Our approach | Collective Change
We work to shape environmental, economic, and social laws and policies and to challenge the politics that continues to disempower the majority and destroy the planet.
We work at the local level where the impact of climate change is most directly experienced and where the potential for innovative and sustainable solutions is the greatest; where concrete projects create tangible change.
We work on a national and international level to share learning, scale impact, and transform systems.
Groundwork
The starting point is at a community level where people’s lives intersect directly with the natural environment around them. With a focus on water and agroecology, we support existing community initiatives to develop Integrated Community Environment Programmes (ICEP) which challenge inequity and facilitate community-controlled change, ecological alternatives, and adaptability. Each ICEP we support differs based on the communities’ assets, issues, and priorities.
Working from the ground up, ICEPs contribute to the broader change people are already working towards by:
Supporting participatory organisation and community mobilisation.
Developing contextual understanding for action.
Social learning processes and knowledge generation.
Creating relationships, amplifying voices, and building solidarity.
Bridging the local-global divide
We are committed to informing national and global policy with voices and views from the ground, connecting local and global change agents and efforts, and ensuring ICEPs are responsive to the global context.
Our Focus Areas
Climate Change
We work on community driven solutions to the impacts of Climate Change on both people and the environment; specifically, in relation to water and food.
Water
Agroecology