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Routledge Handbook of Young People’s Environmental Activism -

Routledge Handbook of Young People’s Environmental Activism

Sadiya Akram, Benjamin Bowman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
600 Seiten
2026
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-52960-8 (ISBN)
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This Handbook addresses the new watershed moment in youth environmental activism: the collision of the historic and globally prominent youth-centred movements on the one hand, with established, consolidated power in opposition to environmental action on the other.

The central goal of this Handbook is to explore the state of the research literature on young people’s environmental activism, not just as a global network of movements involving young people, but as a global exchange of ideas, sentiments and solidarities. The book explores how young people attempt to address the global injustice of environmental damage, take action on environmental issues including climate change, and imagine the world of social and environmental justice that they would like to build. The Handbook borrows a slogan seen at FridaysForFuture strikes around the world - “Systems Change, not Climate Change” - and asks: what systemic change do young environmental activists envision, and how do they conceive of, and take opportunities to, enact that change? Spanning six themes, Sadiya Akram and Benjamin Bowman have curated a diverse range of experts to interrogate this question, exploring topics such as emotions and identity; creative methods; activism and pedagogy; institutional perspectives, while combining a global and a specific-movement focus. These expert contributions include reflections, conversations, and co-writing with young environmentalist activists while drawing on arts-based and creative methodologies.

This innovative Handbook is a key resource for students, scholars and practitioners who are researching and working in the fields of environment and climate justice, climate change and society, climate research, young peoples’ activism, and young people’s political participation.

Sadiya Akram is an Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Birmingham. She is a political sociologist with expertise in race and racism and the diverse strategies employed by marginalised groups and, particularly young people, to mobilise. Dr. Akram’s research prioritises participatory methodologies and creative, arts-based approaches to foster inclusive participation in research involving marginalised groups. Benjamin Bowman is Senior Lecturer in the School of Sociology and Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is an interdisciplinary researcher with an interest in young people’s everyday lives, young activism and young people's experiences of climate change. In Dr Bowman’s work with young environmentalist activists, he specializes in co-research, co-authorship and participatory action research with young people.

List of Contributors

Introduction

Part I - Activism: Emotions and Identity

Chapter 1. Internal Activism in The Face of Climate Loss: Grief, Mourning and Resilience

Jennifer Wren Atkinson, Kyleen Romero and Rileigh Thompson

Chapter 2. Ecological Grief Among Young Environmental Activists

Panu Pihkala, Juni Sinkkonen and Sofia Laine

Chapter 3. Political Satire, Carnivale and Australia’s School Strike for Climate

Judith Bessant, Michelle Catanzaro and Rob Watts

Chapter 4. Activist Identity in Motion

Kazuto Nakano and Kei Nishiyama

Chapter 5. Intersectional Approaches to Young People’s Climate and Environmental Action

Dena Arya and Lydia Ayame Hiraide

Chapter 6. Ambivalent Adultism: Theorizing Hostile and Benevolent Adultism as Barriers to Intergenerational Climate Justice

Carlie D. Trott

Part II - Activism: Creative Methods

Chapter 7. Young People’s Climate Imaginaries and Board Games: Hacking Participation

Chloé Germaine, Charlotte Gislam, Lucy Roberts, Paul Wake and Jack Warren

Chapter 8. Arts-Based and Creative Activism for Youth-Led Change

Ana Isabel Nunes and Kevin Love

Chapter 9. Fostering Youth Sociopolitical Action for Environmental Justice: The Youth for Justice Project

Jesica Siham Fernández, Jacqueline Ramírez and Maria De La Lima

Chapter 10. Activating Youth Agency for Climate Justice: A Scoping Review of Strategies and Outcomes

Melody Smith, Esther, S. Yao, Yijun, Zhang, Shanthi, Ameratunga, Shannon and Mihaere, Terryann

C. Clark

Chapter 11. Posthuman Care, Learning and Activism Through the Minor Gestures Of Youth Climate Storytelling

Susan Driver

Part III - Activism: Pedagogy

Chapter 12. Youth Engaged in Collective Action: Restoring Public Hope in the Face of the Climate Emergency

Erin Gallay and Constance Flanagan

Chapter 13. Activism Through Peer Education: Learning from Kids Fight Climate Change

Samantha Cocco-Klein and Ajani Stella

Chapter 14. Children Creating Stories for Climate Justice Education

Bob Walley, Candice Satchwell and Jacqueline Dodding

Chapter 15. Pedagogy of Climate Change: The Importance of Higher Education in Transforming Awareness into Action

Olga Khrushcheva and Jack Rose

Chapter 16. (Re)Situating Young People as Climate Educators: A Creative Intervention Mode

