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Environment Victoria is an independent charity, funded by donations. Established in 1969, we’ve grown into a community of 40 grassroots member groups and more than 200,000 individual supporters.
Together we’re campaigning to solve the climate crisis and build a thriving, sustainable society that protects and values nature.
We see Victoria as a national and global leader for solving the climate change crisis. We believe our state can be an inspiring example of a sustainable society that protects and values nature.
To reach this future, we campaign in the following areas:
Is there a patch of Victoria you love?
For a group of us more than 40 years ago, it was the Little Desert in western Victoria. When the government wanted to subdivide this area for agricultural development, people from all across the state came together to protect this place they loved. Their passion and dedication saved this unique landscape, which later become the Little Desert National Park.
This was a watershed win for the Victorian community, marking the beginning of a new environmental awareness. Fired up by their pioneering victory, this group of Victorians realised we needed a peak organisation that focused on environmental issues across the state.
And that’s how Environment Victoria got started.
Over 50 years, we’ve had some big successes. Developing world-leading water conservation laws in the 1970s. Winning campaigns to create Gariwerd (Grampians National Park) and the Alpine National Park in the 80s. Improving public transport in the 90s, and bringing sustainability to multicultural communities in the 2000s. Together we've saved forests, stopped dams, restored wetlands and replaced the world's dirtiest power station with clean energy.
See some of our most recent achievements below, or click here to see the full list!
For more than two years our community was driving bold, coordinated action. In the media, on the streets, in MP offices and online we've put gas on the political agenda.
From the suburbs to the regions, volunteers in our Action Network were out in their local communities having conversations and engaging with local candidates, and we reached hundreds of thousands of people on TV and online.
We have been reaching out to multicultural communities across Melbourne. From Dandenong to Wyndham City, Environment Victoria Action Network volunteers have been on the ground building new relationships with community leaders.
This year also marked 10 years since the devastating Hazelwood mine fire. To honour the resilience of the Latrobe Valley community, we commissioned a powerful short film telling the stories of those who lived through the fire and their fight for accountability.
We gathered in Swan Hill to call for water justice for Traditional Owners. It was an incredible day of inspiring speakers and insightful presentations.
When the gas industry tried to use Masterchef to serve up dodgy claims about “renewable gas”, we called it out, and thousands of you jumped on board.
Environment Victoria is a charity, completely independent of government and funded by donations.
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We recognise our responsibility to use our power and our privilege to support Traditional Owners achieve land justice, address inequality and build power to make decisions about country and culture. We are committed through our 2022-26 strategy to finding opportunities to work with Traditional Owners, communities and representative bodies to achieve shared environmental outcomes and justice for First Nations people.