VICTORIAN CONGRESS 2025

WOMEN CHANGING THE CLIMATE
A festival of women leading climate action

Castlemaine, Victoria, 28-30 March 2025
Venue: Castlemaine Town Hall, 25 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine
This is an in-person event, not available by Zoom.

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 mix deep conversation based on the urgency for women to continue to challenge the status quo in relation to the current climate change crisis.

It will be a chance to:

Have Climate Conversations with invited speakers
Join interactive workshops lead by experts
Network with others in the movement
Explore the Women’s Climate Congress Charter for Change
Display your works of art around the theme of "Women and Climate"

PROGRAM OUTLINE

Friday 28 March: Arrive in Castlemaine starting 12 noon onward, settle into accommodation, participate in a range of activities to enjoy Castlemaine, including an opportunity to join other participants at a local venue for dinner (at own cost)

Saturday 29 March: Program at Town Hall including an evening activity with a shared dinner

Sunday 30 March: Program at Town Hall, concluding at 4 pm.

TICKETS AND INCLUSIONS

Please note that all accepted speakers will be required to buy tickets to the conference, in order to attend and present. As the conference is being organised by volunteers, all conference ticket sales will directly support the costs of hosting the conference.

We offer the following ticket options for you to consider your contribution:

Generosity ticket 3 days $500

Full ticket 3 days $295
Friday - $0
Saturday only - $175 (includes evening event and dinner)
Sunday only - $140

Supported ticket 3 days $175
Friday - $0
Saturday only - $100
Sunday only - $75

(Not attending) - display my 'Women or Climate' themed Work/Art $50

Flexible ticket 3 days - pay what you can afford

Any Donations over $2 are tax deductible.

FOOD

The ticket include all activities at the Town Hall:

morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, and a finger food dinner on Saturday 29 March
morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea on Sunday 30 March.

Meals and any other activities on Friday 28 March will be at your own cost.

ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS

Castlemaine has a camp ground, cabins, B&B availability, hotels and motels. The Castlemaine Fringe Festival is on at the same time, so we encourage you to book well in advance.

OUR INVITATION AND VALUES

We warmly invite women from all walks of life (cis, trans) and gender diverse people who feel drawn to our movement, to participate in this nonpartisan event.

CONTACTS & DETAILS

See our Victorian Congress 2025 webpage for further program details.

For further information and assistance contact:

Margaret de Kam - mdk0550@icloud.com
Supriya Perera - supriya@mvsustainability.org.au

SOCIALS
Hashtags: #VictorianCongress2025 #WomenChangingTheClimate

Click on image below to access our event flyer

See our Victorian Congress 2025 webpage for further program details.