“You won’t be scared, if you’re prepared.”
How can you as a young person increase your understanding of how climate change impacts you and your local community? How can you build resilience to climate change?
The below information and videos seek to help answer these questions.
BUILDING RESILIENCE
How do you stay positive?
What are some myths about climate change?
How to be prepared for extreme weather
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Visit your local council sustainability website
Visit the sustainability page on your local council’s website. This is where you will find useful resources, tools and information all tailored to your local area to further build resilience. For example, actions you can take via available council programs or opportunities to get involved in activities that help reduce carbon emissions and build community resilience.
Get active about climate change!
Join the Australian Youth Climate Coalition: A youth movement tackling the climate crisis. Running campaigns across Australia to educate and protect future generations. Come and take part in a generation-wide movement of young people leading solutions to the climate crisis.
More about this project
This resource was developed as part of SECCCA’s Enhancing Community Resilience Project. This is the output of a co-design project between a group of young people in Frankston City, the Frankston City Council, South East Councils Climate Change Alliance and the Minderoo Foundation. Thank you to the staff and students from Frankston High School and Elizabeth Murdoch College for their participation in co-designing and creating these videos. Visit the project webpage to learn more.
Below are some useful resources to help you, your family and your community build climate resilience.
Emergency Apps
Download your state’s emergency app to be informed of real-time climate-related events happening in your local area. Informed decision-making builds resilience.
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Bushfire Resilience Rating Home Self-Assessment App
Do you or your family own a home? Do you know how well your house would cope in a bushfire event?
Download this free app to understand your Resilience Rating and receive a customised action plan specific to ensure your home and property are better prepared for the next bushfire event. The app is funded by the Australian Government and supported by a number of industry sponsors.
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