'It's good what we're doing and it's scary what we're facing' : young people's care-ful environmental action in the UK
Kapoor, Ambika and Rishbeth, Clare (2024) 'It's good what we're doing and it's scary what we're facing' : young people's care-ful environmental action in the UK. Journal of Youth Studies. pp. 1-18. ISSN 1367-6261 (https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2024.2419080)
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Abstract
In this paper, we argue for greater recognition of young people’s contributions to environmental action through social and environmental justice. It draws on findings from research based on eleven organisations in the UK exploring young people’s connection with environment-related collective action and activism in the UK landscape. Building on theoretical arguments of ethics of care and implicit activism and capturing a range of practices of young people, the paper explores young people’s multiple framing(s) of activisms–towards the environment and each other. Drawing on the experiences of young people and facilitators within these organisations, we unpack the experiences and representation of minoritised groups in the climate movement and other forms of environmental engagement. The findings demonstrate thoughtful and effective approaches towards inclusion within the UK context and in terms of global climate justice but also highlight a need for more intersectional approaches and awareness of enduring barriers often relating to racialised identities.
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Kapoor, Ambika ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6349-6638 and Rishbeth, Clare;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 90962 Dates: DateEvent4 November 2024Published4 November 2024Published Online11 October 2024AcceptedSubjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > Environmental Sciences Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 28 Oct 2024 14:00 Last modified: 02 Dec 2024 01:30 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/90962