Community action and engagement
James Whelan (2006). Case studies of Maleny and Gold Coast environmental campaigns.
Adult Education and Community Change
James Whelan (1994). A critical assessment of Friere, Knowles and community development.
A permaculture model for sustainable land use and appropriate technologies in central Brazil
The audacious sustainable work strategy was to teach and learn by doing. The organisation’s prolific allies span from national policy makers to children and international foundations. IPEC provides a rough model that, once well groomed, could operate coherently...
Tactics to strategy
A powerful tool to help groups shift focus from tactics to strategy.
Making a difference: Factors that influence participation in grassroots environmental activism in Australia
Sam La Rocca’s Honours study (2004) found that the important motivations and catalysts that inspire activism include ecological experiences, a sense of personal responsibility and a desire to make a difference. Barriers to participation include paid work...
Mobilising for Change
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Power to the People
Emma Pittaway (2008) examines the emergence of community climate action groups and their potential for political effectiveness.
Mobilising for change workshop resources
The 38-page participants resource pack developed for our October 2008 MfC workhops in Melbourne and Hobart.
Lobbying workshop outline and resources
We’ve created a process guide to help facilitators design and lead a 1-2 hour participatory workshop on lobbying. The workshop draws on resources developed by Lois Levy.
How to design a workshop
A recommended process for designing an effective workshop by George Lakey (Training For Change).
Meeting facilitation: the no magic method
Overview of the role of the facilitator and some ingredients for undertaking productive and effective meetings as recommended by Berit Lakey.
Activist engagement maps
An activity to develop a shared understanding of different levels of participation and the ways people might develop themselves and embark on an “activist journey”.
Community Empowerment: Critical Perspectives from Scotland
Akwugo Emejulu and Mae Shaw have developed a great new publication that focuses on a concern about the meaning, politics, possibilities and practices of empowerment.
Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes
Presentation by Claudia Baldwin designed to: introduce ADR processes; outline the characteristics of mediation; identify skills useful for preventing and resolving conflicts; and to identify the benefits of mediation for environmental dispute and policy r
Environmental democracy up for grabs: Crossroads for the Australian environment movement?
James Whelan (2005) A crossroads for the Australian environment movement? Twenty forest activists are being sued by Gunns Ltd, Australia’s biggest logging company. Government grants for conservation groups have been withdrawn and the charity status of outspoken groups...
PNG Forests: Campaigning to stop illegal logging
Cassie McMahon’s case study of Greenpeace’s campaign to stop illegal logging in Papua New Guinea.
Anti freeway campaign: long term movement building
Community organising case study of a campaign to prevent freeway construction in an inner-city park. Written in 2003 by tCA member James Whelan.