Action Network

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Join a network of Victorians helping to drive climate solutions and create a healthy environment for communities across the state.

Right now, our climate and environment is in crisis. We’re already experiencing the impacts of a damaged climate, but we also have an opportunity to limit the damage to create a better, cleaner future.

We know that people power is key to making change. So we’re building a network of Victorians like you to bring together local communities across the state and take action.

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Looking for other ways to get involved? You can also join our team of volunteers who actively monitor and participate in talkback radio discussions on issues affecting Victoria’s environment.

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What does the Action Network do

With a committed network of communities across Victoria, we are moving our state beyond fossil fuels, protecting nature and holding government and business accountable.  

Volunteers in our Action Network mobilise people around them to protect their environment and community. They do that by championing the local benefits of clean energy, helping to run events that bring people together, and holding our elected representatives to account – all with support from Environment Victoria staff.

We connect Local Organisers with each other and train and support them to grow the number of people engaged in their groups and in our shared campaigns. And during critical campaign moments, we come together to combine our voices and show our power.

You can get all the detail about what our Action Network does, why and how to be involved in our handbook here >>

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Meet some of the team

Suzy D’Ombrain-Allain

Describing herself as an ‘Armchair Activist’ for many years, while busy working or raising a family, Suzy started becoming more hands-on with Environment Victoria for the 2018 State Election and joined her local group. With her children becoming more independent, Suzy has become a voluntary Community Organiser in the Action Network, on Bunurong / Boon Wurrung Country.

Bruce Cutts

Bruce lives in Mordialloc on Boon Wurrung Country with his wife and three daughters. He has worked in Horticulture and Agriculture since graduating in Ag Science in the 1980s, and has been a volunteer with Environment Victoria for the past ten years. His insight for the day: never turn your back on the sea, or a politician!

Chris Power

Volunteering with Environment Victoria has enabled Chris to work with like-minded friends to take action on the issues she cares about most. As a Local Organiser, she has used the skills gained in other areas of life for organising people, communicating and group administration. Chris's motivation is the future of her children and grandchildren, and she firmly believes that taking action does make a difference.

Lucilla Hammond

Lucilla made Gippsland her home over 15 years ago. Her focus during that time had been on wellbeing as a yoga teacher. After years of making lifestyle adjustments as an approach to climate crisis, she is now dedicated to community action.

Margie Barrett-Poole

Margie has lived and worked in Gippsland all her life, raising her family in the Latrobe Valley. Working in wholistic health, Margie knows that a healthy environment is the foundation for healthy communities and lives. She's passionate about building deeper connections, understanding and actions to create a future that is healthy for us all.

Electra Greene

Electra is a proud Kurnai Gunai and Monero woman who cares deeply for our environment and is dedicated to supporting others to develop that same passion and care through sharing stories, poetry, and workshops. Electra believes that connecting with nature will help us all to move forward to the future in better consistency and with more compassion towards one another.

Niki Elliot

Niki grew up in Ballarat, where she started the Ballarat Anti Nuclear Group following the outrage of the Jabiluka mine in the late 90s. After travelling far and wide, she came back to Ballarat to raise a family. She has a keen interest in waste, and together with her older sister developed No Waste Ballarat with the aim to share information and inspire others to reduce their waste. Niki is also heavily involved with her younger sister at the Ballarat Tool Library and CLPSchool Green Team.

Sue Broadway

Sue grew up in Brown Hill, and enjoyed discovering her local environment from a young age. She moved away to the Morning Peninsula as an adult, but returned back to Ballarat to bring up her children. As a parent and nature-lover, Sue joined the Action Network to help make a difference for the next generation.

Belinda (Belle) McGee

Belle is a Registered Nurse, Planetary Health Researcher, and passionate advocate for strong climate action. With a career change into nursing during the pandemic, she quickly became a passionate champion for environmentally sustainable healthcare.
Based on Bunurong Country, in Melbourne’s outer southeast, she has lobbied for faster progress on renewables, household electrification and other critical reforms, and continues to push for systemic change. A proud mum and people person, she believes real change needs both community action and leadership from the top.

Get involved

By joining the Environment Victoria Action Network, you’ll be connected to a people-powered movement working to cut dangerous climate pollution, transition to clean energy and protect our beautiful natural places.

There’s plenty of ways you can get involved – no matter your skills, experience or location! Fill out the form below and we’ll be in touch.