Our theory of change
A systemic change is necessary to achieve a socially just, ecological, and sustainable society within planetary boundaries. We believe that this change must be organized through social change at the cultural, political, economic, and ecological level. Mass movements that struggle for climate justice and agsinst all forms of oppression are, from our point of view, the main drivers of profound social change. We are convinced that different strategies for change must work together to achieve the essential changes that we all need.
Through our work, we support coordinated and strategic cooperation between people who are committed to climate justice and people who are active in other areas of society. We work closely and transparently with social movements to maintain our credibility. This ensures that we do not miss any important developments and shifts within the movement landscape.
Our vision of a future and the good life is that our society is actively shaped by the work of those affected. For us, this includes the perspectives of care and educational workers, tenants and precarious workers, survivors of disasters, migrants, and people currently affected by discrimination and social inequality. Their demands for climate justice and socioeconomic change are considered together because it is in their connection that the possibilities for a better life for all unfold.
Values of our work
Our work is oriented towards the objectives and needs of social movements. In doing so, we support different strategies and approaches for social and systemic change. With it, we want to take into account that movements adapt their strategies and tactics to a continuously changing context and constantly learn from each other.
In our work, we aim to make the roles we play
transparent and reflect about those roles constantly. We want to learn with social movements and be open to feedback.
We want to approach new groups and projects with an open mind and appreciation. Thereby, we try to strengthen especially those projects that actively fight discrimination and social and global systems of oppression and thus stand up for a more just world.
Climate Justice
When we speak of climate justice, we mean that the injustices that precede the climate crisis must be resolved in a social, ecological, anti-racist, and feminist transformation. All those who are part of these anti-oppression and social reproductive struggles are essential to the process of shaping a climate-just future.
It is worth looking to the past to see who started the struggle for climate justice: it was indigenous groups and people in the most effected areas, those who suffer the most from the impacts of the climate crisis, even though they bear the least responsibility for its emergence.