What can I do?
As part of Climate Justice Awareness Week, we have put together a few resources to help you get started making a difference!
Climate justice can feel overwhelming but it starts with action at every scale. From small daily choices to collective activism, everyone has a role to play. The most important thing is to start somewhere and keep going.
Climate justice is about fairness: those who contributed least to climate change are often those most affected. Taking action means addressing both environmental and social inequalities.
We have put together a list resources to get you started!
Where can I donate to?
International organisations
Earth Day Network
https://www.earthday.org/
Climate Justice Alliance
https://climatejusticealliance.org/
Friends of the Earth International
https://www.foei.org/
National (Netherlands)
Milieudefensie
https://milieudefensie.nl/
Urgenda Foundation
https://www.urgenda.nl/
Local (Groningen)
Groninger Energiekoepel
https://groningerenergiekoepel.nl/
Groener Groningen
https://groenergroningen.nl/
What can I do?
Resources to make small changes in your life towards a better world
UN Environment Programme – Act Now campaign
https://www.unep.org/actnow
Support Local Green Businesses in and around Groningen
https://plattegrunn.groenergroningen.nl/#8.74/53.2241/6.6247
Sustainable Student Guide
https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/profile/facts-and-figures/duurzaamheid/documenten/sustainable-student-guide.pdf
Milieu Centraal (practical tips, in Dutch)
https://www.milieucentraal.nl/
What can I read?
Thea Riofrancos, Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism (2025)
Dagomar Degroot, The Climate Chronicles (videos about climate change)
Andreas Malm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire (Verso, 2021)
Greta Thunberg (ed.), The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions (Penguin, 2023)
How can I become a climate activist?
Greenpeace Netherlands
https://www.greenpeace.org/nl/
Join Extinction Rebellion Groningen
https://extinctionrebellion.nl/afdelingen/groningen/
Become a Green Office Student Ambassador
https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/profile/facts-and-figures/duurzaamheid/wat-kun-je-doen/ambassadeur-worden/inschrijven
This list was put together by students from The Green Embassy, volunteers from Cinema Politica Groningen, staff from the Environmental Humanities Network, and enthusiasts from the Public Events Programme of the Faculty of Arts.
If you have any suggestions to add, feel free to send it in to: m.viet@rug.nl
