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CREST- Citizens Radio Emergency Services Teams
CREST is a voluntary emergency organisation. The initial role of CREST was to monitor the emergency frequencies on the Citizens Band Radio Service (CBRS), relaying calls for assistance from the public to the relevant emergency service. This role has since grown to include many forms of specialist communications support for other emergency service and community…
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C40 Knowledge Hub- Adapting to Climate Change Library
The C40 Knowledge Hub is a public online library and resource platform collating practical, tried-and-tested information and tools for climate action and adaptation. It provides resources like research, case studies, implementation guides, policy briefs, and data insights on various urban climate sectors, including climate adaptation planning. The C40 Knowledge Hub rounds up what cities should…
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Global Center on Adaptation – Stories of Resilience
The Global Center on Adaptation’s report ‘Stories of Resilience: Lessons from Local Adaptation Practice’ redefines true progress as a measure of the systems transformed over outputs delivered. The annual publication draws on global examples and lessons on inclusive funding, philanthropy, and justice, it underscores how aligning local priorities with national governance and finance can drive…
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Monash Disaster Initiative’s Compendium
Since our inception, Monash University Disaster Resilience Initiative’s (MUDRI) strong interest in community resilience triggered the creation of this Compendium of Victorian Community-based Resilience Building Case Studies, the first of its kind in Australia, to feature resilience-building case studies, shared learnings, insights, challenges and solutions in this context. Free access to the Compendium provides a…
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Nillumbik Climate Action Team
Nillumbik Climate Action Team (NCAT) is a volunteer group of people in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, who are committed to promoting and leading more effective action to ensure a safer climate for us all. They advocate, educate and collaborate with the local community, and seek to influence decision makers at all levels, to…
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Port Phillip EcoCentre
The EcoCentre is a not-for-profit, community-managed environment group located in the corner of St Kilda Gardens. For 25 years, it has provided a base for affiliate groups involved in activities that promote environmental sustainability and community action. The EcoCentre vision is to provide education and inspiration to the wider community. Its collective impact since 1999…
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Earthworker Cooperative
Earthworker strives to create democratic, just and sustainable economies that enable us to deal with the challenges of economic injustice and ecological crisis. Earthworker are actively committed to creating dignified, safe and sustainable livelihoods in a network of unionised worker-owned cooperatives – supporting and enabling social ownership of the Australian economy. Cooperatives are people-centred enterprises…
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enliven’s Multicultural Heat Heroes
enliven is working with 5 multicultural community ambassadors to build climate resilience among priority language groups across Cardinia Shire, City of Casey, and City of Greater Dandenong. These Multicultural Heat Heroes have been working with enliven to co-design and deliver heat health messaging across a spectrum of culturally appropriate formats and forums. The project aims…
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Australian Adaptation Database
The National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Project on Enabling best practice adaptation seeks to answer important questions about the uptake of adaptation in Australia. Commencing at the beginning of 2023, the project is a three-year investment to develop guiding principles and frameworks to help governments, civil society and communities undertake best practices in adaptation. The database…
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Resilient 4017
Resilient 4017 operates in the Northern Moreton Bay region of QLD, with locals keen to bring our community together to plan for the future that’s coming. This is a community-led project where locals will determine the biggest priorities for our area & how we can start to respond to them, focusing heavily on community resilience,…
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Mullum Cares
Mullum Cares is a not for profit organisation that supports its local community to reduce emissions by changing how it consumes products made for human consumption. Mullum Cares’ goal is to protect and enhance the natural environment by promoting the sustainable use of products manufactured for human consumption. This is done through inspiring and enabling…
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Emerald Village Association – Resilience Subcommittee
The Emerald Village Association Inc. represents the citizens and community groups of Emerald with the support of the Emerald business community. After recent storms in 2024, Emerald Village Association is aiming to be extremely active in their community and looking forward to making their community even more resilient by improving their preparedness for any storm…
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Mums of the Hills
Mums of the Hills Inc (MotHs) is dedicated to supporting women through the years of motherhood, connecting mothers to services and promoting local businesses. MotHs was created as a local online private group in 2015. Likewise, MotH’s subsidiary groups including MotHs Market, MotHs Kitchen, Business Mums of the Hills and Single MotHs are equally dedicated…
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Narrap Team – Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation
Part of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation, the Narrap Team undertake a range of Natural Resource Management activities on Country at the request of clients, including the maintenance of firebreaks in accordance with local council by-laws. Their services also include: restoration and regeneration of landscapes, establishment of biodiversity corridors, fencing, managing impacts of…
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Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation
The Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation provides a variety of Aboriginal cultural heritage work, cultural and educational services and land management. Led by indigenous folk, these services include: cultural heritage, natural resource management, cultural practices for events, cultural consultations, language and naming, education, tours and cross-cultural awareness training, and research. Check out their work…
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‘We can’t afford to wait’: a Cornish town faces climate threat head on
After seeing an image of the projected high tide in 2050, the people of Bude in Cornwall swung into action to adapt to climate change. If nothing is done by 2050, their landmarks like the surf life-saving club, Bude seawater swimming pool, and many cafes businesses and carparks, will all be gone. Bude, rather than…
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ResilientCo
ResilientCo are resilience-building, risk management specialists with deep expertise gained from real experiences in emergencies, community building and sustainability. They provide services in resilience strategy development, disaster and emergency management planning, crisis leadership and training, independent reviews and actionable outcomes, community resilience building and climate risk and sustainability. Check out their work and get in…
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Ministry of Imagination – Rob Hopkins
Since 2020, the fortnightly ‘From What If to What Next’ podcast has invited two guests to time travel into the 2030 that resulted from our doing absolutely everything we could possibly have done, and to describe that world to the listeners. In late March 2024, the podcast stopped at its 100th episode, but it remains…
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Macleay Youth Rising
Over a quarter of Kempsey Shire’s 30,280 population (according to 2021 census) is aged between 0 – 24, demonstrating a significant need for youth voices to be heard. Their insights can help shape programs, policies, and initiatives that directly impact their lives, ensuring services are relevant and effective for now and the future. Directly involving…
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Resilient Rainbows, Huon Valley
In the Huon Valley, the ‘Resilient Rainbows’ aims to create a supportive and inclusive environment where LGBTQIA+ individuals feel valued and empowered, reducing isolation and vulnerability in rural communities where support networks may be limited Recognising the unique vulnerabilities faced by the LGBTQIA+ community during natural emergencies and disasters, the community aims to address their…
