You’ve taken the #VoteLikeAParent pledge — now help spread the word by updating your profile picture with a custom overlay.

It’s a simple act with big impact. When other parents see you speaking up, they’re more likely to join too.

Together, we can make this election a turning point for our kids.

➡️ Upload your photo to one of the many tempates below get started.

Build A Ballot, a new tool designed to empower voters, particularly young and climate-conscious individuals.

Developed by Project Planet, it helps users identify which local candidates align with their values on critical issues like renewables, climate action, housing, and education.

✨ What is Build-a-Ballot?

Build-a-Ballot is a quick, non-partisan tool from our friends at Project Planet. It helps you make sense of your voting options - based on your values.

✅ Takes less than 2 minutes
✅ No parties or slogans — just your values
✅ Helps you create your own personalised voting plan
✅ Easy to share with other parents, friends and family 

Share this with more parents  try it for yourself - build-a-ballot

It’s about voting like a parent — because their future is on the ballot.

Now let's get this into the hands of as many people as we can 🙌

Scroll through the sharing content options below, find one that resonates with you, and click through to share to your networks.

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Quick FAQ for Parents

Q: Is this tool biased or linked to a political party?

A: No - Build-a-Ballot is strictly non-partisan. It matches your values to policies, not parties.

Q: Is this just for younger voters or progressive parents?

A: It’s for anyone who wants to understand their choices - without the spin.

Q: What happens with my data?

A: Your information is secure and only used to send you your voting plan.

Q: I’ve already decided how I’ll vote - should I still do it?

A: Yes! It might affirm your choice - or surprise you. Either way, it’s great to share with others.

Q: What if I’m still unsure after using it?

A: The tool links to more info so you can do your own research - and build a personalised plan.

Q: Who’s behind Build-A-Ballot?

A: Build a Ballot is a project by Project Planet Inc. We’re a small charity focused on helping Australians better understand climate change, and find themselves in the solutions.

More unanswered questions go HERE to access more FAQ.

Q: Is this tool biased or linked to a political party?

A: No - Build-a-Ballot is strictly non-partisan. It matches your values to policies, not parties.

Q: Is this just for younger voters or progressive parents?

A: It’s for anyone who wants to understand their choices - without the spin.

Q: What happens with my data?

A: Your information is secure and only used to send you your voting plan.

Q: I’ve already decided how I’ll vote - should I still do it?

A: Yes! It might affirm your choice - or surprise you. Either way, it’s great to share with others.

Q: What if I’m still unsure after using it?

A: The tool links to more info so you can do your own research - and build a personalised plan.

Q: Who’s behind Build-A-Ballot?

A: Build a Ballot is a project by Project Planet Inc. We’re a small charity focused on helping Australians better understand climate change, and find themselves in the solutions.

More unanswered questions go HERE to access more FAQ.

Parents across the country are celebrating the Federal Government’s landmark battery rebate announcement, calling it the “missing link” in unlocking cheaper power bills, climate security, and energy independence for families and small businesses.

The new policy will deliver a 30 per cent discount off the up-front cost of installing home batteries, saving families up to a further $1,100-2,300 a year, on top of existing solar savings and state-based incentives, from July 1. Batteries allow families to store solar energy and use it at night making this investment a game-changer for the one in three households already generating clean, cheap electricity from their rooftops.

On February 10th, 2025, Independent MP Dr. Sophie Scamps introduced the Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill to the Australian Parliament - an historic step toward making sure our leaders consider the long-term impact of their decisions on the generations to come.

This Bill gives us a powerful opportunity to shift politics from short-term thinking to long-term solutions - on climate, health, cost of living, education, and more. It’s common-sense, cross-party, and urgently needed.

As parents and carers, we know what it means to plan for the future. It’s time our governments did the same.

What the Bill will do:

Order your free yard sign >>

You’ve pledged to vote for your kids’ future — now help spread the message where it matters most: right outside your front door.

By displaying a yard sign, you’re:

✅ Sparking local conversations
✅ Showing candidates that parents care
✅ Encouraging others to take a stand for climate action

Let’s fill our neighbourhoods with hope, love, and climate courage — one yard at a time.

👉 Order your free sign here

We’ll post it to you for free. Numbers are limited, so get in early.

As parents, we want the best for our kids — now and into the future. That means voting with love, courage, and climate in mind.

There are 12.5 million parents in Australia — 2 in 3 voters. Together, we’re a powerful force for change.

