resources for climate advocacy

Check out our collection of resources, toolkits, and websites on climate justice, grassroots organizing, and diversity, equity, and inclusion!

Climate Justice Resources

Here are resources describing environmental and climate justice, with suggestions for solutions.

• Principles of Environmental Justice (People of Color Environmental Leadership)

• Everybody’s Movement: Environmental Justice and Climate Change (Environmental Support Center)

• Glossary of Terms (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

• Letter of the Environmental Community, from Students of Color (Students of Color Environmental Collective)

• 20 Things We Can Do To Advance A Just And Sustainable Planet (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

• Just Transition Principles (Climate Justice Alliance)

Grassroots Organizing Resources

Here are resources for grassroots organizing, including information on direct action, community engagement, facilitation, and more!

• Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing (Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice)

• Youth & College Organizing Toolkit (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

• Organizing: People, Power, Change (Multiple Organizations)

• Community Engagement Toolkit: Organizing Your Community (Power Shift Network)

• Organizing Handbook: How to Build a Strong Organization and Define Winning Strategies (Center for Health, Environment & Justice)

• Movement Organizing Manual (Sierra Club)

• Community Organizing Handbook (University of Denver Center for Community Engagement & Service Learning)

• The Citizen's Handbook (The Citizen's Handbook)

• Resistance Guide (Resistance Guide)

• Youth Activist's Toolkit (Advocates for Youth)

• Coal Blooded Action Toolkit (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

• Just Energy Policies and Practices ACTION Toolkit (Just Energy Policies and Practices ACTION Toolkit)

• Direct Action Manual (Earth First!)

• Building Alliances Guidebook (Organizing for Power)

• Understanding and Resisting Divide and Conquer Tactics (Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance)

• Facilitation in Motion (Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance)

• Anti-Oppressive Facilitation for Democratic Process (Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance)

• Tools of Engagement: A Toolkit for Engaging People in Conservation (Audubon)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources

Here are resources on diversity, equity, and inclusion!

• Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Vocab (Avarna Group)

• Tips for Naming, Intervening and Addressing Systemic Power (Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance)

• Tips for Having Difficult Conversations (Avarna Group)

• Dismantling Anti-Black Bias in Democratic Workplaces: A Toolkit (Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance)

• Approaches to Power Inequity Within Organizations (Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance)

• Instructor Bias Assessment (Avarna Group)

• Inclusion Tips for Outdoor Program Staff (Avarna Group)

• Bias Interrupters Toolkits (Bias Interrupters)

• Beyond Diversity: A Roadmap to Building an Inclusive Organization (Green 2.0)

• Anti-Oppression Resource Bank and Curriculum (Power Shift Network)

• Opportunities for White People in the Fight for Racial Justice: Moving from Actor → Ally → Accomplice (White Accomplices)

• Challenging Patriarchy and Sexism (Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance)

• Cultural Appropriation: Guiding Questions to Ask (Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance)