Routledge Handbook of Young People’s Environmental Activism

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 ContributorsIntroductionPart I - Activism: Emotions and IdentityChapter 1. Internal Activism in The Face of Climate Loss: Grief, Mourning and ResilienceJennifer Wren Atkinson, Kyleen Romero and Rileigh ThompsonChapter 2. Ecological Grief Among Young Environmental ActivistsPanu Pihkala, Juni Sinkkonen and Sofia LaineChapter 3. Political Satire, Carnivale and Australia’s School Strike for Climate Judith Bessant, Michelle Catanzaro and Rob WattsChapter 4. Activist Identity in MotionKazuto Nakano and Kei NishiyamaChapter 5. Intersectional Approaches to Young People’s Climate and Environmental ActionDena Arya and Lydia Ayame HiraideChapter 6. Ambivalent Adultism: Theorizing Hostile and Benevolent Adultism as Barriers to Intergenerational Climate JusticeCarlie D. TrottPart II - Activism: Creative MethodsChapter 7. Young People’s Climate Imaginaries and Board Games: Hacking ParticipationChloé Germaine, Charlotte Gislam, Lucy Roberts, Paul Wake and Jack WarrenChapter 8. Arts-Based and Creative Activism for Youth-Led ChangeAna Isabel Nunes and Kevin LoveChapter 9. Fostering Youth Sociopolitical Action for Environmental Justice: The Youth for Justice ProjectJesica Siham Fernández, Jacqueline Ramírez and Maria De La LimaChapter 10. Activating Youth Agency for Climate Justice: A Scoping Review of Strategies and OutcomesMelody Smith, Esther, S. Yao, Yijun, Zhang, Shanthi, Ameratunga, Shannon and Mihaere, TerryannC. ClarkChapter 11. Posthuman Care, Learning and Activism Through the Minor Gestures Of Youth Climate StorytellingSusan DriverPart III - Activism: PedagogyChapter 12. Youth Engaged in Collective Action: Restoring Public Hope in the Face of the Climate EmergencyErin Gallay and Constance FlanaganChapter 13. Activism Through Peer Education: Learning from Kids Fight Climate ChangeSamantha Cocco-Klein and Ajani StellaChapter 14. Children Creating Stories for Climate Justice EducationBob Walley, Candice Satchwell and Jacqueline DoddingChapter 15. Pedagogy of Climate Change: The Importance of Higher Education in Transforming Awareness into ActionOlga Khrushcheva and Jack RoseChapter 16. (Re)Situating Young People as Climate Educators: A Creative Intervention ModeMichelle Catanzaro, Dinusha Soo, Zoë Sadokierski, Caelli Jo Brooker, Grace Vegesana, Brianna Barwise and Philippa CollinPart IV - Activism: A Global PerspectiveChapter 17. ‘Dear Global Leaders, We...’: A Standpoint and Capabilities Approach to Colombian Children and Youth’s Environmental Activism in the Political SpherePedro Hernando Maldonado-Castañeda and Francisco Javier Vera-ManzanaresChapter 18. Young Environmental Activism and Intergenerational Structures in Social MovementsIngrid ValladaresChapter 19. Young People and Socio-Environmental Activism in Argentina: Local Voices with Local and Global DemandsM. Victoria SecaChapter 20. Greening Cambodia: Alternative Journeys for Youth Participation in Climate Action.UT Chantarapeach (Peach), Katie J Parsons and Lisa JonesChapter 21. Investigating Youth Engagement in Climate Change ActivismGülden DemirChapter 22. Voices Of Change: A Conversation with East African Climate Activists Rose and JaphethSheila RonohChapter 23. Climate Justice and Transnational Environmental Care: Learning from Migrant-Background Young PeopleCatherine Walker, Akosua Brobbey, Jot Chu, Rei Chu, Zac Chu and Siobhan StantonChapter 24. Prefigurative Practice: Acting in the Present, Foreboding the FutureNita Alexander, Theresa Petray and Ailie McdowallChapter 25. Intersectional Futures: The Case for Youth and First Nations Voices in Water Politics, Management and DiscourseHannah R. Feldman and Melissa KennedyChapter 26. Family, Friends, And Climate Change: What Drives Young New Zealanders into ActivismCarisa R. Showden and