Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Seabed mining is on the ballot in Aotearoa. Kiwis Against Seabed Mining is asking every party to rule it out, which is the kind of ask that makes a position hard to dodge. 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The two biggest political donors in our influence records are both Clive Palmer mining companies. AEC returns list Mineralogy at $285m since 2005 and Queensland Nickel at $22m, and 98% of it went to parties Palmer founded himself. www.influencetracker... 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Market Forces going straight at the claim that exports have nothing to do with the domestic gas squeeze. The receipts are in the numbers; the data tells the true story. 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Strangers and a coffee company, rallied by Rainforest Rescue, bought a block of Daintree rainforest in 2010. Lot 46 was replanted and in March 2021 became a nature refuge, protected for good.theenvironmentalmovement.orgJoin Byron Bay Coffee Company in saving the Daintree - Environmental CampaignProtect Lot 46 forever Lot 46 Cape Tribulation Road is in the heart of the Daintree lowlands rainforest and is an incredibly special piece of land. Please help... 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 15/09/2026More money from student debt than from taxing gas exports. The Australia Institute is consistent in putting this one in front of people and yet it never stops being shocking. 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Most environmental organising is small and local. Of 6,201 groups we map with a known reach, 4,557 work in one place only. Just 868 are national. One is @gilbertspotoroo.bsky.social, volunteers in Albany saving one of the world's rarest marsupials, only about 120 left!potoroo.orgGilbert's Potoroo Action Group | HomepageWe are a not-for-profit community group, hoping to help save Gilbert’s Potoroo from extinction. 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Ian Plimer is considered by some to be one of Australia's best known climate sceptics. Influence Tracker records also show him in board or director roles at 10 mining, oil and gas companies, alongside advisory or member roles at 8 climate sceptic groups. Search him at www.influencetracker... 010
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Good to see the Green Climate Fund held to account here. Seven years to approve flood protection for communities in Nepal is its own kind of failure. 022
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Straight fact check on the line that coal props up the economy. Worth a watch from the Bushfire Survivors, who have direct firsthand experience of the consequences of this myth. 010
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Campaigns that ran ten years or more ended with a physical or environmental result 29.7% of the time. Under three years, 12.2%. That is 2,116 campaigns with a known start, end and outcome. Length may not be the cause. www.theenvironmental... 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Decades of BP branding on a science museum, finally over. Small win, but the sponsorship deals are where a lot of the legitimacy comes from. bsky.app/profile/jam... Check out our Australian database of fossil fuel influence at www.fossilfreeclassr... 043
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Australia's dirtiest power station drew three separate campaigns in our database: a suburban Melbourne climate group, the Quit Coal collective, and Environment Victoria The first opened in 2009. Hazelwood shut in March 2017.theenvironmentalmovement.orgReplace Hazelwood - Environmental CampaignImagine a wealthy state like Victoria being home to the dirtiest power station in the industrialized world. You’d think that was impossible wouldn’t you? Unfort... 012
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 05/09/2026One in seven organisations that donated to a major Australian party gave to both of them. Among donors with a fossil fuel, mining or energy name it is closer to one in four, 74 of 272. Search any donor yourself. www.influencetracker... 011
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Some firms turn up everywhere. At least 270 organisations in the Influence Tracker appear across all three registers: they donated to a party, hired a lobbyist and met a minister. 31 are fossil fuel, mining or energy companies. www.influencetracker... 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Worth a moment - so many groups doing so much productive, positive and powerful work. Great Southern Reef Foundation on the reef habitat that keeps going where the kelp stops. Lovely footage too. 021
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Nearly 2,000 hectares of retired grazing land in South Australia, replanted with local species between 2005 and 2014. Wetlands and Wildlife's Morella project now joins up 13,000 hectares of habitat near the Coorong.theenvironmentalmovement.orgWetlands and Wildlife - Environmental GroupAims: The aims and structure of the company: - to conserve, protect and enhance the natural environment, including wetlands and flora and fauna for the benefit... 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Environmental action has a season. Across the 182,778 events we hold from 2015 to 2025, March is the busiest month with 18,970 and January the quietest with 6,532. Over the Australian summer the movement runs at barely a third of pace.theenvironmentalmovement.orgEvents · The Environmental MovementA living record of environmental movement events across Australia, Aotearoa and the Pacific, and an open invitation to the gatherings you can join next. 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It took 31 years. WA Forest Alliance launched Forests for Life in 1990, an alternative to native forest logging backed by over 25 groups. In September 2021 WA announced the end of native forest logging.theenvironmentalmovement.orgForests for Life WA Forest Alliance - Environmental CampaignFORESTS FOR LIFE LAUNCHED. WAFA has launched a new campaign, Forests For Life, which sets out a comprehensive plan to protect native forests, grow 40 000 ha of... 000
