Resources: Take Practical Actions

This guide provides suggestions on working effectively as a virtual team. Virtual collaboration involves using online tools to connect, share ideas, and build collective intelligence. This has been made possible…

Working in partnership with others is a great way to build a collaborative culture in your community. Why are partnerships are important? What are different types of partnerships? What makes…

Creating a collective positive vision of your future community can be creative and energising, putting you in touch with how important it is to have a safe, healthy, peaceful future,…

A timeline is a useful way of setting down some of the practical steps needed to introduce changes in your community. It is a way of realising your vision in…

Supporting the process of turning a group's ideas into real action, this guide offers a clear and practical approach to coming up with ideas, implementing, and managing projects that help…

Small practical projects help show people in your community that you can make things happen. This document lists some small practical projects you can carry out when you are first…

Interactive and fun activities and events where the community can participate are a good way to promote your project and the work you do.  This list includes a few examples…

The purpose of the community group climate action toolkit is to provide practical and easy to use guidance on how to set up and develop a new group, in any…

Wildfires, heatwaves, droughts, floods and storms are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change, often with disastrous consequences. Working out your risks and taking action well in advance…

Forest gardens combine fruit and nut trees, shrubs, herbs, vines and perennial vegetables to create low maintenance food production systems. The crops reduce food miles, trees and soil absorb carbon…

Hotter, drier summers and stronger winds mean more intense wildfires, more often. Action is needed to reduce risk to property, self, habitat and wildlife. Areas that were not previously considered…

Flooding poses a major threat to property and life. Climate change is creating more floods through sea level rise, stronger storms and more intense rainfall events. Simple defences like sand…