Great to see @knitnannassyd.bsky.social keeping the pressure on the HVO coal mine expansion. If you haven't made a submission yet, the deadline is 2 August.

Lots of great upcoming environmental events coming up right across Oceania, this site tries to collate as many as possible. Check it out and get involved.

Environment Activism Research@enviroactivism.bsky.social · last mo.

Think environmental activism is all blockades and lock-ons? Of more than 166,000 classified events in our database, about 1 in 100 is disruptive direct action. The everyday work is information sharing, community events and hands-on conservation.

Where is the Oceanian environmental movement showing up this week? Now you can see for yourself. Our new Events page maps climate, conservation and environmental events right across Oceania. www.theenvironmental...

In 1971, a handful of Queenslanders gathered in a Noosa living room to fight sandmining on the world's largest sand island. Six years later they had stopped the miners and set K'gari on the path to World Heritage listing. Check out number 3 case study in our series here.

K'gari: Now a place for all to enjoy

How a handful of Queenslanders stopped American sandminers and put the world's largest sand island on the path to World Heritage listing.

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In August 1979, hundreds of people walked into a rainforest basin near Lismore and stood in front of the bulldozers. It was Australia's first forest blockade, and within three years it had pushed Premier Neville Wran to halt rainforest logging across New South Wales.

When conventional channels fail: The Terania Creek campaign

The 1979 rainforest blockade that inspired the Franklin, the Daintree, and a generation of Australian activists

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Influence tracker lets you search Australian donation and lobbying registers, alongside Ministerial diaries, org membership lists, and so much more. We're always looking for what data would be good to add; visit the site, do a search, and send us your feedback. www.influencetracker.org

The "vibe" vs. the definition, the gap between our rhetoric and our reality, and why 95% of us aren't explaining ourselves.

Is "Climate Justice" just a vibe?

The "vibe" vs. the definition, the gap between our rhetoric and our reality, and why 95% of us aren't explaining ourselves.

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Check out www.influencetracker.org - a portal to explore network connections between Australian groups and individuals listed on lobbying registers and other influence databases.

Check out this info to learn more about activism in action - beyond the big groups and big headlines we can see quite a nuanced story.

Environment Activism Research@enviroactivism.bsky.social · last yr.

🌿 We mapped 3,100 environmental groups across Australia and discovered something surprising: there was a massive surge in 2005, then... 2019 happened. What do these patterns reveal about how environmental activism really works? The data tells a story beyond the protests. 🧵

Some words of hope in this world of bad news - the Oceanian environment is pretty big, pretty active, and all round pretty impressive. Check out our latest post here and explore the data on www.theenvironmentalmovement.org directly.

Beyond Borders: The Surprising Geography of Environmental Activism

One continent, vastly different battles. What 4,000+ environmental groups reveal about our priorities.

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News coverage boosts giving after disasters – Australian research team’s findings may offer lessons for Los Angeles fires

News coverage boosts giving after disasters – Australian research team’s findings may offer lessons for Los Angeles fires

All told, donors gave more than US$397 million to support recovery from the ‘black summer’ bushfire disaster.

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What does environmental activism actually looks like on the ground? Edition 2 of this data-driven analysis finds that major "surge moments" matter for converting bystanders to activists, and there's been a massive shift toward climate action in the last 20 years. open.substack.com/pub/theenvir...

Beyond the banners

What 3,100 environmental groups tell us about activism in action

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Post number 1... hopefully of many!

Effective activism

We know we need it. But what actually is it?

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Check out the five fascinating podcasts from season 1 of Climate Decoded climatedecoded.com I was very happy to speak on episode 2 about effective activism and thank the wonderful team for all their efforts pulling this season together.

I’m chairing the search for the editor of an exciting new digital journal, Environmental History Review. Consider applying! And please share with all the creative scholars you know. aseh.org/Environmenta...

Welcome to the #EnvironmentalCampaign archive. This story is about the fight to stop a highway extension through #BeeliarWetlands near Perth, WA, Australia. www.youtube.com/embed/68R8cV...