Stories
“They fine the wrong people!” – how a youth climate striker is changing protest law in Romania
April 14, 2021
Paula has been an environmental activist since the age of eleven. “I remember in fourth grade, we had very nice trees on the way to our school and at some point they were chopped down. And they were...
We are now ‘The Movement Hub’
March 30, 2021
We are changing our name! When we started this project almost 3 years ago, our goal was to provide open source tools, skillshares, trainings for trainers, camps and more in order to support grassroots...
Young climate activists demanding their future are not demoralised
March 24, 2021
Young climate activists have joined the masses of Polish women protesting the draconian ban on abortions in the country. Like the leaders of the women’s protests, the police in Poland have come down...
Call it by its name: Fossil Gas, and say Nej Tak!
March 4, 2021
A carbon bridge to a no-carbon future? No thanks, say activists behind the Danish campaign Baltic Pipe Nej Tak! who are fighting to block the fossil gas pipeline currently being laid on Danish shores ...
Mother, doctors, climate activists – “we are facing giants”
February 18, 2021
In Slovakia and the Czech Republic, mothers and doctors joined together, targeting different ministries of government, demanding stronger action on climate change. Read how Znepokojené matky, Parents...
Do-No-Trash: A new mantra for a plastic-free Dehradun
December 31, 2020
Disheartened by the inaction of civil authorities, a growing group of environmentalists — self-styled ‘Do-No-Trashers’ — have taken matters into their own hands towards a zero-trash an...
By2020WeRiseUp: Goodbye to Good Trouble
December 17, 2020
“Think of our movements as an ecosystem, over the last few years we have been blooming and growing throughout Europe. But what would happen if we all bloomed at the same time and in the same directi...
South Tyrol SLAPP case: Karl Bär
November 24, 2020
In this blog we’re taking a deep-dive into a SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) case in South Tyrol, Italy, where one of the defendants, Munich Environmental Institute employee K...
Munyaradzi Dodo: My Journey into Digital Activism
November 12, 2020
Munyaradzi is an artist and activist in Zimbabwe campaigning for a more open, transparent government by using digital tech. Here’s his story. My name is Munyaradzi Dodo. I’m an activist and Pr...
Pauline Boyer And The Case Of The Missing Portrait
October 27, 2020
Pauline Boyer is a French climate activist engaged in an ongoing battle against the Macron regime, and its inaction regarding the climate and social crisis. Now, the organiser and spokesperson for Alt...
Motorway through a forest? No way
October 14, 2020
The logging season has just started in Germany and forests are under siege. The largest is the Dannenroder forest. In two nearby forests, the Herren forest and the Maulbacher forest, people in treehou...
Limity jsme my: Kateřina and Marika’s activist diary
September 9, 2020
Since 2015, Limity Jsme My have stood against coal expansion and fought for climate justice in the Czech Republic. For the first in our activist stories series, Marika Volfová and Kateřina Holá hav...
