About LEAN

The Labor Environment Action Network (LEAN) is a network of grassroots Labor Members who are committed to action on climate change and sustainability. LEAN originated in NSW in 2004 and recently launched in Victoria and Queensland. LEAN will launch as a national organisation in July 2009.

Keep an eye out for our new national website - coming soon!

We come from branches all across Australia, and include members from all factions, as well as members with no faction. We also have a number of state and federal MP's as members, as well as many trade union activists.

All ALP members are welcome to join, or attend our functions. LEAN is proud of Labor's record on environment protection, but believe there's more to be done.

We are committed to rank and file involvement in shaping the direction of our party and we want to ensure that environmentalism is a core part of our future.

We want to educate ourselves and our fellow branch members about the challenges we face and some of the solutions. We want to make contact with people in the community who are working on these problems, and get to know them and learn from their experiences.

Our core focus is the Labor Party itself - since our party is frequently in Government we want to make sure that our policies and programs reflect our environmental goals. But we encourage our members to be part of broader community campaigns to influence environmental outcomes.

We hold regular forums and discussions, often with prominent environmentalists. We circulate resolutions for consideration by branches, to promote debate on environmental issues.

We also circulate articles and brochures of interest and organise 'field trips'- opportunities to see first hand how environment protection is working (or not working!).