Essays about: "Grassroot"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the word Grassroot.

1. 1. Connecting with and Supporting Grassroots Innovators - A Comparative Case Study

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Björn Jakobsson; [2023-07-20]
   Keywords : Grassroot innovation; innovation hubs; incubation; acceleration; supporting innovators; developing innovation systems;

   Abstract : This paper examined how innovation hubs are identifying and connecting with grassroots innovators, and how they can support grassroots innovators. Grassroots innovators are typically entrepreneurs from poor communities. READ MORE

3. 2. The International Criminal Question in Uganda : An analysis of the International Criminal Court Interventions in Uganda

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Kenneth Mundu; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Abstract The conflict in northern Uganda between the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) began in 1986 and lasted for more than twenty years, despite efforts for a peaceful resolution. The contribution  of civil society, including religious groups, traditional organizations, and community self-help groups shouldnot be under estimated in promoting grassroot peace building in northern Uganda. READ MORE

4. 3. Incorporation of Environmental Features into Peacebuilding Initiatives at Three Actor Leadership Levels : A Case Study of Liberia

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Mathilda Olsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Environmental Peacebuilding; Conflict; Natural resources; Forest resources; Forest resource management; Human needs; Actors in peacebuilding; Community forestry; Liberia;

   Abstract : Environmental change and degradation, and increasing intrastate armed conflict are two pressing challenges of our time. Regions with highest rates of intrastate armed conflict have shown to overlap with regions of highest dependency on natural resources for livelihood provision and survival, where research of interrelatedness between conflict and environmental degradation, the environment-conflict nexus, increased during the 1990s. READ MORE

5. 4. The role of umbrella organisations in facilitating sustainability transition - the diffusion of energy cooperatives and community-supported agriculture in Europe

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Kaya Feddersen; [2023]
   Keywords : sustainability science; sustainability transition; collective diffusion; umbrella organizations; intermediary roles; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Umbrella organizations of grassroot innovations can play important roles in facilitating sustainability transitions. This thesis examines such roles by studying national and regional umbrella organizations of energy cooperatives and community-supported agriculture in Europe. READ MORE

6. 5. Aspects of Postcolonialism Critique within Environmental Communication Efforts in Indonesia : Case study of Environmental Organizations in Jakarta and Bali

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

   Author : Vidi Amelia Ratnafury; [2023]
   Keywords : Indonesia; Sustainable Development; Postcolonialism; Anthropocene; Grassroots; Bali; Environmental Communication; Climate Change; Climate Injustice;

   Abstract : Covering the issue of climate change is not always talking about what we as humans can do to save the planet. For many people in the Global South, it is about climate injustice – how the marginalized become the most affected people by climate crisis, yet they contribute to so much less emission compared to the people in the North / Western countries. READ MORE