1st Edition

The Coming of Age of the Green Community My neighbourhood, my planet

By Erik Bichard Copyright 2014
160 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

People organising to protect their environment is not a new phenomenon, but the groups that have been pushing for environmental change since the 1970s have not convinced sufficient numbers make sustainable decisions or to lead sustainable lives. Governments have serially failed to do the job at the international level. Now, climate change, resource depletion and widening social aspirations... Read more

1. What’s My Motivation?: Why People have co-operated on Protecting the Environment 2. Diggers Stand Up for Glory: Localism and the Environment 3. Is it Really that Hard Being Green?: Perspectives on Running Modern Green Communities 4. It’s not about the Money: Funding and its Role in the Perpetuation of Local Green Groups 5. What has the Council Ever Done for us?: The role of the State in supporting Green Communities 6. I’m Bored: The Battle to keep Memberships Interested in the Cause 7. The Next Big Thing or the Only Thing?: Strategies to Perpetuate the Current Wave of Green Community Organisations in the Future

Biography

Erik Bichard is Professor of Regeneration and Sustainable Development at the University of Salford, UK.