Grassroots Environmentalism and Low-Carbon Cities

Kevin Lo

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-49730-3_5

Grassroots Environmentalism and Low-Carbon Cities

Kevin Lo^*

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Academy of Geography, Sociology and International Studies

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Abstract

Grassroots environmentalism has emerged as a key driver for low-carbon cities. This chapter describes and analyses three cases of grassroots environmentalism: the transition town movement, the ecovillage movement, and community renewable energy initiatives. It shows that, rather than business-as-usual, advocates of grassroots environmentalism envision a fundamental transformation of everyday practices based on community building, resilience, economic localisation, and dematerialisation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Creating Low Carbon Cities
Editors	Shobhakar Dhakal, Matthias Ruth
Publisher	Springer Cham
Pages	43-50
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319497303
ISBN (Print)	9783319497297
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49730-3_5
Publication status	Published - 10 Mar 2017

UN SDGs

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 13 Climate Action

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Climate change
Community renewable energy
Ecovillages
Grassroots environmentalism
Low-carbon cities
Transition town

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