Reimagine Climate Justice with Insights from the EU Feminist Festival

Explore our factsheet from the EU Feminist Festival in Brussels, where we tested new feminist approaches to engage diverse communities in the green transition. Here’s what you can learn and how it can support your work:

Key takeaways

• Intersectional feminist approaches: Learn how gender, race, colonialism, and capitalism intersect to shape the EU’s green transition and how ecofeminism can inspire a more inclusive, sustainable future.

• Redefining expertise: Discover how non-hierarchical spaces for knowledge-sharing ensures inclusivity of diverse voices and redefine what it means to be an expert.

• Innovative facilitation: Try new techniques like the “four corners” exercise and embodiment theatre to engage diverse participants in safe, creative ways.

Innovative aspects we tried

• Co-created agendas: Instead of a set agenda, we let participants propose topics they were passionate about, ensuring that discussions were directly relevant to them.

• Diverse learning formats: Participants could choose from different formats like academic presentations, embodiment theatre, or creative craft sessions to engage with the topic in their preferred way.

• Security and accessibility: We made the festival as accessible as possible, from ensuring physical accessibility to respecting pronouns and meeting diverse needs.

How this can help your work

• Inclusive spaces: Apply feminist facilitation methods to create more equitable, participatory environments in your own events or policies.

• Actionable recommendations: Use insights from the festival on climate migration, energy poverty, and environmental racism to inform your advocacy work.

• Engaging citizens: Take inspiration from the festival’s citizen deliberation model to engage communities in meaningful discussions around climate justice.

By reading our factsheet, you’ll gain practical insights to integrate feminist methodologies into your work for a fairer, more inclusive green transition.

Who are we?

Women engage for a Common Future (WECF) is an ecofeminist network of over 250 women’s and civil society organizations in 70+ countries working on the intersection of gender and the environment.

The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) is WECF is the European association of civil society organisations (CSOs) working on environmental policies at all levels.