Michelle Catanzaro, Dinusha Soo, Zoë Sadokierski, Caelli Jo Brooker, Grace Vegesana, Brianna Barwise and Philippa Collin

Part IV - Activism: A Global Perspective

Chapter 17. ‘Dear Global Leaders, We...’: A Standpoint and Capabilities Approach to Colombian Children and Youth’s Environmental Activism in the Political Sphere

Pedro Hernando Maldonado-Castañeda and Francisco Javier Vera-Manzanares

Chapter 18. Young Environmental Activism and Intergenerational Structures in Social Movements

Ingrid Valladares

Chapter 19. Young People and Socio-Environmental Activism in Argentina: Local Voices with Local and Global Demands

M. Victoria Seca

Chapter 20. Greening Cambodia: Alternative Journeys for Youth Participation in Climate Action.

UT Chantarapeach (Peach), Katie J Parsons and Lisa Jones

Chapter 21. Investigating Youth Engagement in Climate Change Activism

Gülden Demir

Chapter 22. Voices Of Change: A Conversation with East African Climate Activists Rose and Japheth

Sheila Ronoh

Chapter 23. Climate Justice and Transnational Environmental Care: Learning from Migrant-Background Young People

Catherine Walker, Akosua Brobbey, Jot Chu, Rei Chu, Zac Chu and Siobhan Stanton

Chapter 24. Prefigurative Practice: Acting in the Present, Foreboding the Future

Nita Alexander, Theresa Petray and Ailie Mcdowall

Chapter 25. Intersectional Futures: The Case for Youth and First Nations Voices in Water Politics, Management and Discourse

Hannah R. Feldman and Melissa Kennedy

Chapter 26. Family, Friends, And Climate Change: What Drives Young New Zealanders into Activism

Carisa R. Showden and Karen Nairn

Chapter 27. Climate Education, Youth Activism, And Wellbeing: A Perspective from Aotearoa

Rhiannon Mackie and Jenny Ritchie

Chapter 28. Climate Futures and Just Transformations: Re-Imagining Politics Within Youth Climate Activism

Dora Rebelo, Ana Dias Garcia, Tânia R. Santos, Leonor Pêra, João Silveira, Teresa Amorim, Carla Malafaia, Anabela Carvalho and Maria Fernandes-Jesus

Chapter 29. Moving Beyond Marches and Placards: Examining Embodied Activism in South Asian Communities.

Nobila Bano

Part V - Activism: Institutional Perspectives

Chapter 30. Rebels Without a Vote: Youth Climate Activism, Deliberative Democracy, and Institutionalized Politics

Janette Huttunen

Chapter 31. Youth Activism amidst Climate Risks in Italy. Unveiling Young People’s Responses to Extreme Weather Events

Gabriella Sesti Osséo and Ferdinando Pezzopane

Chapter 32. Clashing Timescapes: Youth Environmental Mobilization, Institutional Inertia, And The (Im)Possibility of Radical Transformations

Jonathan Josefsson and Frida Buhre

Chapter 33. (Un)Imagined Pathways to the Good Work of Net Zero Futures

Rebecca Collins, Amy Bancroft, Laura Tuckey and Tamara Hunt

Chapter 34. The Environmental Action of Children/Youth and Its Impact on Human Rights Law

Aoife Daly, Katie Reid, Āniva Clarke and Bach Lam

Chapter 35. Schooling Conditions for Young People’s Climate Justice Activisms

Eve Mayes, Sophie Chiew, Dani Villafaña, Natasha Abhayawickrama and Netta Maiava

Chapter 36. PLAY Model: Youth Engagement in Urban Decision Making for Sustainable City Planning

Mohammad Mehedi Hasan, Kate Prendergast and Bronwyn Hayward

Part VI - Activism: Specific Movements Focus

Chapter 37. Protecting Ourselves through Time. Reflections On Why the Strikes Are Not Enough in Our Story, Anymore

Leeds Youth4Climate (Formally Leeds Youthstrike Or Fridaysforfuture), Supported by Viktoria Spaiser

Chapter 38. Waves Of Climate Activism: Beyond Adultism

Clare Saunders, Tristian Herbert and Holly Astle

Chapter 39. Digital And Analog Young People’s Environmental Activism the Hybrid Action Repertoire of Fridays for Future

Giuliana Sorce

Chapter 40. Youth Activism and Direct Action: Young People’s Direct Action within Climate and Environmental Activism

Sarah Pickard

Chapter 41. Repertoires: Climate Youth and Tactical Dissent

Bright Nkrumah

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.6.2026
Reihe/Serie Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
Zusatzinfo 8 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 73 Halftones, black and white; 75 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 174 x 246 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-032-52960-1 / 1032529601
ISBN-13 978-1-032-52960-8 / 9781032529608
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