement and it applies equally to Lighter Footprints.
We’d love to hear from you
Let us know what you are interested in and we’ll be in touch to talk through how you might contribute to the work of Lighter Footprints. To join the Lighter Footprints mailing list please subscribe to our newsletter at the bottom of this page.
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