Movements_Campaigns - Climate action and justice - The Commons Social Change Library

How to Create a Campaign

How do you start a campaign for social change? Learn how to create a campaign using tools such as the Spectrum of Allies.

A sign board on a street in Atlanta with people riding past on bicycles. On the board is a black and white photo of a woman called Ella Baker. On the board it reads '"Legendary leader Ella Baker moved to Atlanta in 1957 to help form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Bayard Rastin and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She departed from the organization in 1960 and devoted herself to the student-led organization, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. (Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, NAACP Papers.)'.

Building Movement Capacity and Structure: Ella Baker and the Civil Rights Movement

Take inspiration from this Civil Rights Movement story about how to build movement capacity and structure. Learn about Ella Baker and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee SNCC.

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Health and Climate Activism

Exploring the link between climate activism and its impact on our mental and physical health including positive and negative health experiences.

Cheeky and Disorganized: Nannagogy and the Knitting Nannas

Learn about the 6 characteristics of the Knitting Nannas, groups of cheeky, disorganised, supportive older women activists against fracking.

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Replace Endless Actions with Campaigns

Keep doing the same actions and not getting anywhere? Learn about replacing endless actions with campaigns and have a bigger impact.

A diagram of the 'The Upside-down triangle'. An upside down triangle is held up by 3 logs on each side coming out of the ground. With out the logs holding it up it would fall.

Pillars Of Support – The Upside Down Triangle

Learn about movements, power and the Pillars of Support also known as the Upside-Down Triangle from Daniel Hunter.

Rural and Remote Communities Climate Organizing Toolkit

Toolkit aims to support climate organizers in rural & remote communities to transform themselves & their communities into climate leaders.

a group of protestors being arrested. One of them is holding a sign that says in capital letters 'WE ARE NOT THE CRIMINALS'. The NOT is underlined in red.

Climate Activists in Australia are Learning How to Protect their Protest Rights

Australian climate activists have successfully navigated years of increasing protest criminalization, revealing strategies for all to follow.

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.

Climate activist stands in the foreground at a protest in front of a banner. They are waring a medical face mask and a long white t-shirt that reads " Climate Emergency = Health Emergency". They hold an Extinction Rebellion Flag.

10 Tips for how the Climate Movement can Improve Experiences for Activists with Diverse Health Needs

Researchers interviewed climate activists about their physical and mental health experiences. Here are 10 tips based on the activists’ experiences, insights and recommendations.

Large group of climate protesters at a climate rally holding various signs and placards. Text over the top of image reads: "Climate Activism: Start Here"

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.

How Collective Action Communication Frames are used to Drive Action on Climate Justice

Insights into how Australian environmental groups use collective action frames in their communication on climate justice.

Bar graph with yellow bars. Figure 1: Most common understandings of climate justice shown as a percentage of all mentions found in Australian environmental group communication.

Climate Justice: What does it mean?

Many environmental and social change groups call for climate justice, but what does ‘climate justice’ actually mean?

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.

Slide presentation - Title reads How France Fought to Keep it in the Ground. Protestors are holding a large red banner that reads Keep it in the ground.

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.

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How to Recruit more People: Lessons from Rukiya in 350 Kenya

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

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Movement Support Teams: Examples of Volunteers Supporting Each Other in the Movement

Examples and lessons from 350.org of different ways Movement Support Teams can work. Movement Support Teams are peer-to-peer learning.

Climate Justice needs an Intersectional Approach: Toolkit

This Intersectionality Toolkit offers a comprehensive guide to understanding and integrating intersectionality into climate action.

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.

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