Notice bibliographique
Arya, D. et Pickard, S. (2025). Young People’s Climate and Environmental Activism in Britain: Cooperation, Confrontation and Fragmentation in Intersectional Prefigurative Politics. Dans E. Avril, L. Cossu-Beaumont, D. Fee et F. Mourlon (dir), Fragmented Powers. Emerald Publishing.
Résumé
After the launch of Fridays for Future (FFF) and then Extinction Rebellion (XR) in 2018, young people’s climate and environmental activism grew significantly. Several years on, these two global movements are still campaigning, while many youth-led environmental networks and groups have been reinvigorated or created around the world. Much of the work these young climate and environmental activists are doing is around obtaining commitments and concrete actions from powerholders regarding the climate crisis and environmental degradation. This chapter discusses the experiences of young activists within climate and environmental movements in Britain between 2018 and 2023. Drawing on the authors’ extensive fieldwork involving interviews with young protesters, this chapter focuses on an in-depth interview with two young, very committed, non-stereotypical activists. They provide insights regarding the ‘do-ability’ of activism in different places and spaces, as well as positive and negative outcomes of activism for young activists experiencing intersectional inequalities (age, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, gender) within a ‘progressive’ global social movement and prefigurative politics. Three important characteristics of youth-led environmental activism are identified and analysed: cooperation, confrontation and fragmentation. In this way, the chapter explores young people’s climate and environmental activism beyond more affluent white communities.
Hyperlien
https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83608-412-920251018Publication du membre
Sarah PickardAppartenance aux volets
