ChilOut wishes to place the issue of asylum seeking children into the realm of child’s rights and child protection. The decision of whether a child is found to be a refugee is an immigration issue: how that child is treated whilst awaiting the decision is a child protection issue. All children regardless of race, religion, class or immigration status should be covered by child protection laws. There should never be a loophole for child abuse or neglect. Our aim is to see Federal legislation enacted to ensure no child is detained in an Australian immigration detention centre for more than 14 days; and the appointment of an independent guardian for unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in Australia.

Choose Cruelty Free aims to make people aware of their power, as consumers, to change attitudes about testing products on animals. CCF publishes and distributes the PPL (Preferred Products List), a booklet listing companies and brand names that operate under a cruelty-free ethic, and encourages manufacturers and service providers to adopt a cruelty-free ethic. CCF surveys companies which claim to sell products that have not been tested on animals and do not contain cruelly-derived ingredients and accredits (without charging a fee) companies which satisfy CCF that they do not test their products on animals and do not contain cruelly derived ingredients. CCF publishes a list of which companies are on the list (avail on website) to inform people of which brands are safe.

We are a group of people in the Canberra region who are concerned about climate change and want to catalyse an emergency response to the climate crisis. We often focus on whats happening in Federal parliament. We are the Canberra chapter of several national campaigns as well as working with other Canberra groups to cut the cities CO2 emissions . We aim to act as a hub for information and an entry point for people to facilitate their productive engagement in climate change issues.

CANWin works to minimise climate change and prepare for the effects of peak oil in the Southern highlands of NSW. We recognise that none of us can do this alone, but together we “must be the change we want to see in the world” (Mahatma Ghandi). CANWin runs regular public events, such as speaker nights, film nights, and our recent Clean Energy Future workshop. We research and prepare information sheets for members and the public on scientific and technical matters that affect the sustainability of life on the Highlands. CANWin initiatives include programs such as Fruit Rescue and Community Exchange Southern Highlands, and we collaborate with many other local groups that share our vision for a united, resilient and sustainable community.

One of our oldest and most exciting ventures is Transition Shire Wingecarribee, part of the world-wide Transition Network.

The Climate Emergency Action Network of South Australia (CLEAN) is a grassroots climate action group, linked nationally with the Community Climate Network. CLEAN organises community actions, outreach and education in Adelaide and Port Augusta. CLEAN aims to help build a broad, popular climate movement and can assist Adelaide communities to start climate action groups, conduct presentations, or access information. CLEAN believes in a fast transition to a zero carbon economy, with a just transition for Australian workers in affected industries.

The eight so-called game species that are allowed to be shot during the duck season are protected native waterbirds for nine months of year. These birds are an integral part of Australia's ecosystem. There is absolutely no scientific or environmental reason for allowing these beautiful waterbirds to be shot. The Victorian Labor Government actively promotes the recreational shooting of Australia's defenseless native waterbirds. They are environmental vandals. Each year, the state Labor Government services a small minority of duck shooters by declaring a duck season. The Coalition opposes this government sanctioned practice and works to actively protect and rescue targeted birds during duck season. Activities include awareness raising about the environmental risks and cruelty of duck shooting; political lobbying against legal duck shooting; and direct action (scaring birds away pre-emptively during duck season and rescuing injured birds).

Collective Shout is a grassroots campaigns movement mobilising and equipping individuals and groups to target corporations, advertisers, marketers and media which objectify women and sexualise girls to sell products and services.

Collective Shout names, shames and exposes corporations, advertisers, marketers and media engaging in practices which are offensive and harmful, especially to women and girls, but also to men and boys. Collective Shout is for anyone concerned about the increasing pornification of culture and the way its messages have become entrenched in mainstream society, presenting distorted and dishonest ideas about women and girls, sexuality and relationships.

The Commons Social Change Library is an online collection of free resources.

We gather resources from Australia and around the world on a broad range of topics including campaign strategy, organising, digital campaigning, communications and media, working effectively in groups, diversity and inclusion and much more. Our materials include videos, podcasts, articles, manuals, how-to-guides, book reviews and much more.

The Commons exists to support the efforts of people working for social change by connecting you with skills and information.

The CES is a community-based exchange system that provides the means for its users to exchange their goods and services, both locally and remotely. It could also be described as a global complementary trading network that operates without money as it is commonly understood (i.e. people trade their skills and time for mutual benefit). Unlike the conventional money-based exchange system, the CES has no physical currency. There are many similar trading systems around the world, commonly know as Local Exchange Trading Systems (LETS), Mutual Credit trading systems or Time Banks. These exchange systems build community and keep wealth where it is created. The CES takes this a step further by providing the means for inter-community trading, right up to the global level.

CCWA is Western Australia's peak environment and sustainability group with over 90 member groups and have been an outspoken advocate for conservation and a sustainable WA for over 45 years. We work with community, government and industry towards a more sustainable future for Western Australia. We work on policy development and legislative change, consultation, campaigning, submission writing, and environmental education. We provide support and a forum for other conservation groups. We liaise directly with the Government, media departments, community groups, and political parties. We are looking beyond short-term profit and instead working towards a clean economy in WA that provides opportunities without polluting the environment.

The CORENA fund is people-powered and donation-based. It enables people all over Australia to get on with the job of building more renewable energy capacity instead of just waiting on government action.

Contributions to the QUICK WIN PROJECTS pay for energy efficiency measures and solar PV and/or solar hot water at the premises of non-profit community-serving organisations. We provide an interest-free loan which the recipient will pay back to the Fund out of the subsequent savings on their power bills. Since the solar panels and other measures pay for themselves over time, it reduces our collective carbon emissions without ever costing the recipient organisation a cent. Loan repayments are then 'recycled' to help fund subsequent similar projects, so each donated dollar gets used over and over again.

Contributions to the BIG WIN PROJECT will build a citizen-owned 50MW solar thermal plant with storage. If 720,000 people each contribute $8/week for ONE year, we will have $300 million (the approximate price tag).

We built the Do Gooder online campaign platform because we believe that the best way to change the world is to empower everyone to do it – and that every person who stands up to do good should have ready access to the best tools possible. There are a bunch of pricey, and often complex, platforms designed for large organisation that can help them do their thing. And there are simple petition sites just about anyone can use that are handy for tipping a decision as it's about to go down. We believe that in between these two extremes stands a growing army of citizen activists ready to take action – but without the tools they need. Our goal is to make Do Gooder an indispensable tool in the global activist arsenal – and to help expand that global activist community many times over.