Victoria (Australia) community action

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  • News Landmark court win upholds protection for Gliders and Victoria’s forests, eastgippsland.net.au (Jun 27, 2023)

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Networks and sustainability initiatives

Climate action

Lighter Footprints, local Climate Action Group

Biodiversity

  • Nature Glenelg Trust, "mission-driven, not-for-profit organisation that believes in positive action, and working with the community and our partners to achieve real results on the ground."

Open spaces

South Surrey Park, site maintained by Friends of South Surrey Park, (Greenlivingpedia)

Wikipedia: Protected areas of Victoria: Victoria is the smallest mainland state in Australia. As of 2008 it contained 2,850 separate protected areas with a total land area of 39,273 square kilometres (15,163 sq mi) (17.26% of the state's area). Of these, 45 were national parks, totalling 28,023 square kilometres (10,820 sq mi) (11.32% of the state's area)

Trees, woodland and forest

  • Environment East Gippsland, "longest running community forest group working for the protection of Victoria’s last and largest area of ancient forest and connected natural environments and wildlife."

Community energy

Community Energy, information from Victoria State government, includes a "Guide to Community-Owned Renewable Energy for Victorians"

Maps: Wind energy in Victoria, 2010

Cycling activism

Wikipedia: Cycling in Victoria

News and comment

2021

It takes a village: An alternative social media platform seeks to end the epidemic of loneliness and isolation, Jan 28[1]

2017

Monash to become Australia's first 100 per cent renewable energy powered university, Oct 9[2]

Victoria backs renewable energy community hubs with $900,000 investment, Apr 28[3]

2014

Yarra City Council Becomes Australia's 1st 'One Planet Council', September 3[4]

About Victoria (Australia)

From Wikipedia:Victoria (Australia)

Victoria, commonly abbreviated as Vic, is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state (after Tasmania), with a land area of 227,444 km2 (87,817 sq mi); the second-most-populated state (after New South Wales), with a population of over 6.9 million; and the most densely populated state in Australia (30.6 per km2). Victoria's economy is the second-largest among Australian states and is highly diversified, with service sectors predominating.

Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north and South Australia to the west and is bounded by the Bass Strait to the south (with the exception of a small land border with Tasmania located along Boundary Islet), the Great Australian Bight portion of the Southern Ocean to the southwest, and the Tasman Sea (a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean) to the southeast. The state encompasses a range of climates and geographical features from its temperate coastal and central regions to the Victorian Alps in the northeast and the semi-arid northwest.

Near you

Melbourne

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