Reposted by Environment Activism ResearchAdvocacy Research Network @advocacyresearch.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Everyone says the internet made movements leaderless. A study of campaigns from 1791 to 2019 finds only about half this century lack leaders, and it is student turnout and thin demands like democracy and rights that predict it, not technology. osf.io/preprints/so...osf.ioOSF 011
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Board seats cluster. Of 9,189 people recorded in a board or director role in the Influence Tracker, 466 sit on three or more organisations and 135 on five or more. The most connected individual is listed against 22. Search any name yourself. www.influencetracker... 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Good news worth repeating, and from across the Tasman. Australia's home battery rollout is already pulling wholesale power prices down. Nice spot and share @enviromanawatu.bsky.social 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Australia's lobbying registers are bigger than most people picture. Influence Tracker holds 22,219 named clients being lobbied for, across about 1,700 firms. One Queensland firm lists 904 of them itself. At least 325 firms act for a fossil fuel or mining company. www.influencetracker... 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 22/08/2026One of the busiest project runners in our data is an organisation whose members are children. Millennium Kids has 71 environmental projects on record, 1996 to 2020, including a school travel week that cut car arrivals 22%.theenvironmentalmovement.orgMillennium Kids - Environmental GroupWe exist for kids to tackle the big issues. Since 1996, Millennium Kids has enabled thousands of young people to have their say about the environment, leading t... 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 21/08/2026In December 2016 a Melbourne council became the world's first government to declare a climate emergency. Behind it was @darebincan.bsky.social, a volunteer group lobbying new councillors. 28 countries have since followed.theenvironmentalmovement.orgDarebin Climate Action Now - Environmental GroupDCAN was born when a group of local residents met around Carol Ride’s dining room table in 2006 to talk about how they might contribute to raising community awa... 033
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Protest is the visible part. Across the 170,483 environmental events we hold, there are almost as many hands on days as demonstrations: 25,684 tree plantings, clean ups, citizen science outings and working bees, against 26,261 protest style actions.theenvironmentalmovement.orgEvents · The Environmental MovementA living record of environmental movement events across Australia, Aotearoa and the Pacific, and an open invitation to the gatherings you can join next. 020
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Shell was told. A 1966 memo from James Lovelock warned the company that the climate was almost certainly worsening, and that burning fuel was probably why. It later helped found the Global Climate Coalition. @climateintegrity.org has the receipts. bsky.app/profile/clim... 010
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Diversity policies can miss the everyday dynamics that reproduce workplace sexism. New research on FemForce, a Dutch union women's network, finds change travels collectively, not person by person, and spreads beyond the room it started in. osf.io/preprints/so...osf.ioOSF 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Ministerial diaries in the Influence Tracker record 591 meetings involving major fossil fuel companies or the mining and gas peak bodies since 2014. Meetings involving major environment groups: 310. The Minerals Council alone appears in 123. www.influencetracker... 001
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 15/08/2026The movement runs on 136 umbrella networks linking 3,972 groups, but only 10% of groups sit in more than one. The two big connectors are Wilderness Society and @foe.org.au, each a member of 15 separate networks.theenvironmentalmovement.orgWilderness Society - Environmental GroupIt all began in 1976 with a meeting of just 16 people in the home of Tasmanian GP Dr Bob Brown. The passionate campaign that emerged to save the Franklin River... 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Who does the environmental movement actually protest? Across 16,998 protest actions where a target was recorded, 65.7% were aimed at government and only 13.5% at a company. The movement argues with the state far more than the boardroom.theenvironmentalmovement.orgEvents · The Environmental MovementA living record of environmental movement events across Australia, Aotearoa and the Pacific, and an open invitation to the gatherings you can join next. 010
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Most conservation dollars get spent once. @tasland.bsky.social buys land, locks a covenant onto the title forever, sells it on, then buys the next block with the proceeds. 7,500 hectares protected that way since 2007.theenvironmentalmovement.orgTasmanian Land Conservancy - Environmental GroupOur vision is for Tasmania to be a global leader in nature conservation. Tasmania is home to a unique array of plants and wildlife, many of which are found nowh... 000
Reposted by Environment Activism ResearchComms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 11/08/2026We’re in Canberra to support a Senate Inquiry into fossil fuel corporations influencing children’s lives through trusted institutions, including schools. #auspol 0105
