Organic farming is a sector with real development potential in Romania, being an essential instrument on the way to environmental protection, through the conservation of soil, improvement of water quality and support to biodiversity. The present paper aims to analyses the evolution of organic...

The central inquiry of this chapter is the relationship between political liberalization and the rise and development of environmental movement. The selection of the eight cases (China, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam) is guided by both the call for...

The objective of this research is to study the formation, dynamics, impacts, patterns, and methods of social sanction on online media and public sphere of each New Environmental Movement consisting of Mae Wong Dam, Nakhon Sawan Province, Pichit Gold Mine, and Krabi coal-fired power plant. The...

As conventionally understood, social movements, law reform, and society interact in a unidirectional fashion. Social movements seek to secure law reform; in turn, changes in the law bring about changes in society. While this conventional understanding may be helpful for some purposes, it is an...

Exnovationsprozesse als sozial-ökologische Transformation? Eine vergleichende Analyse der Argumente von Gewerkschaften und Umweltverbänden zum Kohleausstieg in Deutschland Die Treibhausgasemissionen des Energiesektors konnten im letzten Jahrzehnt nicht ausreichend gesenkt werden, obwohl der...

"Climate change is already affecting millions of people. Governments talk about taking action to limit global heating to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, but the greenhouse gas emissions allowed by their policies have the Earth on track to heating far more than that by the end of...

Seit mehreren Jahrzehnten warnen Wissenschaftler_innen vor den Auswirkungen der Klimakrise, doch das politische Handeln bleibt unzureichend - obwohl die Mitgliedstaaten der Vereinten Nationen auf Klimakonferenzen über globale Klimapolitik verhandeln. In diesem Buch werden die Lösungsansätze...

India, the Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE) initiative aims to encourage the adoption of sustainable lifestyles in India and internationally to tackle the challenges of environmental degradation and climate change. This report examines how India has integrated several policies in its energy...

Die Rohstoffausbeutung und das Vordringen des Neo-Extraktivismus in Lateinamerika hat enorme Ausmaße angenommen und tiefgreifende Folgen für Mensch und Natur. Maristella Svampa nimmt sich diesem Prozess an und analysiert ihn umfassend aus sozio-ökologischer und politischer Perspektive. Dazu...

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 paper addresses a fundamental question about the relative impact of pro-environmental...

Ein junges Mädchen aus Schweden schafft, was viele über Jahrzehnte versucht haben. Greta Thunberg und die Fridays for Future-Bewegung schlagen Alarm und die Politik hört nicht nur zu, sondern ist angesichts der Kraft der sozialen Bewegung dazu gezwungen, aktiv zu handeln. Das vorliegende...

Für dieses Buch agiert Herausgeber C.J. Polychroniou als Fragensteller und Stichwortgeber für die beiden als Autoren genannten. Chomsky (Linguist) und Pollin (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler) geben ausführlich Antworten. So wird im Stil eines Interviews die Klimakrise beschrieben und als Lösung...

Verlagsinfo: Wir sind in einem Thriller. Sie und ich. Nicht als Leser und Autor. Als Akteure. Besagter Thriller schreibt sich seit Menschengedenken fort und wechselt dabei immer wieder den Titel. Aktuell heißt er Klimakrise. Pandemie. Digitalisierung. Terror. In der Vergangenheit hieß er...

Introduction: Environmental advocacy and policymaking -- Environmental advocacy strategies that work -- The connected stakeholder model -- Environmental politics in East Asia -- Make friends on the inside : cultivate and empower allies -- Make it work locally : local models, global solutions --...

In 2005, the number of organizations that described themselves as environmental NGOs reached 6,493. But, are all of these organizations part of same the environmental movement? This paper uses the tools of social network analysis to illustrate that the movement is actually an intertwined...

In 2008, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the world’s wealthiest environmental non-governmental organization (ENGO) – with over $3 billion in assets – hired Mark Tercek, a former managing director at Goldman Sachs to be its president and CEO. While he may not have been the first choice for...

"At the 2019 UN climate change conference, activists and delegates for groups representing Indigenous, youth, women, and labour rights were among those marching through the halls chanting “Climate Justice, People Power.” In The New Climate Activism, Jen Iris Allan looks at why and how these...

"Getting busy with the fizzy" : Johansson, SodaStream and Oxfam : exploring the political economics of celebrity activism / Nathan Farrell -- Celebrities in socially engaged campaigns : the making of solidarity capital / Bruno Campanella -- Funded by philanthropy, founded for activism : Nobel...

"The economic and social impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been unprecedented. Governments have spoken of being at war and find themselves forced to seek new powers in order to maintain social order and prevent the spread of the virus. This is often exercised with the notion that we will...

"Fridays for Future" ist der Inbegriff einer globalen Klimaschutz-Bewegung. Aus einer Aktion der schwedischen Schülerin Greta Thunberg hat sich in kurzer Zeit eine weltweite Bewegung entwickelt. Klimaschutz steht ganz oben auf der Agenda, egal ob in Wirtschaft oder Wissenschaft, in Ministerien...

The economics and sociology literature that deals with churches and sects provides a valuable framework when considering the social structure of environmental organizations. Iannaccone’s church-sect model provides an explanation of how rational individuals can join radical environmental...

Founded in 1992, LIFE is the EU's financial instrument for the environment and climate action. While the majority of LIFE budgetary resources are dedicated to funding the actions of projects - at least 81% under the latest Regulation - the programme continues to award annual operating grants in...

The double-edged sword of coal -- The quest for energy security -- Tensions along the coal value chain -- Environmental politics and policymaking -- Alternatives to coal -- Policy, technology, and the future of coal