Essays about: "sustainability change agents"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 49 essays containing the words sustainability change agents.

  1. 11. Applying Ecovillage Praxis to Foster Regeneration and Urban Socio-Ecological Transformation: An Exploratory Analysis of 5 Malmö Community Gardens

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Viviane Camilla Straub; [2021]
    Keywords : ecovillage praxis; urban community garden praxis; regeneration; socio-ecological transformation; communities of practice; alternatives; scaling across; Malmö; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research aims to fill the lacuna in the literature concerning the application of ecovillage praxis in spaces other than intentional communities by focusing on urban community gardens (UCGs) in Malmö, Sweden, as communities of practice where this could be integrated. It introduces both ecovillages and UCGs, as well as their associated praxis. READ MORE

  3. 12. From Digital Engagement To Offline Participation: Exploring The Factors Driving Young People In CôTe D’Ivoire To Participate In Community Actions Through U-Report

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Marion Desmurger; [2021]
    Keywords : communication; youth engagement; participation; civic engagement;

    Abstract : Youth participation and communication for social change have been at the heart of debates in academic and development circles over the last thirty years. In response to criticisms that young people were merely seen as “beneficiaries” by local and international organizations, the latter have tried to readapt the way they frame, engage and strategize with the former in order to align with a new discourse in international development driven by the motto “nothing about us without us”. READ MORE

  4. 13. Moving Beyond Sustainability : Change Agents Perceptions on a Regenerative Transition

    University essay from Jönköping University/JIBS Entrepreneurship Centre

    Author : Mikaela Kristensson; Sandra Pettersson; [2021]
    Keywords : Organizational change; Change agents; Regenerative sustainability; Regenerative change;

    Abstract : Background: Climate change has become the most pressing challenge of our time. Current business approaches to sustainability are instrumental that may portray sustainability as a source of corporate profit rather than acting for change beyond mitigation and adaptation. READ MORE

  5. 14. Beyond human (self-) care : Exploring fermentation as a practice of caring with humans, non-humans and the planet Earth

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för design (DE)

    Author : Stephanie Föhr; [2020]
    Keywords : Caring with; fermentation; game design; participatory design; change agency;

    Abstract : The present thesis deals with the playful exploration of fermentation as a practice of care. Fermentation has a lot of positive impacts and can be seen as a practice of care in relation to human self-care, caring with human others, relationships to non-human beings, like microorganisms, and caring with the planet Earth. READ MORE

  6. 15. Public school catering's role in the transition towards a sustainable food system : opportunities of serving more legumes and less meat

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Linnea Stolt; [2020]
    Keywords : agroecology; public catering; school meals; dietary choice; legumes; public procurement; education;

    Abstract : Public catering can have a considerable environmental and educational impact. A scenario of more legume and less meat consumption in Sweden was in the present study used as a tool to explore the possibilities of Swedish public school meals to become more sustainable. READ MORE