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ID101434
Title ProperBuilding capacity for low-carbon communities
Other Title InformationThe role of grassroots initiatives
LanguageENG
AuthorMiddlemiss, Lucie ;  Parrish, Bradley D
Publication2010.
Summary / Abstract (Note)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.
`In' analytical NoteEnergy Policy Vol.38, No.12 ; Dec 2010 : p 7559-7566
Journal SourceEnergy Policy Vol.38, No.12 ; Dec 2010 : p 7559-7566
Key WordsLow - Carbon Communities ;  Grassroots Action ;  Sustainable Communities ;  Building Capacity ;  Grassroots Initiatives