The Australian Psychological Society identifies 101 Green Action Tips on how we can address climate change. Some of them stress the need to act collectively as well as personally:

"We need the community to get on board to pressure for bigger social and political change" ...

84. Donate money to help climate groups.

85. Sign petitions on climate change (e.g. about coal mines, dirty power stations).

86. Lobby against policies that place profit before the environment.

87. Pressure your bank and superannuation fund to divest of fossil fuels.

88. Tell your local, state and federal politicians that your vote depends on their climate policies.

89. Lobby your local council to divest of fossil fuels.

90. Join groups pressing for the closure of coal mines, ports, dirty power stations.

91. Lobby for measures of progress which don't just rely on economic indicators.

92. Join groups advocating for higher renewable energy targets.

93. Join groups advocating for higher energy efficiency ratings for houses.

94. Support groups that advocate for just climate policies that protect the most vulnerable in our society.

95. Join in marches and rallies and protests, and bring your friends and family.

Pondering our own role in the wicked problem of climate change can create a dilemma, but if we personally focus on making relatively easy changes within our control and collaborate together at the community level, we will feel less helpless and we will hasten social change.

In our own lifetimes we have seen how entrenched attitudes and behaviours accumulated over centuries can dissolve in the modern era of mass education and mass communication. The anti-littering television campaign of 1969 - Keep Australia Beautiful is a good example. While littering still happens it appropriate disposal of rubbish has become the normative behaviour. Habits can change and attitudes and expectations of the community are taught to new generations. We change our habits when we change what we collectively value.

While many of us do what we can at home, CCBR's primary role is to engage and work with like minded people in the local and wider community to help build the momentum for social change. Specifically we join together and with like minded others to demand change from our political representatives and business leaders.

With every passing year our understanding of the threat grows. Every year the warnings from scientists grow louder and every year the political leadership continues to obfuscate and turn a deaf ear. We are all told that the window of opportunity to deal with the climate crisis is closing and with every delay and lost opportunity the risks of runaway climate change climb and a survivable outcome becomes less likely.

We see our primary role to engage and work with like minded people in the community and build the pressure on business and government to do what it takes to keep global temperature rise to under 1.5 degrees by 2050.

Whatever your interests or skills, we can offer you an opportunity to contribute and we won't ask you to do more than you are able. Visit our campaigns page to see how you can help.