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My Proving Grounds,
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Nillumbik CAN [Climate Action Now]
Nillumbik CAN (NCAN) is a climate action group made up of environmentally aware volunteers living and/or working in Nillumbik Shire, Victoria, Australia, with the common goal of "achieving carbon neutrality for the region through education and action projects within the local community." Such groups are know as Climate Action Groups. NCAN is a member of the Eastern Region Climate Action Network (ERCAN), the new coalition of climate change groups and ClimateMovement.org.au. NCAN amalgamated with the community group People for Environmental Protection (PEP), est 1998. The group holds regular semi-formal meetings where they decide what action needs to be taken to lobby the government both local, state and commonwealth.

On the 8th of November 2007 NCAN participated in the first Joint Declaration of climate action groups to tell the then Austrlian Prime Minister John Howard MP and Leader of the Opposition Kevin Rudd MP that "It is clear to us that the climate change initiatives proposed by both major parties, at the time of writing, will not bring about the necessary reductions in emissions to keep global warming below the danger threshold (agreed by the IPCC) of 2°C above pre-industrial levels by the time our young children reach adulthood." along with a list of highly suggested pledges for legislation and targets. On the 26th November 2007 they participated in the second Joint Declaration of climate action groups, this time just to Kevin Rudd MP, the recently elected Prime Minister of Australia, that held much the same views.