By pledging to #VoteLikeAParent, you’re joining thousands of mums, dads, carers and grandparents calling for bold climate leadership to protect what we love most.

Let’s show candidates that if they want our vote, they need to back real climate action — for our kids, and their future.

As parents, we want the best for our kids — now and into the future. That means voting with love, courage, and climate in mind.

There are 12.5 million parents in Australia — 2 in 3 voters. Together, we’re a powerful force for change.

By pledging to #VoteLikeAParent, you’re joining thousands of mums, dads, carers and grandparents calling for bold climate leadership to protect what we love most.

Let’s show candidates that if they want our vote, they need to back real climate action — for our kids, and their future.

🪧 Get Your Free “No New Coal and Gas” Yard Sign

Join thousands of parents raising their voices for a safe climate future.

Displaying a yard sign is a simple, powerful way to show your support for action on climate — starting with a clear message:
No new coal or gas. Our kids deserve better.

Whether it’s in your front yard, fence, window or balcony, your sign helps start conversations, inspire neighbours, and show decision-makers that families care.

👉 Order your free yard sign now >>

💡 About the signs:

There are different signs to choose from, including “Protect Our Family: No New Coal or Gas"

Printed on weatherproof corflute 

We’ll post it to you for free — but supplies are limited, so get in early.

You can put this sign on your lawn, window or balcony

Optional: chip in to help us send more signs across the country

👋 Who we are

Parents for Climate is a community of mums, dads, carers and grandparents working together to protect our kids from climate change. We’re non-partisan, solutions-focused, and united by one thing: love for our children and a determination to give them a safe, liveable future.

This yard sign campaign is part of our Protect What You Love campaign — helping parents use their voices to push for strong climate leadership this election.

🕊️ Let’s make it clear: no new coal or gas — for the sake of our kids.

👉 Order your sign today >>

By displaying a yard sign, you’re:

✅ Sparking local conversations
✅ Showing candidates that parents care
✅ Encouraging others to take a stand for climate action

Let’s fill our neighbourhoods with hope, love, and climate courage — one yard at a time.

It's easy to build a constructive relationship with your political representatives - just follow these steps.

The most effective method to get on the radar of your Member of Parliament (MP) is to meet with them. It is part of their job to meet with constituents (you!) and take your concerns to the government. You have every right to simply phone their office and ask for an appointment.

Your Number #1 Goal - is to develop a positive and constructive long term relationship with your local MP. Play the long game. Change is created through constant, consistent actions over time!

Organising the Meeting

• Phone, email or drop in to your MP’s office and ask to make an appointment to meet with them. State what you want to discuss.
  • If you keep getting knock backs, ask to speak with their advisor.
  • To find your MP’s details, use the official links, or if in doubt, use google.
• If at first you don’t succeed, politely persist, persist, persist, persist and persist.
• Once you get an appointment (it may be some time away), find one or more fellow constituents to join you and increase the perception that “we are many”.
• Please update the Parents for Climate staff team about your appointment and any requests for support - [email protected]

Preparation

• Prepare a few dot points about what you want to say just so you feel more confident. You don’t need to do lots of research and be an expert!
  • Have clear messages and asks
  • Cover 2-3 issues max. Assume you have 30 minutes - time goes fast!
  • Research the background of the MP: what bills/policies have they supported or blocked (https://theyvoteforyou.org.au )? What do they stand for? Do they have children? What are their interests?
  • Prepare a 1-2 page summary (include graphs/ photos if relevant)
    
    • Add talking notes for your reference.
  • Ensure to include a key ask of your MP. Examples include:
    • Speak to a minister on your behalf.
    • Ask a question in parliament at question time.
    • Make a speech in parliament.
    • Lobby their colleagues in caucus.
    • Organise an electorate town hall with a minister.
    • Introduce you to someone who can help.
    • Pledge to support a policy.
    • Get their local party branch to support a policy.
• Share the essential points of your proposed agenda with your MP or their contact person to let them know you have a constructive and focussed agenda they can prepare for.

