Empowering Communities for a Resilient Future

As climate change increases the frequency and severity of natural disasters, communities need to be prepared and resilient. Landcare NSW’s People Led Prevention (PLP) Project is designed to empower local communities to understand natural hazard risks and take proactive steps in disaster preparedness.

With support from the Disaster Risk Reduction Fund (via the NSW Reconstruction Authority), Landcare NSW has developed practical resources and tools to guide communities through this process.

Our Mission

We aim to strengthen disaster resilience across NSW by working with local communities to foster long-term behaviour changes. Through collaboration, we help individuals and groups prepare for natural hazards such as floods, bushfires, and storms using nature-based solutions.

Why Get Involved?

Your Role in Disaster Resilience Matters
Landcare believes that building a disaster-resilient community starts with you. Whether you’re a newcomer or a long-time resident, there are simple yet powerful actions you can take to protect your home, land, and community.

• Understand your local risks
• Connect with your community
• Implement nature-based solutions

Together, we can reduce the impacts of disasters, protect the environment, and support each other.

Tools for Action

Through the PLP Project, Landcare NSW has developed a Toolkit of resources to help you engage with your community and make disaster preparedness a part of daily life. These resources include:

• Behavior Change Models
  Tailored to help you understand how communities can adopt new disaster resilience behaviors. The COM-B Model and EAST Framework guide how we engage with communities and design effective interventions.
• Engagement Activities
  Practical tools like kitchen table conversations, workshops, and community field days help bring people together. These activities focus on making disaster preparedness easy, attractive, social, and timely (EAST).
• Resources for Every Setting
  From written guides to visual materials and templates, our resources are designed to cater to different learning styles and help you take meaningful action.

Rapid Research Paper

This paper has been prepared as part of Landcare NSW’s broader practice and behaviour change learning for the Landcare community. It builds upon Landcare’s previous experience, wisdom, and knowledge to provide deeper insights into how to influence behaviour change, and Landcare’s role in this. The purpose of this paper is to clearly identify, understand and leverage the barriers and enablers of behaviour change in order to provide insights to inform Landcare’s future work. It identifies general barriers and enablers and examines how they impact on behaviour change to help to guide Landcare’s ways of working.

Information regarding Barriers and Enablers of specific intervention may be found in Landcare’s People Led Prevention project resources funded by the Reconstruction Authority in 20221. 

This paper is intended for use by Landcare NSW and Local Landcare Networks to support behaviour change. 

Landcare and Nature-Based Solutions

By promoting nature-based solutions, Landcare NSW is advocating for sustainable methods that not only reduce disaster risks but also protect the environment. Whether it’s planting trees to reduce flood risks or using vegetation to prevent landslips, our approach combines practicality with ecological preservation.

Join the Movement

Are you ready to take action? Explore our tools, attend a workshop, or host a community conversation. Landcare NSW is here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build stronger, more connected, and resilient communities.

Downloadable Toolkit Resources