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Four years from a handful of people to thousands. Happy birthday @risingtideaus.bsky.social, and thanks for showing what persistence, dedication, passion and power to continue driving forward climate action looks like. 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Climate Integrity's new investigation is worth your time: Big Oil and Gas knew the harms of methane long before they admitted it, while selling gas to the public as a climate solution. 033
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Campaigns aimed at government succeed 73% of the time in our database. Campaigns aimed at shifting public opinion succeed only 47% of the time. Pressuring the decision maker beats persuading the crowd. theenvironmentalmove... 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 07/08/2026A handful of volunteers in the small NSW town of Wooli have spent 16 years hand building sand traps and replanting native dune grasses. When Cyclone Marcia hit, their rebuilt foredune held and protected the town.theenvironmentalmovement.orgDuneCare Dune Regeneration Program - The Environmental MovementComprehensive database of environmental organizations and campaigns across Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. 010
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Environmental groups don't burn out as fast as you'd think. Of the ones in our database founded between 1960 and 1989, 87% are still active today, some now well into their fifth decade. theenvironmentalmove... 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Origin Energy was the direct target of 5 separate campaigns against fracking the NT's Beetaloo Basin between 2020 and 2022, now all closed. Meanwhile our influence tracker logs at least 48 meetings between Origin and government ministers. Search it at influencetracker.org 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 05/08/2026In 1972 Tasmania flooded Lake Pedder for a hydro scheme. The campaign to restore it helped launch the world's first Green political party and is still running 54 years later, goal still not achieved.theenvironmentalmovement.orgRestore Lake Pedder - Environmental CampaignThe flooding of Lake Pedder in 1972 for a relatively minor hydro-electric scheme created an international environmental furore. In recognition of the Lake’s rem... 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 03/08/2026At least 243 people in our Influence Tracker database appear both as an MP and as a company director or board member. One: former WA Treasurer Ben Wyatt sits on the boards of both Rio Tinto and Woodside. Search the revolving door: influencetracker.org 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Most environmental charities in our database are small outfits, not big NGOs: of 1,045 groups with a known ACNC size rating, 54% are classed Small and just 7% Large. Meet them:theenvironmentalmovement.orgEnvironmental Campaigns — The Environmental MovementComprehensive database of environmental organizations and campaigns across Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Australian Wildlife Conservancy has built the world's largest feral cat free zone at Newhaven Sanctuary in the NT, over 100,000 hectares behind fencing. Numbats and Mala, once locally extinct there, are breeding wild again. More project stories: theenvironmentalmove... 010
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Follow the money and it flows to the majors. In our Influence Tracker, about 11,900 different donors are recorded giving to Coalition parties and 6,900 to Labor, while just 1,500 have given to the Greens. Search any donor: www.influencetracker... 020
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Environmental groups rarely act alone. Mapping 16,000+ membership ties between them, the single biggest hub is Climate Action Network Australia, linking 399 member organisations into one coalition.theenvironmentalmovement.orgClimate Action Network Australia - Environmental GroupOUR VISION: A fair and sustainable Australia free of climate pollution, where people and nature are protected from dangerous climate change. OUR MISSION: Is to... 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Local environmental campaigns in our database won (fully or partially) 63% of the time. National campaigns against similar targets won only 49%. Going local isn't just easier, it works. Full breakdown: theenvironmentalmove... 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 28/07/2026More than 5,000 protest events in our database name Adani, from 2014 to this year. It is one of the most-opposed projects we track, yet the company's own recorded lobbying and donation footprint is a small fraction of that.theenvironmentalmovement.orgEvents · The Environmental MovementA living record of environmental movement events across Australia, Aotearoa and the Pacific, and an open invitation to the gatherings you can join next. 010
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Great to see @knitnannassyd.bsky.social keeping the pressure on the HVO coal mine expansion. If you haven't made a submission yet, the deadline is 2 August. 001
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Campaigns targeting banks and super funds punch above their weight. Of the finance and divestment campaigns in our database with a measurable result, 37 of 40 reached at least part of their goal, versus a 74% average. www.theenvironmental... 000
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 27/07/2026A lovely tribute from Comms Declare Sam Neill used his platform for the environment right to the end, including this year's fight against a mine in Otago. Vale. 010
Environment Activism Research @enviroactivism.bsky.social · 26/07/2026The environmental movement runs on volunteers, not payrolls. Of 1,825 groups we matched to the charity register, 56% of those with staffing data have zero paid full-time staff. The median gets by on about 10 volunteers. www.theenvironmental... 000