Victorian Congress 2025

Women changing the climate

A festival of women leading climate action

Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

Friday 28 to Sunday 30 March 2025

Venue: Castlemaine Town Hall, 25 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine

A call to all women

The Women’s Climate Congress (WCC) invites women of Australia, in all our diversity, to come together with other women to explore how women are leading a national and international paradigm shift to promote more rapid action on climate change based on compassion, kindness, and care for all life on Earth.

Part congress and part festival, this event will include:

• Keynote presentations about:

  • challenging the status quo and amplifying women’s voices and leadership for action on climate change

  • shifting the public discourse to multistakeholder non-partisan collaboration to promote united action to restore care for the Earth and all life to the centre of all our action on climate.

• Reading and discussing the WCC Charter for Change: A call to climate action and enjoying a game of Trivial (aka ‘Serious’) Pursuits to embed our learnings.

• Attending workshops that enable advocacy for women to act on climate change (letters or social media videos and talking to friends) to challenge the status quo and help spread our messages about women and climate.

• Practicing the ancient art of being still in nature and waiting, accessing inner deep knowledge, to learn and reflect.

• Opportunities to enjoy:

  • participating in a pop-up art exhibition, including an invitation to bring your creative craft art works for sale and to exhibit.

  • learning a sacred circle dance

  • singing and a concert opportunity for Congress participants to join in/perform

  • an opportunity on Friday to visit some of the attractions of the town e.g. Buda mansion and/or guided bushwalk.

  • visiting the Castlemaine botanical gardens.

This is an in-person event, not available by Zoom.

ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS

Friday 28 March offers activities to settle in and enjoy Castlemaine, while the pre-paid events will occur on Saturday and Sunday.

There will be some billets for accommodation, but in and around Castlemaine there is a camp ground, cabins, B&B availability, hotels and motels – just ask Ms Google. Friday offers activities to settle in and enjoy Castlemaine, while the pre-paid events will occur on Saturday and Sunday.

If you would like to be billeted, please express your interest in this option on our registration form.

CONTACTS

For further information and assistance contact:

Margaret de Kam - mdk0550@icloud.com

Supriya Perera - supriya@mvsustainability.org.au