Games for Nature: Environmental Education through the Eyes of Young People
40+ games and activities in this toolkit by Youth and Environment Europe (YEE) to inspire and connect kids and people with nature.
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How to Create a Successful Digital Campaign: Digital Activism Toolkit
How to Create a Successful Digital Campaign: Digital Activism Toolkit is a practical guide by Youth and Environment Europe.
Climate Impacts: 350 Organising Lessons from Australia, US, Pacific Islands, and UK
These lessons from 350.org share four different organising responses from different countries to climate impacts.
How to Influence a Political “Frenemy”: Lessons from 350 Canada’s Climate Welcome
Lessons learned from 350.org Canada’s “Climate Welcome” protest that pressured Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take bold climate action.
Leaderful Organizing: Action Learning Cycle Framework
The Action Learning Cycle is an approach to learning which can strengthen the capacity for leaderful organizing.
Food Activists and Street Kitchens: Cooking Revolutions in the Popular Pot
Virginia Tognola chronicles how practical solidarity in the form of street kitchens and the “popular pot” has not only enabled migrants and others in Argentina to survive but also raise issues and campaign against sub-standard living conditions.
Groundswell Gloucester: Fighting and Winning against Fracking
Insights into how a grass roots community campaign based in Gloucester Valley, NSW scored a major victory against the Coal Seam Gas industry.
Community Organizing in France: A Collection of Resources from Organisez-Vous | Organisation collective en France : Recueil de ressources de l’association Organisez-Vous (French – Français)
Here is a collection of community organizing resources in French from Organisez-Vous (Organize!) in France.
Writing to your MP
Tips from Oxfam about how to write a letter that will have maximum impact on a Member of Parliament.
How to Organise about Climate Related Workplace Health and Safety Issues
Resources produced and compiled by the Australian Services Union for workers organising around climate change and extreme weather related workplace health & safety.
Labour Power and Strategy: How to Read Womack
The 2023 book Labour Power and Strategy, edited by Peter Olney and Glenn Perušek, is centred around a lengthy interview with labour organiser and historian John Womack Jr in which he argues for the importance of ‘strategic workplace organising’
Rendre le Militantisme plus Accessible (French – Français) [Making Your Activism Accessible in French]
Ce guide a été élaboré pour aider les militants à rendre leurs espaces, événements, réunions et communications plus accessibles, afin que chacun soit le bienvenu et encouragé à rejoindre un mouvement pour la justice de toutes les manières possibles !
Lessons from the Transport for All Campaign
The Transport for All campaign, coordinated by DRC Advocacy, is fighting for accessible public transport in Victoria, Australia. An interview with Ally Scott and Greg Ferrington about the campaign.
Warm Cookies of the Revolution: Creative Approaches to Civic Health
In this article Denver, Colorado based group Warm Cookies of the Revolution outline how they use innovative arts and cultural programs to help people exercise their “Civic Health” and engage in social change.
Easy Read Guides for Social Change
Easy Read Guides to learn about the commons library, social change, campaigning, organising, story and stories of campaigns and people.
Insights from Disability Campaigning from Rochelle Porteous
Interview with Rochelle Porteous, experienced campaigner on a range of issues and the Advocacy Manager at the Council for Intellectual Disability.
Decoding Injustice: Shedding new light on how economic policies harm people’s human rights
This article provides a powerful way to use research to advance a range of economic, environmental, and social issues.
Green Bans Timeline: 1971-74
A timeline of the Green Bans implemented by NSW Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) in the early 1970s.
Approaches to Organising: Decentralised, Directed Network and Strike Circles Models
An exploration of different organising models being utilised in Australia/NZ: Decentralised organising, Directed network and Strike Circles.
Approaches to Organising: The Ganz Model
Challenges and considerations faced by organisations in implementing the Ganz model of social change – Marshall Ganz organising model.