Movements_Campaigns - Climate Action - The Commons Social Change Library

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Protected: Lobbying Playbook: How to Guides, Stories and Examples

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Radicals: Outsiders Changing the World – Book Review

Introduction ‘Radicals: Outsiders Changing the World’ by Jamie Bartlett takes readers on an engaging journey back to the tumultuous world of 2016, a seemingly distant era pre-Covid, Trump and Brexit. This thought-provoking book delves into various ‘radical’ movements, with Bartlett immersing himself within these groups as they traverse the globe, disseminating their message and orchestrating […]

Book cover. Title reads The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Movements. Photo of two hands holding a ball representing earth. There is a glow coming from the hands and earth.

Environmental Movements and Activism around the World: Book and Videos

Introduction This series of videos introduces the 38 chapters of the Routledge Handbook of Environmental Movements edited by Maria Grasso and Marco Giugni. The book was published in 2022, and provides an overview of the current state of the art and future development of environmental movements and activism around the world. It is divided into […]

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.

Introduction to Campaigning and Social Movements (Online Courses)

Three courses by 350.org about how to campaign and social movements. The courses are very user friendly, easy to follow and accessible.

Female highschool walking in protest against inaction on climate change holding painted pandanus mat with words 'stop adani'.

We Need a Climate Movement that Addresses the Trauma of Fighting for a Burning Planet

To build an impactful climate justice movement able to face the challenges ahead we must first build cultures that care for the people doing the work.

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Auckland Transport Decarbonisation Campaign (2020 – 2022)

Campaign case study to decarbonise road transport by a coalition of environmental & social change groups in Auckland, New Zealand / Aoteoroa.

Commons Conversations Podcast: Insights into Activism

Commons Conversations Podcast – Interviews with campaigners about insights into activism, learning in movements, radical history and more.

Illustration of a woman in an Indian sari looking at herself in a mirror. Her reflection is of a another woman wearing a tshirt that reads Climate Justice Now! Behind her are lots of banners. One reads Fight for our Future. Another banner reads Stop burning our future.

Why North-South Intersectionality Matters in Climate Justice: Perspectives of South Asian Australian Youth Climate Activists

What does climate justice actually look like in the Australian climate movement? Recommendations from a report by SAPNA reveal the need for diversity.

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Frontline Action on Coal FLAC: Ten Years on the Climate Frontline

Frontline Action on Coal (FLAC) have used blockades and non-violent direct action to oppose new fossil fuel projects in Australia.

Australian Campaign Case Study: Stop Adani, 2012 – 2022

Learn about the Divestment campaign case study in Australia which aimed to secure commitments from institutions to divest from fossil fuels.

Australian Campaign Case Study: Divestment Campaign 2013 – 2021

Learn about the Divestment campaign case study in Australia which aimed to secure commitments from institutions to divest from fossil fuels.

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Door Knocking: A Case Study in Moving People to Take Action

A sample script and tips learnt from having climate conversations whilst door knocking in the lead up to the 2022 Australian election.

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2022 Australian Federal Election Analysis

Trying to make sense of the 2022 Australian federal election and the resulting political landscape? This collection of articles will give you valuable insights.

Build People Power and Capacity to Run Effective Campaigns and Movements to Tackle the Climate Crisis

Tools, skills, and resources from 350.org to build capacity to run effective campaigns and movements to tackle the climate crisis.

young people lining the walls of a large walkway inside a building. They are holding signs that say What is your plan? There is one woman standing at the front holding an orange piece of paper that reads What is your plan?

Lessons learned from Campaigning to popularize and win the Green New Deal

This webinar covers Sunrise Movement’s campaign for a Green New Deal with special focus on the planning and analysis that informed action.

Blockaders sitting on the road with Aboriginal Australian flags and a large banner at the back that reads - Ngiyaningu Maran Yaliwunga Ngara-Li - Our ancestors are always watching.

What Will It Take for the Climate Movement to Win?

Nick Beuret discusses the strategies required to solve the climate crisis… he argues for a focus on movement building and direct action.

Three people at a table outside with white tablecloth that has word BlackRock on it. The people are eating fake money. A banner in the background says When the last tree is dead, the last fish is caught and the last river is poisoned, you will realise that you cannot eat money. The woman seated on the left wears a sign on her chest that reads BlackRock is the real enemy.

“You can’t eat money”: An interview with Extinction Rebellion activist Jo Flanagan

Interview with an Extinction Rebellion activist about a protest against BlackRock in 2019. She explains how the action was conceptualised, organised & run.

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.

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Making change: What works?

What key ingredients enable movements to realise significant change? Learn from four movements and this report’s insights and findings.

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