1st Edition
Routledge Handbook of Young People’s Environmental Activism
List of Contributors
Introduction
Part I Activism: Emotions and Identity
Chapter 1. Internal Activism in the Face of Climate Loss: Grief, Mourning and Resilience
Jennifer Atkinson, Kyleen Romero and Rileigh Thompson
Chapter 2. Ecological Grief Among Young Environmental Activists
Panu Pihkala, Juni Sinkkonen and Sofia Laine
Chapter 3. Political Satire, Carnivale and Australia’s School Strike for Climate
Judith Bessant, Michelle Catanzaro and Rob Watts
Chapter 4. Activist Identity in Motion
Kazuto Nakano and Kei Nishiyama
Chapter 5. Intersectional Approaches to Young People’s Climate and Environmental Action
Dena Arya and Lydia Ayame Hiraide
Chapter 6. Ambivalent Adultism: Theorising Hostile and Benevolent Adultism as Barriers to Intergenerational Climate Justice
Carlie D. Trott
Part II Activism: Creative Methods
Chapter 7. Young People’s Climate Imaginaries and Board Games: Hacking Participation
Chloé Germaine, Charlotte Gislam, Lucy Roberts, Paul Wake and Jack Warren
Chapter 8. Arts-Based and Creative Activism for Youth-Led Change
Ana Isabel Nunes and Kevin Love
Chapter 9. Fostering Youth Sociopolitical Action for Environmental Justice: The Youth for Justice Project
Jesica Siham Fernández, Jacqueline Ramírez and Maria De La Lima
Chapter 10. Activating Youth Agency for Climate Justice: A Scoping Review of Strategies and Outcomes
Melody Smith,, Esther S. Yao, Yijun Zhang, Shanthi Ameratunga, Shannon Mihaere, and Terryann
C. Clark
Chapter 11. Posthuman Care, Learning and Activism Through the Minor Gestures of Youth Climate Storytelling
Susan Driver
Part III Activism: Pedagogy
Chapter 12. Youth Engaged in Collective Action: Restoring Public Hope in the Face of the Climate Emergency
Erin Gallay and Constance Flanagan
Chapter 13. Activism Through Peer Education: Learning from Kids Fight Climate Change
Samantha Cocco-Klein and Ajani Stella
Chapter 14. Children Creating Stories for Climate Justice Education
Bob Walley, Candice Satchwell, and Jacqueline Dodding
Chapter 15. Pedagogy of Climate Change: The Importance of Higher Education in Transforming Awareness into Action
Olga Khrushcheva and Jack Rose
Chapter 16. (Re)Situating Young People as Climate Educators: A Creative Intervention Mode
Michelle Catanzaro, Dinusha Soo, Zoë Sadokierski, Caelli Jo Brooker, Grace Vegesana, Brianna Barwise and Philippa Collin
Part IV Activism: A Global Perspective
Chapter 17. "Dear Global Leaders, We...": A Standpoint and Capabilities Approach to Colombian Children and Youth’s Environmental Activism in the Political Sphere
Pedro Hernando Maldonado-Castañeda and Francisco Javier Vera-Manzanares
Chapter 18. Young Environmental Activism and Intergenerational Structures in Social Movements
Ingrid Valladares
Chapter 19. Young People and Socio-Environmental Activism in Argentina: Local Voices with Local and Global Demands
M. Victoria Seca
Chapter 20. Greening Cambodia: Alternative Journeys for Youth Participation in Climate Action.
UT Chantarapeach (Peach), Katie J Parsons, and Lisa Jones
Chapter 21. Investigating Youth Engagement in Climate Change Activism
Gülden Demir
Chapter 22. Voices of Change: A Conversation with East African Climate Activists Rose and Japheth
Sheila Ronoh
Chapter 23. Climate Justice and Transnational Environmental Care: Learning from Migrant-Background Young People
Catherine Walker, Akosua Brobbey, Jot Chu, Rei Chu, Zac Chu, and Siobhan Stanton
Chapter 24. Prefigurative Practice: Acting in the Present, Foreboding the Future
Nita Alexander, Theresa Petray, and Ailie McDowall
Chapter 25. Intersectional Futures: The Case for Youth and First Nations Voices in Water Politics, Management, and Discourse
Hannah R. Feldman and Melissa Kennedy
Chapter 26. Family, Friends, And Climate Change: What Drives Young New Zealanders into Activism
Carisa R. Showden and Karen Nairn
Chapter 27. Climate Education, Youth Activism, and Wellbeing: A Perspective from Aotearoa
Rhiannon Mackie and Jenny Ritchie
Chapter 28. Climate Futures and Just Transformations: Re-Imagining Politics Within Youth Climate Activism
Dora Rebelo, Ana Dias Garcia, Tânia R. Santos, Leonor Pêra, João Silveira, Teresa Amorim, Carla Malafaia, Anabela Carvalho, and Maria Fernandes-Jesus
Chapter 29. Moving Beyond Marches and Placards: Examining Embodied Activism in South Asian Communities.
