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According to our study, the key problems of climate activism include the lack of cooperation between activist groups and the lack of systemic pro-climate solutions. Furthermore, activists we have talked to point to the need for raising their competencies in communication with the media and with polarised groups, as well as strategic social campaign planning. We will address these problems by opening a media and advocacy office providing all Wrocław activists with comprehensive support. We will provide the local community with advice on grassroot initiative organisation, we will publish a series of articles on climate activism and a guide on local initiatives. We will also run a series of skill raising sessions among Wrocław activists instructing them, among others, how to effectively build a social campaign or inform people with different outlooks about the climate crisis. We will run a social campaign for climate neutrality prepared by the beneficiaries of our training. To wrap up the project, we will prepare a report and video clips summarising our activities and gathering good practices of work with local community and activist networking.
Summary of project results
According to our research, the main problems of climate activism in Wrocław are primarily the lack of cooperation among activist groups and the absence of systemic pro-climate solutions. Additionally, the activists we spoke with pointed out the need for developing their skills in media communication, engaging with polarized groups, and strategic planning of social campaigns.In response to these issues, we established a support office for activists to assist climate activists in Wrocław. We provided advisory support to the Wrocławska Ochrona Klimatu (Wrocław Climate Protection) coalition in organizing grassroots initiatives. We developed a series of publications on climate activism and a guidebook on local initiatives. We also conducted a series of training sessions to enhance the skills of Wrocław activists. The training topics included effective campaign building and ways of informing individuals with different perspectives about the climate crisis. We carried out a social campaign for nature conservation, prepared by the beneficiaries of our training. We also organized eight nature walks in the areas where we advocated for protection. At the end of the project, we created a report and a video summarizing our activities and collecting best practices in working with the local community and networking individuals engaged in activism.Based on the evaluation surveys, we know that the members of the coalition have strengthened their sense of agency through the project activities. Furthermore, through the promotion of the project among other urban and climate movements, we learned that we served as an inspiration and motivation for them to take action in nature conservation efforts.
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