Changing Mindsets
Changes Systems
Stories of Systemic Change

Participants in previous Green Action Week campaigns have found creative and impactful ways to demonstrate the need for and benefits of sharing communities. See some of our campaign stories, blogs and videos below.

The Anthology Series

Anthology of a
Sharing Community

The Anthology of Sharing Community centres on sharing as a living practice. Through grounded stories from Green Action Week campaigns, it explores how communities share food, knowledge, culture, resources and responsibility to build resilience and dignity. Rooted in lived experience, it shows sharing not as an idea, but as everyday action that builds collective welllbeing and a culture of sustainability.

Releasing 13 March

Anthology of
Sustainable Consumption

The Anthology of Sustainable Consumption brings together reflections, case studies and campaign insights on transforming how we produce and consume. Drawing from diverse global contexts, it explores advocacy, education, policy engagement and community action through a systems lens. It highlights the structural shifts and collaborative strategies needed to align consumption with ecological limits and social wellbeing.

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Mini Stories from Green Action Week

Celebrating Campaigns of 2024

In Green Action Week 2024 there were many inspiring activities that took place around the world. These focused on different angles of food, water, energy and waste for sustainable consumption. Each campaign brought in aspects of a sharing community through sharing knowledge, skills, resources, time, infrastructure, and more.  Download our mini-stories booklet and read about the 2024 Green Action Week campaigns.

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Celebrating Campaigns of 2024

In Green Action Week 2024 there were many inspiring activities that took place around the world. These focused on different angles of food, water, energy and waste for sustainable consumption. Each campaign brought in aspects of a sharing community through sharing knowledge, skills, resources, time, infrastructure, and more.  Download our mini-stories booklet and read about the 2024 Green Action Week campaigns.

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Mini Stories from 2023 Campaigns

Green Action Week 2023 brought together communities across continents to reimagine sustainable consumption through practical, collective action. From seed exchanges and repair initiatives to school programmes and local advocacy, these mini stories highlight how everyday acts of sharing strengthen resilience, reduce waste and deepen community connection. Download the booklet to explore the 2023 campaigns.

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Anthology Series

Mini Stories from 2023 Campaigns

Green Action Week 2023 brought together communities across continents to reimagine sustainable consumption through practical, collective action. From seed exchanges and repair initiatives to school programmes and local advocacy, these mini stories highlight how everyday acts of sharing strengthen resilience, reduce waste and deepen community connection. Download the booklet to explore the 2023 campaigns.

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FILM: Sharing Community in the Philippines

This is a film about farmers in the Philippines defending their livelihoods and their environment against unsustainable consumption by bringing back ‘Bayanihan’ – a Filipino tradition of community sharing and unity. ​

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FILM: Sharing Community in Brazil

This is a film about Brazilians pushing back against unsustainable consumerism by creating “sharing and solidarity networks” between farmers in the field, shoppers in a cafe, and children in school.

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December 10, 2019 No Comments
Video Hub

Explore the journey of Green Action Week, from an indepth overview of the campaign to inspiring stories of organisations making a difference worldwide.

Green Action Week Film

Full-Length Film The complete story in depth. (14:35 mins)

Medium Version A shorter cut without the stories. (4:12 mins)
Short Version A quick, powerful summary. (1:37 mins)
Organisations in Action
Mexico Colectivo Ecologista Jalisco (CEJ)
Nepal Socio Economic Welfare Action for Women & Children (SEWA)
Kenya Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM)
Sweden Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC)
India Consumer Voice
Philippines EcoWaste Coalition

Indonesia Yogyakarta Consumer Institute

Yemen Yemen Association for Consumer Protection (YACP)

Philippines MASIPAG

Brazil Centro Ecologico