Shutterstock August 24, 2021 Ordinary people, extraordinary change: addressing the climate emergency through ‘quiet activism’ Wendy Steele, RMIT University; Diana MacCallum, Curtin University; Donna Houston, Macquarie University; Jason Byrne, University of Tasmania, and Jean Hillier, RMIT University In the absence of national leadership, local communities are forging new responses to the climate crisis in places where they live, work and play. These three examples show how.