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Building capacity for low-carbon communities: The role of grassroots initiatives

by: Lucie Middlemiss, and Bradley D. Parrish

In: Energy Policy, Vol. In Press, Corrected Proof (2009) , p. -.

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URL:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V2W-4X5BP32-1/2/532f527e07db832e3406d248e4cb02a2
DOI:	10.1016/j.enpol.2009.07.003

Grassroots initiatives for change rely on people with limited power, limited resources and limited ability to influence others. From this position, people acting from the bottom up can change their own actions, seek to influence others around them and seek to change the social structures that they inhabit. These acts are invariably conceived, initiated and enacted within communities, and there is an emerging interest from practitioner, policy and academic circles in the importance of community as a space for realising pro-environmental change. In this paper, we ask what role grassroots initiatives can have in creating low-carbon communities. Using a theoretical framework from work on community-based practice change initiatives, we discuss the interplay between grassroots action and community capacity. We then present two cases of grassroots low-carbon community initiatives in light of this theoretical work. We conclude by discussing key themes emerging from the cases, including the potential for grassroots initiatives to build community capacity for low-carbon practices, and the importance of locally crafted solutions according to the structures specific to place.

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@article{Middlemiss2009,
  abstract = {Grassroots initiatives for change rely on people with limited power, limited resources and limited ability to influence others. From this position, people acting from the bottom up can change their own actions, seek to influence others around them and seek to change the social structures that they inhabit. These acts are invariably conceived, initiated and enacted within communities, and there is an emerging interest from practitioner, policy and academic circles in the importance of community as a space for realising pro-environmental change. In this paper, we ask what role grassroots initiatives can have in creating low-carbon communities. Using a theoretical framework from work on community-based practice change initiatives, we discuss the interplay between grassroots action and community capacity. We then present two cases of grassroots low-carbon community initiatives in light of this theoretical work. We conclude by discussing key themes emerging from the cases, including the potential for grassroots initiatives to build community capacity for low-carbon practices, and the importance of locally crafted solutions according to the structures specific to place.},
  added-at = {2010-03-18T19:40:02.000+0100},
  author = {Middlemiss, Lucie and Parrish, Bradley D.},
  biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a74b89e3f3c1b8c0349b30131a00f527/nicoj},
  doi = {DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.07.003},
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  issn = {0301-4215},
  journal = {Energy Policy},
  keywords = {Low-carbon_communities communities community education grassroots proj_education},
  pages = { - },
  timestamp = {2010-03-18T19:40:02.000+0100},
  title = {Building capacity for low-carbon communities: The role of grassroots initiatives},
  url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V2W-4X5BP32-1/2/532f527e07db832e3406d248e4cb02a2},
  volume = {In Press, Corrected Proof},
  year = 2009
}

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%0 Journal Article
%1 Middlemiss2009
%A Middlemiss, Lucie
%A Parrish, Bradley D.
%D 2009
%J Energy Policy
%K 
%P  - 
%T Building capacity for low-carbon communities: The role of grassroots initiatives
%R DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.07.003
%U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V2W-4X5BP32-1/2/532f527e07db832e3406d248e4cb02a2
%V In Press, Corrected Proof
%X Grassroots initiatives for change rely on people with limited power, limited resources and limited ability to influence others. From this position, people acting from the bottom up can change their own actions, seek to influence others around them and seek to change the social structures that they inhabit. These acts are invariably conceived, initiated and enacted within communities, and there is an emerging interest from practitioner, policy and academic circles in the importance of community as a space for realising pro-environmental change. In this paper, we ask what role grassroots initiatives can have in creating low-carbon communities. Using a theoretical framework from work on community-based practice change initiatives, we discuss the interplay between grassroots action and community capacity. We then present two cases of grassroots low-carbon community initiatives in light of this theoretical work. We conclude by discussing key themes emerging from the cases, including the potential for grassroots initiatives to build community capacity for low-carbon practices, and the importance of locally crafted solutions according to the structures specific to place.

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