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Defining environmental justice : theories, movements, and nature
This book will appeal to anyone interested in environmental politics, environmental movements, and justice theory. The basic task of this book is to explore what, exactly, is meant by 'justice' in definitions of environmental and ecological justice. It examines how the term is used in both self-described environmental justice movements and in theories of environmental and ecological justice. The central argument is that a theory and practice of environmental justice necessarily includes distributive conceptions of justice, but must also embrace notions of justice based in recognition, capabilities, and participation. Throughout, the goal is the development of a broad, multi-faceted, yet integrated notion of justice that can be applied to both relations regarding environmental risks in human populations and relations between human communities and non-human nature.
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Political influences on environmental movements in the context of climate change in Bangladesh
Political interests significantly shape environmental movements, particularly in developing nations facing the dual pressures of economic development and climate vulnerability. This study examines the intersection of political influence and environmental movements in the face of climate change. The central research question guiding this study is: How do political factors influence the success and challenges of environmental movements in Bangladesh? Sub-questions include: What role do political leaders and parties play in supporting or obstructing environmental activism? How do environmental movements respond to political resistance and interference? The rationale for this research stems from the growing urgency to understand how political dynamics affect climate action in countries like Bangladesh, which is highly susceptible to climate-induced disasters but struggles with governance and accountability in environmental policy. Through content analysis, two case studies, and key informant interviews (KIIs) with 20 participants, including government officials, environmentalists, and academics from Sylhet, the study explores how global environmental movements, such as India’s Chipko movement, have inspired local activism. Political priorities in Bangladesh often place in order economic development over environmental sustainability. As a result, environmentalists face significant obstacles, including resistance, harassment, and threats from political and economic elites who benefit from environmentally harmful practices. This study shows the evolution of environmental activism into green politics, emphasizing how political support can be a crucial factor in determining the success or failure of environmental protection efforts. Despite growing global awareness of environmental issues, the environmental movement in Bangladesh has struggled to gain sufficient political support, leaving it vulnerable to competing political and economic agendas. This study finds the need to demonstrate a more significant political commitment to environmental protection in Bangladesh, which could be a model for other developing countries.
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Going Green: Environmental Protest, Policy, and CO₂ Emissions in U.S. States, 1990–2007
A major goal of the environmental movement is to conserve or improve the natural environment, but evidence showing that environmental mobilization produces positive environmental outcomes is mixed. This article addresses a fundamental question about the relative impact of pro-environmental mobilization and the scope of an environmental policy regime on the natural environment. Using panel data at the state level from 1990 through 2007, we explore how environmental protest and environmental policies independently (or jointly) reduce CO₂ emissions in U.S. states. We find that the level of emissions in a state declines in states with increases in pro-environmental protest, net of the effects of the range of environmental policies enacted, gasoline taxes, liberal attitudes, reliance on the fossil fuel industry, number of registered lobbyist organizations, gross state product, and population size.
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Recycle this book : 100 top children's book authors tell you how to go green
Favorite authors share their hopes, fears, and questions and reveal the changes they've made in their own lives to address one crucial issue: How do we save the planet?\"
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Amplifying Public Opinion: The Policy Impact of the U.S. Environmental Movement
Time-series data from 1960-1998 is used to test hypotheses regarding the impact of protest and public opinion on the passage of U.S. environmental legislation. An amplification model of policy impact is introduced which posits that protest affects legislative action independent of public opinion as suggested by protest event theorists, whereas the impact of public opinion on legislative action is greater depending on the level of protest. Evidence is found for the existence of an amplification mechanism between environmental movement protest and public opinion, where public opinion affects policy above and beyond its independent effect when protest raises the salience of the issue to legislators. These findings point to the need to restructure analyses of the impact of social movements on public policy.
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Unnatural disasters : why most responses to risk and climate change fail but some succeed
\"Storms, floods, fires, tsunamis, earthquakes, tornadoes, and other disasters seem not only more frequent but also closer to home. As the world faces this onslaught, we have placed our faith in \"sustainable development,\" which promises that we can survive and even thrive in the face of climate change and other risks. Yet while claiming to \"go green,\" we have instead created new risks, continued to degrade nature, and failed to halt global warming. Unnatural Disasters offers a new perspective on our most pressing environmental and social challenges, revealing the gaps between abstract concepts like sustainability, resilience, and innovation and the real-world experiences of the people living at risk. Gonzalo Lizarralde explains how the causes of disasters are not natural but all too human: inequality, segregation, marginalization, colonialism, neoliberalism, racism, and unrestrained capitalism. He tells the stories of Latin American migrants, Haitian earthquake survivors, Canadian climate activists, African slum dwellers, and other people resisting social and environmental injustices around the world. Lizarralde shows that most reconstruction and risk-reduction efforts exacerbate social inequalities. Some responses do produce meaningful changes, but they are rarely the ones powerful leaders have in mind. This book reveals how disasters have become both the causes and consequences of today's most urgent challenges and proposes achievable solutions to save a planet at risk, emphasizing the power citizens hold to change the current state of affairs\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Mapa Verde: Participatory Cartography and Technological Imaginaries of the Young Environmental Movement in Uruguay
This article examines Mapa Verde, a participatory digital mapping project co-created by young environmental activists and academic researchers in Uruguay between 2023 and 2025, from the perspective of participatory action research along with social and technopolitical cartography. Drawing on the observation and systematization of collaborative workshops, revision of periodical reports of activities and outcomes, and in-depth interviews with the young activists involved in the participatory cartography, the article reconstructs and interrogates the co-creation process: diagnosis, construction, and evaluation (Calvo & Candón-Mena, 2023). It also analyzes youth imaginaries regarding digital media activism and environmental advocacy through counter-mapping. Pragmatic and critical imaginaries of digital media for activism are found among the young participants who created Mapa Verde, while the collaborative enterprise reflects community-based communication and some traces of counter-data mapping that strengthen identity and foster inter-organizational collaboration. The project expands participatory cartography practices in political ecology and environmental communication, highlighting youth as both agents and cartographers of environmental action. The process shows that mapping is not only a technical exercise but also political, cultural, and pedagogical, enabling new forms of participation and knowledge production.
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