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Women and Leadership in the Environmental Movement (Commons Conversations Podcast)

Listen to an inspiring podcast about women & leadership in the Australian environment movement with Judy Lambert & Victoria McKenzie-McHarg.

How to Mobilise in a Closed Country when you’re Working Remotely

This 350.org presentation shares reflections and lessons learned from organising and mobilising in China remotely from Taiwan.

A wall in Bethlehem, Palestine with a painting of a woman wearing a black head covering. On her shoulder is a butterfly, a red flower and a heart. The text in the right hand corner reads 'A just peace for Palestine, means peace for Israel too.'

3 Key Insights for Building a Powerful and Loving Movement against Oppression in Palestine-Israel

Rae Abileah and Nadine Bloch from Beautiful Trouble shared these key insights during Israel’s bombing of Gaza in October 2023.

Movement Lesson: How Do We Build Movements that Welcome People?

Learn from research and Joe Solomon’s personal experience with his brother’s transformation on how to bring people into your movement.

How to Win by Thinking like Your Opponent: Lessons from 350 Australia’s Campaign Against the Galilee Basin

This story illustrates 350.org Australia’s strategic decision-making process as they took on the largest coal export facility project in the world.

How Healthy Campaigns Respond in the Face of Bad News

Examples – from 350.org and beyond – about ways people handled campaign losses in healthy, soul-giving, and strategic ways.

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Supporting Grassroots Justice-oriented Activists Around the World: A Year’s Worth of Learnings

Grassroots activism often lacks funding & support but the Global Grassroots Support Network (GGSN) has brought together organizers to tackle common challenges and share resources.

Text over image reads Organising a civil disobedience so that new people want to do it again: Lessons from Ende Gelande. Four people are sitting on the ground in white workers suits.

Organising Civil Disobedience for Newcomers

350.org shares valuable lessons on organizing civil disobedience for newcomers, emphasizing trust-building, narrative development, preparation for repression, affinity groups, and post-action debriefing.

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How France Fought to Keep it in the Ground: Lessons from 350 Campaigns

Rukiya, a 350.org organiser in Kenya, shares stories of how they recruited people for the African DeCOALinise Campaign.

Golden Dawn: Lessons From Greece in Tackling Extremism

This report discusses Golden Dawn, a far-right party in Greece that engaged in criminal activities and was exposed through civil society efforts, offering lessons for combating extremism worldwide.

Pathways to Repair: Guides to Navigate Healing, Trust building and Human Messiness

These resources from the Pathways to Repair project discuss the challenges of navigating relationships and resolving conflicts within communities, highlighting the need for pathways to repair and reduce harm.

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.

Kathryn McCallum hands out climate policy scorecards at a polling booth in Macnamara electorate in Melbourne during the 2019 Australian federal election. There is a cardboard stand that reads 'This is the Climate Election'.

Power and Agency: Lessons from Ten years of Climate Campaigning

Kathryn McCallum, an Australian Climate Campaigner, shares her lessons from ten years of climate campaigning in this talk given in 2023.

Organising Stories and Lessons from the 350 Organising Story Telling Lab

Collection of different case studies / stories of organising and movements from across the globe collated and presented by 350.org.

What We can Learn from Star Wars’ Andor: The Role of Sacrifice in Revolutionary Organising

The article discusses the importance of sacrifice in achieving social change, using the Star Wars TV show Andor as an example.

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The Trifecta of Civil Resistance: Unity, Planning, Discipline

3 attributes can make the difference between success and failure for nonviolent movements around the world: unity, planning, & nonviolence.

Promotional poster for Star Wars' Andor series. Features a large picture of the main character Cassian Andor on the right, with smaller images of supporting characters. The background includes space ships in the sky, a moon and large dark clouds.

What Star Wars’ Andor can teach us about Revolutionary Leadership Development

The Star Wars TV series Andor is a rich source of lessons for organisers and campaigners. This article focuses on leadership development, as portrayed through the main character Cassian Andor’s journey.

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Understanding and Responding to Repression: Lessons from Peace Brigades International

Lessons from Peace Brigades International and how it can be applied to understanding and resisting repression in an Australian context.

12 Habits of Successful Changemakers

How do I become an effective changemaker? Discover the 12 key habits or behaviours of successful changemakers.

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