A Blueprint for Movement Building
“At ZWE, movement building is part of our DNA. We collaborate with members across Europe, forge coalitions, spark movements, and rally diverse groups. We believe collective action is vital for lasting change, for the benefit of all people and the planet.” – Stephanie Yates, Head of Network & Movement Building
About the Blueprint
Welcome to our Blueprint for Movement Building, a living manual for civil society collaboration. This resource is designed to support, inspire, and guide emerging and existing alliances and movements in becoming stronger forces advocating for climate and social justice.
The Blueprint is the culmination of a three-year project, supported by the UMI Fund, working with our five national alliances to strengthen their collaboration and impact at national level. Through this work, our own history of movement building and learning from other groups and movements, we have created the Blueprint as a practical manual to guide and inspire alliances, groups and movements wherever they are.
Explore the Blueprint: click here to explore the Blueprint online, or use the monitor icon in the top right corner of the Blueprint preview below.
Further down on this page you will find links to all our shared folders and documents.
Explore the Blueprint
Download the Blueprint & its resources
Download the Blueprint as PDFs
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About the Blueprint -
The Blueprint's user guide -
Seedling (journey #1) & its ten patterns -
Building & Nurturing (journey #2) & its ten patterns -
Strengthening & Growing (journey #3) & its ten patterns -
Renewing & Composting (journey #4) & its ten patterns
Access the tools
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Journey canvas -
Guiding questions worksheet -
Tools
A living manual - send us feedback
The Blueprint remains a living manual and we will keep updated. We’d love to get your feedback on the Blueprint.
In addition, if you have good stories to share and add to our testimonial section, or toolkit to add to different journeys and patterns, please get in touch with Stephanie at [email protected]
About the project
How do movements emerge, grow, collaborate, and collectively push for change? What ingredients are needed for groups, organisations, and individuals to work together for a stronger impact?
From connecting and supporting a network of 39 members and alliances across Europe to initiating movements, building coalitions and forming alliances, we have a long history of building movements and mobilising groups to accelerate Europe’s transition to a net-zero, zero waste society.
In recent years, we have also supported several of our members who have established zero waste alliances in their countries, bringing together various groups and people to play a stronger role in mainstreaming zero waste strategies.
Through our Blueprint for Movement Building project, we worked to capture and analyse the patterns that lead to powerful and effective movement building:
- We examined ZWE’s own history of mobilising groups and gathered insights from other movements and actors to identify the multiple patterns that contribute to (and hinder) impactful movement building.
- We worked closely with our five national zero waste alliances in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Spain and Ukraine, to strengthen their capacity, coordination and influence, enabling the alliances to become key voices on zero waste vision in their countries and integrating their learning of alliance building into the Blueprint.
Our Blueprint for Movement Building is designed to support, inspire, and guide emerging and existing alliances and movements in becoming stronger forces advocating for climate and social justice.
Alliances
Alliances
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Zero Waste Movement Bulgaria -
Zero Waste Alliance Cyprus -
Zero Waste Germany -
Alianza Residuo Cero -
Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine
Publications
Related resources
Global gathering on building resilient movements
Get in touch
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Stephanie YatesHead of Network and Movement Building -
Esra TatExecutive Director -
Giulia LodiCommunications & Network Officer
Funded by
Funded by the UMI Fund, this project is a collaborative initiative involving ZWE’s five national alliances: Alianza Residuo Cero (Spain), Zero Waste Alliance Cyprus, Zero Waste Germany, Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine and Zero Waste Movement Bulgaria.