Who is Climatique?

A vibrant, fair, and regenerative future is possible not when thousands of people do climate and justice activism perfectly but when millions of people do the best they can

All We Can Save, pg. 46

Climatique is a community of creatives, workers, students, scientists, and human beings who believe that change is needed NOW, and that all of us have the power to bring this brighter world into being. We believe it is time for a mass movement for the people. A revolution of love, an uprising of empathy — grounded in collective action, community resilience, solidarity, and on-the-ground bioregional political power building.

We see our mission as the writing and telling of a new shared story through art, action, and community. We’re creating a grassroots network of regular people who learn together, wake others up through media and events, take collective action at all scales, and empower each other to create a just and climate resilient future.

Read more about our mission, see our work, or keep reading for our guide on taking action after the election.

Mobilizing after the election.

We've listened to the wisest folks in our own community and around the country saying what we should do after this election. This is what they’re telling us.

There’s still hope.

The election of Trump as President may feel like our country is heading in a dark direction… and there will be real, significant harm to our communities and loved ones. But the truth is, we are already living through a polycrisis: simultaneously witnessing the highest wealth disparity in nearly 100 years ¹, a mental health and loneliness crisis², just 6 years left³ to prevent irreversible climate breakdown and start building resilience to its impacts — and so much more. This was never going to be fixed just by electing a democratic president.

Right now we are witnessing a mass awakening of people who are realizing that voting is not enough to protect our future and create the country we want to live in. If even a quarter of those who feel grief, fear, and uncertainty right now join the movement, we could see a society that transforms for the better and gets out of this mess just in time.

Now, more than ever, is the time to move beyond complacency and start showing up for changemaking organizations in your daily life. Organizers across the country have been working for decades to plan strategies, build training programs, offer support systems, and everything else we need to get started. All you have to do is show up.

It’s time to build a mass movement.

The only thing that will create the change we need is a mass movement of regular people (about 25% of the population eventually⁴), coming together to:

a) Build community to mobilize, learn together, and support each other no matter what happens. Gather friends, co-workers, exes, and uncles to encourage them to take action, exchange ideas, and share resources.

b) Learn new skills, values, and strategies to create a just and climate resilient world, and discover our unique role in creating the change we need. This includes things like unionizing, organizing campaigns or events, caring for community, growing or cooking food for others, funding full-time organizers, making art and storytelling, running for local government, or whatever else makes sense based on our positionality, resources, and skills.

b) Create and support alternative systems of food, housing, care, work, clothing, and any other major parts of our economy instead of corporate ones that greedily extract from us and the earth. As we build these systems, we can slowly make collective lifestyle changes to defund corporate power and shift our culture and economy to be more just, regenerative, and free.

c) Organize to elect allies to local and state office, who we’re confident will fight for the future of the people—not profit or corporate interest.

In addition to these longer term actions of building new systems and caring for each other in the present tense, it will also be important for some of us to take action to block harmful impacts best we can and protect communities who may be most at risk.

Block the present-tense worst impacts.

Trump will wreak havoc on vulnerable communities and destroy or disable many of our institutions. We need to be ready to disobey at a large scale, while shoring up the systems we still rely on from within, and perhaps above all, listening to and protecting marginalized people.

While blocking actions alone will never be enough, they can still make a difference in preventing harm. Some of us can choose to focus on this work, while others work to replace an oppressive system by imagining and fighting for an alternative. We see blockers as one part of an ecosystem of change, an ecosystem where diversity is strength.

Be mindful of purely symbolic activism.

We need to use our time and effort wisely, and learn from the mistakes of past movements. Leave these tactics in the past:

1) Public angsting — this could be posting outrage on social media, complaining constantly to friends, or sharing only awful news. This can depress us, and distract us from the constructive things we could be doing in our community.
2) Symbolic actions — organizing marches and public statements doesn’t work when we lack the leverage, numbers, and compassion to create the world we need. They can also be draining. Be selective about these actions; make sure they’re well planned and part of a larger strategy.

Ready to show up? Here’s a few steps

First,

• Ground in your own community: Gather your friends for a conversation on how people are feeling, and how grief and fear can be alchemized into meaningful action. You could hold a small gathering with your close friends, or if you have capacity, a larger neighborhood or community event. There are many amazing guides for this, depending on your needs and perspectives.

  • We Are Worth Fighting For has a sign-up to host a post-election gathering of any size, along with a slideshow + facilitation guide to make sure you have all the support you need.
  • We’ve also put together a shorter, simpler conversation guide for those who might feel overwhelmed by the above guide.

