Climate Activism: Start Here
A strong climate movement means meaningful change. Here’s a list of resources to help you on your climate activism journey.
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Mining Resistance in India
Community resistance has been astonishingly effective at stopping mining in India. This article draws from the book Iron Will.
Mining Resistance in Brazil
Community resistance has been astonishingly effective at stopping mining in Brazil. This article draws from the book Iron Will.
Writing and Using Campaign Case Studies Webinar
Activist case studies are histories & accounts of campaigns and events which includes lessons and insights that can be applied more broadly.
Understanding Forms of Power
Quick guide to understand the different forms of power – Power over, Power With, Power To and Power Within.
The Power Matrix
This matrix presents how different dimensions of power interact to shape the problem and the possibility of citizen participation and action.
The Power Cube
The Power Cube is a tool to analyse the power your targets hold so you can create a more effective campaign strategy and bring about change.
Campaign Planning: How to Get Started
What is a campaign? and how do you start one? Here are ideas, steps and handouts from Campaign Bootcamp to help you get started with your campaign planning.
Films and Documentaries about Social Justice, Movements, Victories and Leaders
Be inspired with this list of movies and documentaries about social movement struggles, victories and leaders – Selma, Milk, Silkwood, Norma Rae, Gandhi and more.
What we can Learn from the Marriage Equality Campaign
An array of resources collated about the marriage equality campaign across the world including lessons learned about messaging and framing.
Should fighting for democracy take priority over building powerful social movements?
Activists throughout history have put social movement work on hold for the electoral arena. Determining whether to do so is a matter of strategy and calling.
The Advocates: Women within the Australian Environmental Movement
This book features nine never-before-told stories of remarkable women and their courageous pursuits of climate justice in Australia.
Winning Long-game, Collaborative, Grassroots Campaigns: The WA Forest Campaign Experience
Reflections and wisdom from Jess Beckerling from the WA Forest Alliance. Here are her learnings from winning long game grassroots campaigns.
Changemaker Chat with Owen Jones: The story behind one of the United Kingdom’s most high profile left wing figure
Listen to the story of Owen Jones – a British left wing and Labour party activist, writer, orator and political commentator.
Changemaker chat with Randi Weingarten: Teachers and Education reform
Teachers’ union activist Randi Weingarten discusses her experiences of social change and educational reform.
Civil Resistance against Climate Change: What, when, who and how effective?
New research considers what Australian climate activism – specifically climate change civil resistance – looks like, how it is changing, and what it is achieving.
Scaling Up Movements For Greater Impact
Scaling framework tool for campaigners to evaluate existing efforts and think about new ways of broadening and deepening impact.
Marriage Equality Campaign Timeline and Reflections
A timeline of events related to the Australian campaign for marriage equality along with reflection and analysis related to Australian, Irish and US campaigns.
Campaigning for Social Change: Beyond just protesting for it!
Daniel Hunter outlines the key elements of campaigns: a strategic time-tested model for effective social change work.
Developing Strategic Campaigns: An ITF Manual for Trade Union Activists, Educators and Organisers
This manual will help workers to identify clear campaign goals and objectives, develop strategies and tactics, and create unifying public messages and timelines for campaigns.