The Obama campaign was one of the most successful on-the-ground campaigns in history. Millions of volunteers took the campaign to their neighbours and friends. Their secret? 'Camp Obama'.

At 'Camp Obama' volunteers around the United States learnt how to integrate powerful stories with strategy and skills. Meeting each other at a million points of hope and energy, these combined to build a powerful popular movement. Now the Union Climate Connectors team is partnering with Getup!, local Australian Conservation Foundation members and local environment groups to bring this powerful training to Brisbane.

We've already seen in the lead-up to the federal election that we're back to politics as usual: sound bites, spin doctors and media pundits ignoring real people and their stories. This is the opportunity to learn the secret weapon of the Obama campaign so we can work together in Brisbane to make sure climate change is on the agenda in this election.

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Pull any string in the climate crisis knot and you’ll find it hitched up to all the others.
Food is no exception.

Modern agriculture is a major carbon polluter because it uses tonnes of fuel and fertilisers. Methane, mainly from belching cows, and nitrous oxide from nitrate fertilisers, are also potent greenhouse gases. Food production causes deforestation, as more and more land grows pasture and feed crops for livestock, and palm oil for processed foods. Deforestation makes Indonesia and Brazil the planet’s third and fourth worst polluters.

But the good news is that the solutions can be delicious, nutritious and ingenious.

Our first kit for 2010 - Water!

Our challenge: In south-eastern Australia, home to most of our people and agriculture, rainfall is declining. Our CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology tell us this is primarily due to human-caused climate change.

The good news: It’s possible to get the goods and services we need—crops, clean clothes, sanitation—with less water. Smart, innovative households, farmers and urban water managers are taking action to secure our water future. We’ve picked best ideas so you can too.

Check out some ideas for how you can protect your water, and a great activity for the kids in the Climate Connectors Water kit!

After a disappointing result on National climate laws, we now look to world leaders to make the right decision for the future of our kids and ourselves. We know you've heard a lot on the news - the good and the bad - about the conference in Copenhagen next week, and it is all overwhelming. So for an overview of where we stand right now, and the chance to stay updated as the negotiations progress download our Copenhagen Action Kit now!

For the second of the Union Climate Connectors action kits, the issue we're addressing is Energy.
Can't see it, but it's one of the major sources of our contribution to the climate crisis. So now's our chance to start making some changes to our own energy use and limit our input in all areas of our lives!