Articles and media releases
Showing Up to Celebrate World Environment Day!
June 08, 2026
When we put a call out to our national local group network to host an event for World Environment Day, we weren’t sure exactly what would end up on the calendar. What we did know is that whatever our local groups decided to do...
Read MoreA Reflection: On Leaders and Leading
June 04, 2026
I’ve spent a long time thinking about what makes a leader. Who steps into leadership, why they do it, and what helps them make a meaningful impact in their community. These questions matter deeply for the climate movement, because the change we need depends...
Read MoreWe're Heading to Australia's Biggest BBQ Lesson and It's Powered by the Sun
May 29, 2026
On Sunday 7 June, our Parents for Climate local team will be at Zestiny Farm on the NSW Central Coast for something genuinely historic: a Guinness World Record attempt for the world’s largest BBQ cooking lesson. And we’d love you to join us. The...
Read MoreBudget 2026 - families lead where leaders don't
May 14, 2026
This week, the Albanese Government handed down a budget responding to the largest energy crisis the world has faced. That’s not an easy job. But it was also an opportunity to build the future our kids are counting on us to get right. Sadly,...
Read MoreSending a Signal: How busy families can step up for World Environment Day 2026
May 08, 2026
Let’s be honest: between school runs, lunchbox prep, and the endless pile of laundry, "saving the planet" can feel like just another thing to feel guilty about. When we see news of rising temperatures, it’s easy to feel stuck. But the truth is, it...
Read MoreCardboard Cubbies and Clean Energy: Parents for Climate goes to Parliament
May 07, 2026
What do you get when you combine two cardboard cubby houses, a roll of tin foil, a big box of Duplo, and a face painter with 16 kids and 25 determined parents? You get Powering Our Kids’ Future, our first-ever Parents for Climate event held...
Read MoreBook Review: The Power of Positive Pranking
May 07, 2026
Who says being a "prankster" has to land you in the principal's office? I recently sat down with my daughter to read The Power of Positive Pranking by Australian author Nat Amoore (shout out to Rebecca Sparrow’s Rebel Readers Book Club for the recommendation!)....
Read MorePowering our Kids' Future, Parliament House event - 1 April
April 13, 2026
Wednesday, April 1, at Parliament House, more than 25 parents and 16 children from across Australia met with over 25 MPs and Senators to call for cost-saving energy resilience through solar and batteries on every school and childcare centre. The Solar Our Learning event...
Read MoreHealth professionals, disaster survivors and families unite to back tax on big polluters
March 29, 2026
Three of Australia’s leading community climate organisations have called on the Federal Government to introduce a 25% tax on gas exports, as momentum builds ahead of the May budget for action on the soaring profits being made by gas corporations during another energy crisis....
Read MoreNSW coal update falls short of what science, families and regional communities need
March 19, 2026
Parents for Climate says the NSW Government’s updated coal position is a welcome sign that coal expansion cannot continue unchecked, but warns the changes are still too weak to meet the scale of the challenge facing families, workers and regional communities. Parents for Climate...
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