scholarly journals India travels and transitioning Luxembourg Appropriate thresholds and scales of change

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-106
Author(s):  
Katy Fox
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Community Gardens ◽  
Peak Oil ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Practical Research ◽  
Broad Objective ◽  
Transition Towns ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
Action Groups

This is a new year’s letter written by the founder of the Centre for Ecological Learning Luxembourg (CELL) to the executive board on the occasion of a journey to India. CELL is an independent, volunteer-led grassroots nonprofit organization founded in 2010 and based in Beckerich. CELL’s scope of action is the Greater Region of Luxembourg, hence its mode of operating through decentralized action groups in order to establish and maintain community gardens, food co-ops, and other social-ecological projects in different parts of Luxembourg. CELL also develops and organizes various courses, provides consultancy services for ecological living, participates in relevant civil society campaigns, and does some practical research on low-impact living. The broad objective of CELL is to provide an experimental space for thinking, researching, disseminating, and practicing lifestyles with a low impact on the environment, and learning the skills for creating resilient post-carbon communities. CELL is inspired by the work of the permaculture and Transition Towns social movements in its aims to relocalize culture and economy and, in that creative process, improve resilience to the consequences of peak oil and climate change.

scholarly journals Social and Ecological High Influential Factors in Community Gardens Innovation: An Empirical Survey in Italy

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Rusciano ◽  
Gennaro Civero ◽  
Debora Scarpato
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Community Gardens ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Community Garden ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Ecological Innovation ◽  
The United Nations

In 2015, The United Nations adopted an agenda for sustainable development in order to obtain “a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and for the world now and in the future (United Nations). The United Nations has defined 17 main goals, such as ending poverty, improving health, preserving the ocean, and tackling the climate change, in order to achieve worldwide sustainable development. Sustainable development is a crucial worldwide topic that encompasses three dimensions: economic, social and environmental. Nowadays, social ecological innovation has envisaged a new prominent business model focusing on social and environmental goals to achieve sustainable development. The intent of this paper is to propose the community garden framework as a social and ecological innovation tool in order to boost sustainable development in urban areas as well as rural areas. For this purpose, an empirical analysis based on a structured interview was conducted in the area of Naples on a sample of 150 gardeners. The results of the interviews have been aggregated by using a variance and correlation analysis in order to explore to what extent the social and environmental dimensions are linked to the community gardens and to identify a pattern between community gardens and social ecological innovation. Two attributes of community gardens, that is, urbanization effects mitigation and wellness and community, were identified as having the ability to influence other community garden attributes. Thus, the paper suggests using these highly influential factors to define a social and ecological innovation strategy based on a community gardens framework.

Social-Ecological Refuges: Reconnecting In Community Gardens In Lincoln, Nebraska

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joana Chan ◽  
Lisa Pennisi ◽  
Charles A. Francis
Keyword(s):  
Community Gardens ◽  
Social Ecological

scholarly journals Transition Towns: An Intervention Method for Encouraging Pro-Environmental Behaviour Change

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jessica Rae Rudningen
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Peak Oil ◽  
Pertinent Literature ◽  
Environmental Behaviour ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Intervention Method ◽  
Uncertain Future ◽  
Transition Towns

<p>Transition initiatives offer support for responding to potential environmental inconveniences, such as peak oil and climate change. As an alternative to the dominant approach of shocking people into helplessness and denial, transition towns seek to inform people of the issues and discover appropriate responses. To verify whether transition towns as a movement encourage pro-environmental behaviour change, three case studies (Aro Valley, Lower Hutt, and Nelson) were considered to determine motivations, barriers, and actions in transition town members. Nine face-to-face informal interviews as well as two focus groups were conducted to appreciate participant experiences. A thematic analysis of these case studies was conducted to determine the extent pro-environmental behaviour and encouragement from transition towns was having an effect. The aforementioned objectives were discussed against pertinent literature to determine whether transition towns empowered participants to change to pro-environmental behaviour. Transition towns offer practical behaviour change steps and a supportive social environment which empowers pro-environmental behaviour change and increases individual and community resilience for an uncertain future.</p>

scholarly journals Degrowing circular cities: emerging socio-technical experiments for Transition