In the Meeting

• When you attend the meeting, be polite, courteous and calm. Strong disagreement can embed opposition and undermine long-term constructive potential for relationships to develop, and for politicians to shift their position. Getting upset can alienate them to your cause. Speak from the heart about your children’s future and your concerns about climate change. If the MP has children you could connect with them about this.
• Make notes of what he or she tells you - this is useful to share with others and to hold them accountable for what they say.
• Make notes of what they ask of you, or what support they are looking for in terms of information or their areas of special interest. Make sure you then follow up with them to provide useful information. This increases our impact on their thinking.
• Ask for permission to take and share a photo (or screenshot) with the MP.
• Send your photo to the staff team at Parents for Climate to promote on national channels, like our Facebook page after the meeting! facebook.com/parentsforclimate
• Share the image with the MP or their team for their own use in promoting your meeting (and your agenda)

Post Meeting

• Inform the Parents for Climate staff team about the meeting, topics covered and any outcomes that may be of interest to our national political strategy. Your feedback can help us improve our strategy and help us map our impact. [email protected]
• Follow up with an email summary of the meeting including the discussion and ask. Agree on a timeline for them to respond or action your ‘Meeting Ask’
• Work with the staff team at Parents for Climate to follow up on any areas of special interest or requests for support, or further information that we can provide the MP or their team, to further develop support for our agenda

Check out our How to Lobby Your MP page here for more resources

As parents, we’d do anything for our kids. We promise to protect them, guide them, and give them every chance at a safe, happy future. That’s why we’re coming together to take action on climate change.

Australia is home to 12.5 million parents — that’s 2 in 3 voters. When we raise our voices together, we can be a powerful force for change.

Make a pinky promise for our kids' climate

The Parent Pledge is a personal commitment to speak up, take action, and push for climate ambition — not just at election time, but every day. It’s a way to show candidates, communities, and each other: parents are paying attention, and we’re not backing down.

Energy costs are an increasing burden and too many schools and early childhood centres are missing out on the benefits of bill-busting clean energy installations.

Solar and batteries for all schools and childcare centres can save schools money, reduce childcare costs, and employ thousands of people - it’s a win-win-win.

This is Australia’s largest clean energy proposal that will benefit every community in the country.

But it won’t happen without our support. We need to build an unstoppable wave of positive support for schools and early learning powered by clean energy. Add you name to the letter to state and federal leaders to show your support.

Let’s Solar Our Learning, together!

Solar Our Learning will:

• Slash school and early childhood centre energy bills, freeing up more funds for learning resources and childcare places
• Save large schools $114,000 in energy bills per year, small schools $12,700 per year and $12,400 - $14,600 per year for early childhood centres
• Protect schools and early childhood centres from future energy price rises, reducing financial pressures on services and parents alike
• Create at least 6,870 renewable energy jobs in all regions of Australia.
• Save millions of tonnes of carbon emissions per year.

Want to find out more? Check out the main Solar Our Learning campaign page for more information

Reimagine Christmas with Our Thoughtful Giving Guide

This Christmas, we’re transforming the season into something truly meaningful and planet-friendly. Inspired by the creativity of Parents for Climate supporters, our “Thoughtful Giving: How Parents Are Reimagining Christmas” guide is filled with simple, joyful ways to celebrate without the waste.

Discover secondhand treasures, planet-friendly wrapping ideas, unforgettable experiences, and gifts that give back to nature. It’s all about connection, care, and creating memories that last a lifetime.

👉 Add your details to download the guide today and make this holiday season one to cherish—for your family and the planet.

New research shows the vast majority of Australian families are struggling to afford household essentials, including food, and the high prices of oil and gas are driving up bills and crunching already stretched household budgets.

This comes as a new report from Parents for Climate and Climate Council, ‘Under Pressure’, examines how extreme weather is driving up insurance bills and finds parents are worried that climate change will make our cost of living crisis even worse. The report includes YouGov polling which shows:

• More than half of Australian families have reduced the amount or quality of food they’re buying and one third said their children had been impacted by a lower variety and quality of food.
• Insurance stress is causing 71% of parents to worry about higher premiums due to more intense and frequent unnatural disasters driven by climate pollution.
• Two in three families have cut back on heating and cooling their homes.
• The vast majority (71%) of parents are worried about both the rising cost of living and climate change.

Overwhelmingly, parents want access to popular solutions to our cost of living and climate crises, like solar panels, household batteries and energy efficient appliances. But many can’t afford the upfront costs or live in rentals, and need help from governments to access upgrades that cut bills and climate pollution at the same time.

Under Pressure, a report from Parents for Climate and Climate Council shows that oil and gas are making a material contribution to overall inflation. The price of oil and gas has risen much more than other goods, putting pressure on family budgets and pushing up inflation overall.

