Quiet activism: climate action at the local scale

Wendy Steele, Jean Hillier, Diana MacCallum, Jason Byrne, Donna Houston

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    Abstract

    This book focuses on the potential and possibilities for socially innovative responses to the climate emergency at the local scale. Climate change has intensified the need for communities to find creative and meaningful ways to address the sustainability of their environments. The authors focus on the creative and collaborative ways local- scale climate action reflects the extra-ordinary measures taken by ordinary people. This includes critical engagement with the ways in which novel social practices and partnerships emerge between people, organisations, institutions, governance arrangements and eco-systems.

    The book successfully highlights the transformative power of socially innovative activities and initiatives in response to the climate crisis; and critically explores how different individuals and groups undertake climate action as ‘quiet activism’ – the embodied acts of collective disruption, subversion, creativity and care at the local scale.
    Original languageEnglish
    Place of PublicationCham, Switzerland
    PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
    Number of pages166
    ISBN (Electronic)9783030787271
    ISBN (Print)9783030787264
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2021

    Keywords

    • Activism
    • Climate action
    • Climate actvism
    • Climate adaptation
    • Climate change
    • Climate emergency
    • Climate governance
    • Climate justice
    • Collective action
    • Local climate activism

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