2021 ◽  
pp. 201-207
Author(s):  
Cristina Visconti
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Community Gardens ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Economic Interactions ◽  
Transition Towns ◽  
Growth Scenario

The circular economy applied to the urban context is linked to sustainability objectives focused on environmental performances overlooking socio-political implications, in order to achieve a circular balance within the neoliberal paradigm of business-nature-society in a continuous growth scenario. This paper discusses this criticality, articulating a counter perspective based on the debate of degrowth, circularity and technology through the analysis of three cases of socio-technical assemblages: Transition Towns; Repair Cafes; Community Gardens. The research individuates the effectiveness of urban practices in which the circularity is implemented beyond purely economic interactions or eco-efficiency parameters, defining the potentialities of a degrowing circular city based on inclusiveness, social justice and reciprocity.

Transition Model

2011 ◽  
pp. 329-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aysen Eren
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Feedback Mechanism ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Transition Model ◽  
Peak Oil ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Resilient Communities ◽  
Technical Systems

Peak oil and climate change are two of greatest challenges facing humanity at the beginning of 21st century. They are urging humanity to re-think and consider changing on many personal, social, ecological, and economic fronts. Transition and resilience are key concepts initiating this change to prepare communities to forthcoming challenging times. Transition Movement and the claimed model behind it, Transition Model, have been established to overcome these challenges by transforming communities and settlements. Transition Movement is a community-driven initiative aiming to build ecology friendly resilient community and settlements. Its fast spread has sparked the attention of policy makers, academicians, and practitioners. Relatively little research has been done, however, to understand the dynamics of Transition Movement. Here, I focus on transition and resilience concepts in relation to socio-ecological and socio-technical systems, investigate Transition Movement and Transition Model, and analyze their characteristics and fundamental processes. I classify Transition Movement both as a socio-ecological and a socio-technical system. I claim that Transition Model is not a model but rather a methodology. I question its validity and sufficiency as a methodology and point the improvement areas from systems point of view. I introduce two, non-existent but necessary systems to adapt: a feedback mechanism, and an improvement cycle based on projects and resilient indicators. Finally, I comment on the future of Transition Model and suggest areas for further research. The chapter is concluded with the question how Transition Model can be adapted by the cities, transforming them into resilient communities, ready for the ecological and economical challenges.

Peak Oil and Transition Towns

2012 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 72-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Peak Oil ◽  
Transition Towns

scholarly journals Transition Towns: An Intervention Method for Encouraging Pro-Environmental Behaviour Change

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jessica Rae Rudningen
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Peak Oil ◽  
Pertinent Literature ◽  
Environmental Behaviour ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Intervention Method ◽  
Uncertain Future ◽  
Transition Towns

<p>Transition initiatives offer support for responding to potential environmental inconveniences, such as peak oil and climate change. As an alternative to the dominant approach of shocking people into helplessness and denial, transition towns seek to inform people of the issues and discover appropriate responses. To verify whether transition towns as a movement encourage pro-environmental behaviour change, three case studies (Aro Valley, Lower Hutt, and Nelson) were considered to determine motivations, barriers, and actions in transition town members. Nine face-to-face informal interviews as well as two focus groups were conducted to appreciate participant experiences. A thematic analysis of these case studies was conducted to determine the extent pro-environmental behaviour and encouragement from transition towns was having an effect. The aforementioned objectives were discussed against pertinent literature to determine whether transition towns empowered participants to change to pro-environmental behaviour. Transition towns offer practical behaviour change steps and a supportive social environment which empowers pro-environmental behaviour change and increases individual and community resilience for an uncertain future.</p>

Community gardens as urban social-ecological refuges in the Global North.

2017 ◽  
pp. 229-241
Author(s):  
J. Chan ◽  
B. B. DuBois ◽  
K. T. Nemec ◽  
C. A. Francis ◽  
K. D. Hoagland
Keyword(s):  
Community Gardens ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Global North
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