Generating the Roots of Climate Justice (ROOTS)
Reimagining climate learning through ecofeminist approaches to address the interconnected root causes of gender-based violence and environmental degradation.
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The Challenge
Climate change is not only an environmental crisis; it is a health and wellbeing crisis, and it plays out in deeply gendered ways. Climate-related shocks create conditions that increase gender-based violence, child marriage, and psychological harm for women and girls. Yet most climate change education stops at literacy and possibly pro-environmental behavior change, failing to address the deeper psychological and structural roots—patriarchy, human exceptionalism, a culture of uncare—that drive both environmental degradation and gender inequality in the first place.
Our Response
Through our ROOTS portfolio, we pursue ecofeminist approaches to climate change education and climate change research that center health, wellbeing, and feminist planetary consciousness as foundations for transformative climate action. Working through participatory approaches, we explore the psychological roots of pro-environmental and pro-equality behavior with the conviction that achieving climate justice requires transforming not just what people know, but the collective paradigms shaping how we relate to each other and to the living world.
Research & Policy Advocacy
Field-defining research and policy advocacy—generating evidence to shape policy and practice across interconnected systems, from education to the green and blue economy.
Explore →Data & Evaluation
Measurement, evaluation, and data systems that track climate impact and keep today's decisions accountable to future generations.
Explore →Instructional Design
Curriculum development and climate-integrated learning experiences across formal and non-formal systems—from early childhood to workforce development.
Explore →Workshop Design & Delivery
Capacity building and technical assistance—interactive experiences that shift mindsets and translate knowledge into practice.
Explore →Strategic Advisory
Strategy and advisory services that help organizations and leaders navigate complexity and drive systems change.
Explore →Up Next
Building on our foundational work at the intersection of ecofeminism, climate education, and participatory research, we are actively developing the next phase of the ROOTS portfolio, bringing together partners to co-design and test approaches that address the eco-psychological roots of gender and climate vulnerability among young women in climate-affected communities.
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Up Next
Building on our foundational work at the intersection of ecofeminism, climate education, and participatory research, we are actively developing the next phase of the ROOTS portfolio, bringing together partners to co-design and test approaches that address the eco-psychological roots of gender and climate vulnerability among young women in climate-affected communities.
The Challenge
Climate change is not only an environmental crisis; it is a health and wellbeing crisis, and it plays out in deeply gendered ways. Climate-related shocks create conditions that increase gender-based violence, child marriage, and psychological harm for women and girls. Yet most climate change education stops at literacy and possibly pro-environmental behavior change, failing to address the deeper psychological and structural roots—patriarchy, human exceptionalism, a culture of uncare—that drive both environmental degradation and gender inequality in the first place.
Our Response
Through our ROOTS portfolio, we pursue ecofeminist approaches to climate change education and climate change research that center health, wellbeing, and feminist planetary consciousness as foundations for transformative climate action. Working through participatory approaches, we explore the psychological roots of pro-environmental and pro-equality behavior with the conviction that achieving climate justice requires transforming not just what people know, but the collective paradigms shaping how we relate to each other and to the living world.
Generating the Roots of Climate Justice (ROOTS)
Reimagining climate learning through ecofeminist approaches to address the interconnected root causes of gender-based violence and environmental degradation.
— OUR PROVEN SOLUTIONS
Get in touch with us if you'd like to support the ROOTS Initiative or explore a collaboration!