Nobila Bano
Part V Activism: Institutional Perspectives
Chapter 30. Rebels Without a Vote: Youth Climate Activism, Deliberative Democracy, and Institutionalised Politics
Janette Huttunen
Chapter 31. Youth Activism amidst Climate Risks in Italy: Unveiling Young People’s Responses to Extreme Weather Events
Gabriella Sesti Osséo and Ferdinando Pezzopane
Chapter 32. Clashing Timescapes: Youth Environmental Mobilisation, Institutional Inertia, And The (Im)Possibility of Radical Transformations
Jonathan Josefsson and Frida Buhre
Chapter 33. (Un)Imagined Pathways to the Good Work of Net Zero Futures
Rebecca Collins, Amy Bancroft, Laura Tuckey, and Tamara Hunt
Chapter 34. The Environmental Action of Children/Youth and Its Impact on Human Rights Law
Aoife Daly, Katie Reid, Āniva Clarke, and Bach Lam
Chapter 35. Schooling Conditions for Young People’s Climate Justice Activisms
Eve Mayes, Sophie Chiew, Dani Villafaña, Natasha Abhayawickrama, and Netta Maiava
Chapter 36. PLAY Model: Youth Engagement in Urban Decision Making for Sustainable City Planning
Mohammad Mehedi Hasan, Kate Prendergast and Bronwyn Hayward
Part VI Activism: Specific Movements Focus
Chapter 37. Protecting Ourselves Through Time: Reflections on Why the Strikes Are Not Enough in Our Story, Anymore
Leeds Youth4Climate (Formally Leeds Youthstrike or Fridays for future), supported by Viktoria Spaiser
Chapter 38. Waves of Climate Activism: Beyond Adultism
Clare Saunders, Tristian Herbert, and Holly Astle
Chapter 39. Digital And Analog Young People’s Environmental Activism the Hybrid Action Repertoire of Fridays for Future
Giuliana Sorce
Chapter 40. Youth Activism and Direct Action: Young People’s Direct Action within Climate and Environmental Activism
Sarah Pickard
Chapter 41. Repertoires: Climate Youth and Tactical Dissent
Bright Nkrumah
Index
Biography
Sadiya Akram is an Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Birmingham. She is a political sociologist with expertise in race and racism and the diverse strategies employed by marginalised groups and, particularly young people, to mobilise. Dr Akram’s research prioritises participatory methodologies and creative, arts-based approaches to foster inclusive participation in research involving marginalised groups.
Benjamin Bowman is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Sociology and Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is an interdisciplinary researcher with an interest in young people’s everyday lives, young activism, and young people's experiences of climate change. In Dr Bowman’s work with young environmental activists, he specialises in co-research, co-authorship, and participatory action research with young people.
"Centering young people at its core, this handbook beautifully recounts how young people organise and combat climate change with confidence and commitment across the world. Whether you are a (young) person looking for inspiration, hope, recharging before next action, or encouragement to make a difference: this is your companion and compass."
Nina Grmuša, Chairperson of the Advisory Council on Youth, Council of Europe
“This rich and diverse volume weaves together stories about young people and environmental activism. Critically, the chapters chart the emergence of young people as a key group in environmental activism over the past decade and earlier, carefully examining the contexts and complexities of their agency. Taking empirical examples from around the world, this volume re-shapes and refines definitions of youth and activism, testing out exciting new concepts and methodologies for their study whilst always centring young people’s own voices, experiences, fears and hopes.”
Peter Kraftl, Professor of Human Geography, Department of Geography and Environment, Loughborough University, UK
"I've had the chance to know and work with many of the young leaders discussed here, and to have a larger sense of the youth climate movement: they bring precisely the energy, idealism, and intelligence required to lead this work. This volume serves as a good reminder that the rest of us should be committing to following them, providing the structural political power that youth alone can't muster."
Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar, Middlebury College, USA