The report includes a survey of over 1,000 households across Australia and YouGov polling which shows:

• More than half of Australian families have reduced the amount or quality of food they’re buying and one third said their children had been impacted by a lower variety and quality of food.
• Insurance stress is causing 71% of parents to worry about higher premiums due to more intense and frequent unnatural disasters driven by climate pollution.
• Two in three families have cut back on heating and cooling their homes.
• The vast majority (71%) of parents are worried about both the rising cost of living and climate change.

Overwhelmingly, parents want access to popular solutions to our cost of living and climate crises, like solar panels, household batteries and energy efficient appliances. But many can’t afford the upfront costs or live in rentals, and need help from governments to access upgrades that cut bills and climate pollution at the same time.

 

 

 

Key findings

 

1. The climate crisis is driving up the costs of insurance for all Australians as extreme weather events become more common and intense, risks to life and property worsen and premiums rise in response.

• Pollution from coal, oil and gas is overheating our planet and driving worsening unnatural disasters. As the risk of property loss and damage increases, so do the premiums being charged by insurance companies.

• Collectively, Australians are paying $30 billion more today on insurance than they were only 10 years ago.

• Many households at higher risk of extreme weather are being priced out of insurance altogether, as it becomes more difficult or too expensive for people to source insurance.

 

2. Australians are paying much more today to power their homes with gas, or refuel their cars. Higher costs for oil and gas are also fuelling inflation, which increases the price of many other everyday items.

• Petrol and diesel costs have increased significantly. Filling up a 70-litre tank of petrol costs about $30 more now than it did at the start of 2020.

• With transport costs embedded in many items we commonly buy, this is a key driver of inflation, and affects the price of everyday items like groceries.

• Heating homes with gas has become increasingly expensive, with the gas bill for a four- bedroom home in Victoria jumping up by as much as $750 per year since 2020.

• Many businesses, from restaurants to office buildings, are also paying more for heating, cooling or cooking that’s powered by polluting gas. These costs are ultimately passed onto their customers, and are another driver of inflation.

• The recent peak in inflation was the highest in more than 30 years, and has seen the cost of everyday items increase by 22 percent on average since 2020. Our analysis shows the price of petrol, diesel and gas have all risen two to three times higher than that - making a bad situation even worse.

Take Action: Make your voice heard

Help us get this report in front of every politician in the country and create the change we want to see!

Australia is already a world leader in rooftop solar. Now is time to include those who are being left behind with rising oil and gas costs. We need support for a rapid uptake of rooftop solar, electric vehicles, household batteries and the removal of expensive gas appliances from family homes. It's a critical moment to affect key state and federal decisions. Will you show your MP the report findings?

Together we can convince our leaders to create real, long-term relief from cost of living pressures, whilst also reducing emissions. But we need to act to have impact.

Follow the guides below for Australian representatives

My kids were late for school today. Not because we overslept, but because I wanted them to feel comfortable and loved, no matter how long it takes to put on their shoes. I just smiled and felt the overwhelming urge to protect what we love.

Let's face it, the US election feels like a big deal for our kids climate. It might be. But what happens next is up to us.

As the US elects an administration that will harm global climate action, it is clear we have more work to do. Let us gather our strength and hold fast. 

It’s far from game over and momentum is on our side. But momentum requires our energy. 

Momentum is a formula: speed times mass. Every one of us can contribute to the speed of climate action through our own actions. And every one of us is required to build a mass capable of unstoppable change. 

That’s why I’m calling on you, to help build the resources we need to engage a million parents in actively supporting climate solutions in the lead up to the Australia election in a few month’s time.

Start a fundraiser and raise a few bucks to power our plan to build community support for climate action where its needed most.

Justin Medcalf is a Financial Adviser at Australia’s oldest ethical and impact investment advisory practice, Ethinvest, having worked in the financial planning industry since 2004.

After founding an ethical investment advisory firm in 2008, he joined forces with Ethinvest and 10 other practices to establish the Ethical Advisers’ Co-op, before launching Australia’s first responsible investment-dedicated investment platform.

Justin is the former Head of Innovation (Wealth) at Bendigo Bank and spent most of the last decade on the board of the peak ethical and responsible investment (RI) industry body, RIAA. During this time, he helped shape the mainstreaming of RI through the globally recognised Certification Program.

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