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Advocate for change

Find out how becoming an advocate for change - by speaking up and making thoughtful everyday choices - can create real, lasting positive impacts for the planet.

Raise your voice

School Strike 4 Climate protest with two young people with loud speakers
Harriet O'Shea Carre at School Strike 4 Climate protest 2019, Photographer: Julian Meehan / Source: Flickr, Copyright Julian Meehan CC BY 2.0

Join a growing movement of locals taking action for climate solutions. Search for advocacy groups in your local area and contribute to a healthy environment for communities across Victoria.


Support a sustainable future

A beautiful lush rainforest
Rainforest, Fairy Dell, Gippsland, Victoria, Photographer: Mark Norman / Source: Museums Victoria, CC BY-NC, 2015

Align your personal values to a bank or super fund that invests in causes you believe in. Your money is powerful - use it for a future you want.


Make your vote count

Close up of a rainbow sign with the word 'YES' in white, at a demonstration for same-sex marriage rights outside the State Library of Victoria
Close up of a rainbow sign with the word 'YES' in white, at a demonstration for same-sex marriage rights outside the State Library of Victoria, Photographer: Robert Zugaro / Source: Museums Victoria, 2017

Find out which candidates in your electorate are committed to the causes you believe in. Look online to review policies from major parties and independents, so you can make an informed choice and support leaders ready to tackle the issues you care about.


Become a change agent

Students and teachers helping wildlife and learning about science
BushBlitz Community Day: Teacher Lynette Gaff, Photographer: John-Ross Pearce Scharnberg / Source: Earthwatch, 2025

Whether you’re a student, teacher or passionate community member, you can make a real difference and learn the skills to drive change where it counts. Earthwatch can help you grow knowledge, build strong networks, and take action on the environmental issues that matter most in your community in leadership and mentoring programs and citizen-science projects.


Listen to Country

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Deepen your relationship with the world around us. Gain a deeper understanding of the meaning of Country and the ways it connects to language and culture.


Stand up for Leadbeater's Possums

Students, teachers and parents from Wandin North Primary School and Friends of the Leadbeater's Possum committee members engaging in habitat regeneration at Yellingbo
Students, teachers and parents from Wandin North Primary School and Friends of the Leadbeater's Possum committee members engaging in habitat regeneration at Yellingbo, Photographer: S Maecher / Source: Friends of the Leadbeater's Possum, 2024

Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum advocates, educates and takes action to protect Victoria’s beloved faunal emblem from logging and habitat loss. Join the fight for one of our most critically endangered marsupials—and become a true friend to the forest.


Campaign to ban bird-killing poisons

Masked owl in tree hollow
Masked Owl, Photographer: Boyd Wykes / Source: BirdLife Australia

Consider signing BirdLife’s petition to remove deadly rat poisons from our shelves, which impact native birds, pets and wildlife. Learn how to avoid them—and what safer alternatives to use at home.


Find calm in climate worry

Pull up a chair at Museum Victoria's Climate Café—a space for 18 to 29-year-olds to connect on climate anxiety. There’s no agenda, just a chance to talk about your worries with others who care. Museum science experts and youth mental health practitioners will be there to support you.


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