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Member Group Spotlight: Community Power Agency

November 27, 2024

When was your group formed and why? Community Power Agency is a not for profit workers cooperative. We formed in 2011 (originally as a partnership) to support and advocate for community energy projects. We now also provide capacity building services for communities and councils...

2024 Picnics for Nature

October 28, 2024

Picnic for Nature, three years in! 69 local community groups came together to organise 33 picnics across NSW last weekend. This is phenomenal. It was great to see many groups working together to host joint picnics. Each picnic had its own unique flavour. From...

Member Group Spotlight: Positive Change for Marine Life (PCFML)

September 24, 2024

When was your group formed and why? Positive Change for Marine Life (PCFML) was formed in 2012. Inspired by a newfound understanding of global challenges and the importance of marine ecosystems, we aimed to create positive change through education, collaboration, and community engagement....

From the field: Saving greater gliders one den tree at a time

August 30, 2024

Our new forest campaigner Steve has already been out to survey for endangered Greater Gliders in a forest slated for logging. Forest campaignersaround the state are having a direct impact on logging operations in NSW through their forest surveying. Read on for the whole story>>...

Member Group Spotlight: Australian Network for Plant Conservation (ANPC)

August 22, 2024

The Australian Network for Plant Conservation (ANPC) was established in 1991, initially as an informal group for networking for delegates who had attended an ex-situ plant conservation conference at the Australian National Botanic Gardens that year. Prior to this, the approach to ex-situ conservation...

A message from Aunty Polly

August 16, 2024

My name is Polly Cutmore, I am a Traditional Owner from the Gwydir and MacIntyre Rivers in northern NSW. I am currently involved with the Commonwealth Aboriginal water buy-back program, the Boobera Lagoon Crown Land Committee and the NSW Gwydir First Nations Environmental Water...

Member Group Spotlight: Climate Action Burwood-Cananda Bay

July 29, 2024

Climate Action Burwood/Canada Bay (CABCB) was formed in the second half of 2018, with the aim of getting climate on the agenda in the marginal electorate of Reid. Its two founders were not local to the area, but were hoping to attract people who...

Member Group Spotlight: Rising Tide

June 26, 2024

Rising Tide is building the biggest civil disobedience action for climate in Australian history - will you join us? My name is Zack - I’m a law student from Newcastle and a full-time organiser with Rising Tide Sydney. My job: get 10,000 people to...

A Wet and Wild 2024 NCC Regional Conference

June 24, 2024

A cold and very wet weekend didn’t stop over 100 people attending the Hunter Central Coast NCC Regional Conference on the first weekend in June. We had a full house at the Glenrock Scout Camp where the conference was held on Awabakal Country in...

Member Group Spotlight: Renewable Cobargo

May 27, 2024

What would be possible if we all came together to design a renewable energy future for Cobargo and the surrounding region? Cobargo is on the long road to recovery from the devastating impacts of the 2019-2020 bushfires. The main street rebuild is prioritising resilience...