Facilitators – Enactors of community development and action.
Issues – Matters for community awareness.
Issues of national and transnational interest can be posted here.
Warning – Threats to community living space and environment.
Actions – Initiatives for community undertaking and action.
- The Transition Towns Initiative — Steps to Realization Set up a steering group. – Establish a core team to drive the project forward during the initial phases. Raise awareness. – Films, events and talks can alert the community to the potential effects of both peak oil and climate change. Lay the foundations. – Build connections to existing complementar ...
Started: June 20, 2023 | Status: In Progress
Tools – Open resources for citizen initiatives and action.
Also, see Resources and Featured Tools for resources and tools of transnational relevance.
- Climate Mapping in Australia — The Sydney Morning Herald displays in an article, "How heat became the ‘silent killer’ stalking Australia", interactive maps for exploring the full changes and projections data for Australia. One shows how much average annual temperatures changed between 2000 and 2021 – an increase of between 0.2°C and 1.6°C. "Middle ...
- HOPE Australia Reference Library — A key role of HOPE Australia is being a conduit for information about sustainability for the householder and transition towns. The library's categories range from Australian Natural Resources Atlas to Wetlands and include Biodiversity, Gene Technology, Climate, Earth Charter, Energy, Great Barrier Reef, Gov't, Landcare ...
- Introducing the Transition Towns Initiative — The Transition Towns Initiative is a global project that aims to help communities meet the emerging challenges of climate change and peak oil. The aim of the initiative is to raise awareness of sustainable living and to build local economic and ecological resilience within the community in an agreed time frame. Trans ...
- Mix of publications produced by HOPE Inc. (Australia) — Categories include brochure, feature articles and booklets
- On-Street Activities Operating Guidelines of the City of Adelaide — Engaging with the public can help with the collection of research data or gain support for an important cause. Individuals or organisations wanting to survey the public or seek support for a cause via a petition can do so within Adelaide city and North Adelaide once they've obtained an on-street activity permit. Anyo ...
Topics – Public information on community development.
Also, see Alert! for concerns calling for urgent attention and immediate action from the community.
- Householders’ Options to Protect the Environment: Three decades of environmentalism — The World Environment Day on 5 June 1988 celebrated the theme “When People Put Environment First, Development Will Last”. On this day, Janet MacKenzie, gave an informal speech that inspired HOPE Australia with the slogan ‘Think Globally – Act Locally’ and inspired her to establish the “HOPE Generator”.
- Volunteering for the Environment! — Many people are concerned about environmental matters and there are many, many other opportunities to get involved with environmental volunteering. There are a number of environmental observances each year and a number of citizen science projects that allow for people to participate in, such as Marine Debris Tracker.
- Historic Treaty to Protect the High Seas — After a long 15 years of discussions and disagreements, over 100 countries signed a landmark agreement that aims to bring 30%of the world’s ocean under protection in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) by 2030. Currently, only 1% of the "High Seas" – waters that are outside of national jurisdiction – is protected.
- How heat became the ‘silent killer’ stalking Australia — The intensive heat in January – 50.7°C in Onslow and 13 days above 40°C in Perth – is in keeping with the predictions of the latest UN climate report confirming that Australia had already warmed faster than other parts of the world and that the frequency of heatwaves will increase 85% with warming of 1.5°C and 2°C.
Meeting – Stakeholder interaction in community development.
- Expired - National Tree Day — National Tree Day is Australia's largest community tree planting and nature care event. The program is a call to action for all Australians to get their hands ... — 0 Comments
- Expired - Schools Tree Day — Each year, thousands of schools participate nationwide in Planet Ark's environmental activities that educate individuals about the world around them. Activitie ... — 0 Comments