Climate Activism - Skills and Strategies
Sunday July 13th - community protest to stop coal exports!
Join the peaceful community protest
When: 10am Sunday 13th July.
Where: Begin at Islington Park, march to Carrington coal terminal.
What: On 13th July, hundreds of people from across the country will take part in Ausralia’s biggest single direct action protest against coal and climate change. Please join us to be part of this historic movement.
The protest begins with a colourful rally and march, and you don’t need to be willing to be arrested to come along. We will march to Carrington coal terminal where members of the community will walk onto the coal rail line to stop coal exports in their tracks.
Direct action and campaigning skills
Posted June 4th, 2008 by squidFor a really wide range of resources on consensus decision-making, direct action, working with the media, getting funding for activist groups and legal information, check out
http://seedsforchange.org.uk/free/resources
Working in Groups
Posted June 4th, 2008 by squidFor some great resources from The Change Agency on working together, including a 2-page guide for effective meetings for climate change groups, check out
http://www.thechangeagency.org/01_cms/details.asp?ID=58
Facilitators' Hothouse
Posted June 2nd, 2008 by squidJames Whelan and Anthony Kelly, The Change Agency
The 2008 Climate Camp is an important opportunity to strengthen the climate movement through education, training, skill-sharing and excellent facilitation. To support facilitators and trainers during the Camp, the Change Agency (tCA) will create a facilitators’ hothouse: a place to access resources, prepare to lead workshops or facilitate meetings, to share ideas and inspiration. The hothouse will provide a space to plan workshops, debrief afterwards and brainstorm ideas and possibilities for your facilitation. Change Agency facilitators James Whelan and Anthony Kelly will be at camp, and bring to the hothouse their resources, experience and enthusiasm.
During camp, we’ll lead workshops on ‘educating the activist educator’ and ‘facilitation’. The whiteboard at the hothouse will advertise the timing of these workshops and other discussions.