Karen NairnChapter 27. Climate Education, Youth Activism, And Wellbeing: A Perspective from AotearoaRhiannon Mackie and Jenny RitchieChapter 28. Climate Futures and Just Transformations: Re-Imagining Politics Within Youth Climate ActivismDora Rebelo, Ana Dias Garcia, Tânia R. Santos, Leonor Pêra, João Silveira, Teresa Amorim, Carla Malafaia, Anabela Carvalho and Maria Fernandes-JesusChapter 29. Moving Beyond Marches and Placards: Examining Embodied Activism in South Asian Communities.Nobila BanoPart V - Activism: Institutional Perspectives Chapter 30. Rebels Without a Vote: Youth Climate Activism, Deliberative Democracy, and Institutionalized PoliticsJanette HuttunenChapter 31. Youth Activism amidst Climate Risks in Italy. Unveiling Young People’s Responses to Extreme Weather EventsGabriella Sesti Osséo and Ferdinando PezzopaneChapter 32. Clashing Timescapes: Youth Environmental Mobilization, Institutional Inertia, And The (Im)Possibility of Radical TransformationsJonathan Josefsson and Frida BuhreChapter 33. (Un)Imagined Pathways to the Good Work of Net Zero FuturesRebecca Collins, Amy Bancroft, Laura Tuckey and Tamara HuntChapter 34. The Environmental Action of Children/Youth and Its Impact on Human Rights LawAoife Daly, Katie Reid, Āniva Clarke and Bach LamChapter 35. Schooling Conditions for Young People’s Climate Justice ActivismsEve Mayes, Sophie Chiew, Dani Villafaña, Natasha Abhayawickrama and Netta MaiavaChapter 36. PLAY Model: Youth Engagement in Urban Decision Making for Sustainable City PlanningMohammad Mehedi Hasan, Kate Prendergast and Bronwyn HaywardPart VI - Activism: Specific Movements FocusChapter 37. Protecting Ourselves through Time. Reflections On Why the Strikes Are Not Enough in Our Story, AnymoreLeeds Youth4Climate (Formally Leeds Youthstrike Or Fridaysforfuture), Supported by Viktoria SpaiserChapter 38. Waves Of Climate Activism: Beyond AdultismClare Saunders, Tristian Herbert and Holly AstleChapter 39. Digital And Analog Young People’s Environmental Activism the Hybrid Action Repertoire of Fridays for FutureGiuliana SorceChapter 40. Youth Activism and Direct Action: Young People’s Direct Action within Climate and Environmental ActivismSarah PickardChapter 41. Repertoires: Climate Youth and Tactical DissentBright NkrumahIndex

"Centering young people at its core, this handbook beautifully recounts how young people organize and combat climate change with confidence and commitment across the world. Whether you are a (young) person looking for inspiration, hope, recharging before next action, or encouragement to make a difference: this is your companion and compass."Nina Grmuša, Chairperson of the Advisory Council on Youth, Council of Europe“This rich and diverse volume weaves together stories about young people and environmental activism. Critically, the chapters chart the emergence of young people as a key group in environmental activism over the past decade and earlier, carefully examining the contexts and complexities of their agency. Taking empirical examples from around the world, this volume re-shapes and refines definitions of youth and activism, testing out exciting new concepts and methodologies for their study whilst always centring young people’s own voices, experiences, fears and hopes”.Peter Kraftl, Professor of Human Geography, Department of Geography and Environment, Loughborough University, UK"I've had the chance to know and work with many of the young leaders discussed here, and to have a larger sense of the youth climate movement: they bring pricesily the energy, idealism, and intelligence required to lead this work. This volume serves as a good reminder that the rest of us should be committing to following them, providing the structural political power that youth alone can't muster."Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar, Middlebury College, USA