• Join a group: find community and guidance to take collective action. There are countless groups across the nation already building networks of action, resilience, and systemic change. Getting involved with one might be the most powerful thing you can do, as it will connect you to others who care, loop you in to where help is needed, and help you learn and discover your role.

  • If you live in Boulder Colorado, come join Climatique! We focus on co-learning, care systems, collective action, and media + events that inspire, awaken, and empower, and also have coalition committees that do work across the above areas of change. Join our whatsapp here, or learn more about our mission.
  • There’s also many other organizations across Boulder + Colorado who do work across all of these important areas of resilience + change making. Check out our guide on organizations to get involved with!
  • If you live anywhere else in the US, there are some great national groups who do amazing work, and who also can refer you to other more localized groups across issues and passions. Below is a list of ones who we trust and know do great work, along with online training and movements.

Then,

• Get educated! See our reading list to start.
• Explore your collective power. Find small changes you can make in your daily life, learn skills, and encourage others to act. We’ve created a menu of action ideas to help.
• Reflect on your unique role. What skills or connections might you have that could be useful? What advantages do you have, or what might be some areas you need support in? Go through this worksheet from the All You Can Save project for a short and powerful reflection process.

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National Groups to join

‘Building’ Orgs

• Sunrise Movement: Youth (under 35) group focused on building a mass movement across race and class to win a Green New deal through people power, nonviolent direct action, and the 2028 general strike.

  • Sunrise works to elect people at the local, and state level who will fight for the future of the people—not profit or corporate interest—or at a minimum can be pressured to. Over the course of a few years, we can use specific strategies to build the political power to actually hold them accountable to our demands and vote in increasingly more politicians who fully represent our values.
  • Campus Climate Network: For university specific organizing, along with some great ideas, theories, and tools that can be applied to any kind of organizing

• Democratic Socialists of America (DSA): Through campus and community-based chapters, DSA members use a variety of tactics, from legislative to direct action, to fight for reforms that empower working people, women, queer community, and all of us who struggle under our current extractive corporate regime.

• Food Not Bombs: Food Not Bombs is a grassroots network that redistributes free food to people in need while organizing against war, poverty, and inequality. FNB challenges the priorities of governments and corporations by redirecting resources to support communities.
• Students for a Democratic Society (SDS): SDS is a student-led organization fighting for social justice, democracy, and radical change. It organizes on campuses to challenge inequality, fight imperialism, and build a revolutionary left movement.
• Working Families Party: WFP is a progressive political party focused on electing candidates who support working-class policies like universal healthcare, a living wage, and racial justice. They help regular people (like you!) run for office, providing tools, campaign support, and more.

• International Workers of the World: A place to consider if you want to join the labor movement and don’t know how.

  • The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee is also a place to contribute and volunteer to help build the union movement.

‘Blocking’ Orgs

• Planned Parenthood: Provides healthcare, education, and advocacy on reproductive rights, offering services like contraception, STI testing, and abortion. They fight against restrictive policies, ensuring access to healthcare and protecting bodily autonomy.
• Center for Reproductive Rights: A legal advocacy group fighting for reproductive freedom through the courts. They litigate at state, federal, and international levels to protect and expand reproductive rights worldwide
• National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA): NDWA fights for labor rights for domestic workers, including nannies, house cleaners, and caregivers, who are often excluded from traditional labor protections. They provide resources, legal support, and advocacy for better labor conditions.
• Emergency Workplace Organizing: A rapid-response initiative that supports workers in organizing for safer conditions, fair pay, and respect on the job. Formed in response to rising workplace issues, EWOC provides tools, training, and guidance to help workers across industries build power and win immediate changes in their workplaces.
• We Are Dissenters: A youth-led anti-war organization that mobilizes students to resist militarization and invest in communities instead. Through education, direct action, and campus organizing, We Are Dissenters confronts institutions profiting from war, policing, and surveillance, building a movement for peace and justice.
• Libraries For The People: A grassroots organization dedicated to defending and expanding public library access as a vital resource for education, community, and democracy. Through advocacy, organizing, and mobilization, Libraries For the People fights censorship, privatization, and funding cuts, ensuring libraries remain spaces of free information and opportunity for all.
• National Immigration Law Center (NILC): NILC defends and advances the rights of low-income immigrants in the U.S. through litigation, policy advocacy, and education, addressing issues like DACA, public benefits, and workplace protections.
• Human Rights Watch (HRW): HRW monitors and reports human rights abuses globally and advocates for policy changes to protect vulnerable populations. In the U.S., they focus on issues like immigrant rights, police accountability, and racial justice.