First, how do we choose our work?
The approach we take in defining problems and seeking effective solutions can often become the crux of the issue itself. We tend to look at problems from just a few angles and then try to solve them based on that. We often strongly support a specific cause and only think about problems and solutions related to that cause. But what we might miss, which is hard to see when we're so involved, are the other problems that our way of thinking might create. At WSH, we're not experts, but we think a good step forward is to try and look at what we work on from the perspectives of nature, all animals, and all humans.
One perspective which is often missed is “how does this affect all species, not just humans?” - and what we so far have come to an understanding, is that when we view the world problems we want to solve, the underlying root-causes of many problems, is that working with typical “animal rights” related work, often comes with synergies for nature and humans as well.
Below you’ll see what we currently are working on. Keep in mind that we’re mostly driven by volunteers. We’re working to expand and be able to hire more people in bigger positions. When we reach that milestone, we’re able to tackle and work in more comprehensive ways. If you’d like to support that journey, join us either as a support-member(Norway only) or volunteer.
If you have any other questions, email us at mail@worldsavinghustle.com.
Our work
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REALITY
Street activism for animal rights, where we focus on the reality of different world issues. Most of the time it is focused on the reality of farmed animals, but also the reality of fast fashion and other cause areas. We have two teams, team 1 holding screens showing footage of the cause area, and team 2 doing outreach and having conversations with bystanders watching.
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Deep sea mining
Because we know so little about the life in the deep sea and impacts the industry can have, a lot of countries have decided on a moratorium on the industry. Yet, other countries such as Norway is pushing faster forward then what seems to be way too risky and we’re working on getting Norway to have a moratorium as well. We do this in collaboration with other environmental organizations in Norway.
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The WSH conference
The conference is aiming to bring together people and organisations who work within environmentalism, animal rights and human rights. The goal is to make a space where synergies between different people who want to make the world a better place can meet, become friends, become collaborators and inspire each other. To sign up and learn more click here.
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Stop Whaling
Almost all countries have banned whaling, but there are still 3 countries in the world which still do commercial whaling, Norway being one of them. Our goal is to end whaling in Norway. There is a petition available to share and sign and you can also get active on the project.
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#plukkenpose
A campaign which in English would be #pickabag, meaning to pick a bag of trash. Thousands of bags of trash have been filled up since we started the project and it’s helping keeping nature clean a little here and there. Better for nature, animals and humans. Want to join? Pick a bag of trash in your area and feel free to post on social media to inspire others with #plukkenpose.
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The Vegan Challenge
The Vegan Challenge encourages people to try eating vegan food for 22 days. The goal is to make the trial period as easy as possible. The challenge focuses on delicious food and recipes. The Vegan Challenge started in 2018 in Norway, and thousands of Norwegians have participated. When you sign up, you have the opportunity to have a mentor who assists you, completely free of charge. Join us!
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OCEAN CLEAN-UPS
Multiple local chapters have ocean clean-ups as one of their activities. To clean an area of marine pollution is good for nature, animals and humans. You get to do a little good for the local ecosystem and at the same time connect with fellow like-minded people. If the weather is nice we also bring some food for everyone and we’ll chill by the ocean.
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Self care
It’s in our organisational culture to take care of ourselves and each other, therefore we arrange a lot of self care type events which is focused on community building, workshops, cabin trips, sauna and cold baths, hikes and other events focus on taking care of volunteers in World Saving Hustle. Have a new self care event idea? Let us know!
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Sanctuary volunteering
We have volunteer days or so called “dugnads” at all of the animal sanctuaries in Norway. An animal sanctuary is a place where animals are brought to live and to be protected for the rest of their lives. We do these volunteer days both to help the animals and the people running the sanctuaries, and it’s also an amazing way to practise self care for activists as well.
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Talks and workshops
We host several talks and workshops for schools, universities, companies, at festivals and more. Topics can be broad within environmentalism, animal rights and human rights. Feel free to contact us if you want a visit from somebody from WSH.
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Social media awareness
We use social media to spread the word about important causes, connect with our community, and make a positive impact on policies. It’s one way of getting our message out there and drive change! We try out different strategies and collaborate with a variety of influencers and other organisations. If you have suggestions for collaborations and content, let us know.
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Supporting others
A big part of WSH is also to support other NGOs and individuals who do good for nature, animals and humans. One example is supporting the human rights organisation A21 in their yearly demonstration against slavery. Being a part of WSH means doing a lot of WSH activism, but also participating in supporting other. If you want our support, feel free to reach out!