Encouraging the Development of Renewable Energy

2013 ◽  
pp. 1544-1559
Author(s):  
Eric Viardot
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Cultural Challenges ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Societal Challenge ◽  
Educational Campaigns

The development of Renewable Energy (RE) has become a major societal challenge. Even though RE technology is improving fast, the general public has been slow to adopt it. Meanwhile many RE cooperatives have been created; they act as social entrepreneurs in utilizing the social capital of a community to engage the public. Thus, the purpose of this chapter is to consider how they can contribute to the adoption of RE. The author uses an exploratory research design with a multiple case approach drawing on nine RE cooperatives. The chapter discusses a number of actions implemented by cooperatives in order to develop the adoption of RE. These are related to the diminishing of the RE costs, the use of educational campaigns, and the setting of RE projects at local level; the specific status of cooperatives is another facilitating factor. The author concludes by drawing future directions for research and stressing the cultural challenges for the RE cooperative model.

Encouraging the Development of Renewable Energy

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Eric Viardot
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Cultural Challenges ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Societal Challenge ◽  
Educational Campaigns

The development of Renewable Energy (RE) has become a major societal challenge. Even though RE technology is improving fast, the general public has been slow to adopt it. Meanwhile many RE cooperatives have been created; they act as social entrepreneurs in utilizing the social capital of a community to engage the public. Thus, the purpose of this chapter is to consider how they can contribute to the adoption of RE. The author uses an exploratory research design with a multiple case approach drawing on nine RE cooperatives. The chapter discusses a number of actions implemented by cooperatives in order to develop the adoption of RE. These are related to the diminishing of the RE costs, the use of educational campaigns, and the setting of RE projects at local level; the specific status of cooperatives is another facilitating factor. The author concludes by drawing future directions for research and stressing the cultural challenges for the RE cooperative model.

scholarly journals Renewable Energy Attitudes and Behaviour of Local Governments in Poland

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 2765
Author(s):  
Joanna Rakowska ◽  
Irena Ozimek
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Energy Behavior ◽  
Public Aid ◽  
Energy Projects

The deployment of renewable energy at the local level can contribute significantly to mitigating climate change, improving energy security and increasing social, economic and environmental benefits. In many countries local authorities play an important role in the local development, but renewable energy deployment is not an obligatory task for them. Hence there are two research questions: (1) Do local governments think investments in renewable energy (RE) are urgent and affordable within the local budgets? (2) How do they react to the public aid co-financing investments in renewable energy? To provide the answer we performed qualitative analysis and non-parametric tests of data from a survey of 252 local authorities, analysis of 292 strategies of local development and datasets of 1170 renewable energy projects co-financed by EU funds under operational programs 2007–2013 and 2014–2020 in Poland. Findings showed that local authorities’ attitudes were rather careful, caused by financial constraints of local budgets and the scope of obligatory tasks, which made renewable energy investments not the most urgent. Public aid was a factor significantly affecting local authorities’ behavior. It triggered local authorities’ renewable energy initiatives, increasing the number and scope of renewable energy investments as well cooperation with other municipalities and local communities. Despite this general trend, there were also considerable regional differences in local authorities’ renewable energy behavior.

Building Health Communities: Local Health Care Networks in Maryland

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Wachhaus
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Collaborative Networks ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Care Networks ◽  
Local Health Care ◽  
Health Communities ◽  
Treatment Of Obesity

Combatting chronic disease (prevention and treatment of obesity, diabetes, heart health, and stroke) requires action at the local level, both to educate the public and to provide health services. Effective collaboration among local organizations devoted to educating the public about, and treating patients of, these diseases is a key component of successful health care. To better understand local efforts, a social network analysis of five local health care networks spanning eight counties in Maryland was conducted. The purpose of this exploratory research was to discover whether collaborative networks exist at the local level, to map the networks, and to assess their strengths and needs.

How do social responsibility and social entrepreneurship generate value creation in pandemics?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Silva ◽  
Margarida Rodrigues ◽  
Mário Franco ◽  
Cidália Oliveira ◽  
Nuno Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
High Degree

Purpose Using self-determination theory and individual social responsibility’s (ISRs) association with pure social entrepreneurship, this study aims to answer the following question: How and why have the different actors responded to the crisis caused by the pandemic? Design/methodology/approach Qualitative research (multiple case studies) was adopted, resorting to interviewees with seven economic and non-economic actors in the Portugal context. Findings The results obtained, using MAXQDA software, show that those carrying out actions of social responsibility have a high degree of self-determination and intrinsic motivation, and are true social entrepreneurs, which lets them improve the well-being of those around them. In addition, these individuals feel good about themselves by performing these actions, as they measure their performance by the social impact of their actions on society in general. Practical implications This study suggest there is a high awareness amongst people to exercise that responsibility in a voluntary way, through humanitarian initiatives and campaigns brought about especially by an unprecedented pandemic. In practice, people joining these initiatives motivate many others towards the causes, creating the will to continue in the future and satisfy unmet needs provoked by social crises. Originality/value This study is innovative because it is related to filling the gaps identified, mainly by carrying out an empirical study about ISR, rather than that of firms, where studies are more common.

scholarly journals Control ciudadano a la gestión de las regalías: ¿nuevas condiciones de gobernanza en el sector petrolero colombiano?

2010 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Carolina González Espinosa
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
Social Accountability ◽  
New Governance ◽  
Accountability Standards ◽  
The Public ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Type ◽  
Oil Sector

RESUMEN: El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la introducción de criterios de transparencia y rendición de cuentas en la gestión de las regalías petroleras en Colombia. A través del estudio de los Comités de Seguimiento y Evaluación a la Inversión de Regalías (CSIR), se intenta indagar si los dispositivos de control ciudadano implican nuevas condiciones de gobernanza en el sector petrolero. Para ello, se presentan primero los argumentos que facilitan la inscripción de la gestión local de las regalías como un tema problemático en la agenda pública. Posteriormente, se describe el surgimiento de los CSIR en respuesta a dicho problema, se analizan los factores que permiten su desarrollo y el nuevo tipo de interacciones Estado-Sociedad que genera su implementación en el ámbito local. En el último aparte, se presentan las inquietudes que suscitan estas nuevas condiciones de gobernanza en términos de su contenido democrático y de sus alcances. Palabras clave: gobernanza, gestión de regalías petroleras, accountability social, democracia local, Colombia. ABSTRACT: This article aims at analyzing the introduction of transparency and accountability standards for oil royalties’ management in Colombia. Through the study of the Royalties’ Investment Evaluation and Follow-Up Committees (CSIR), the article intends to understand if the social accountability mechanisms create new governance conditions in the oil sector. The first part presents the arguments that support the positioning of royalties’ management as a problematic topic on the public agenda. Then, the emergency of CSIR is described as a response to such problem, analyzing the elements that make possible its development and the new type of State- Society interactions engendered through its implementation at the local level. Finally, the article presents some questions about the democratic content and the real scope of these new governance conditions. Key words: governance, oil royalties’ management, social accountability, local democracy, Colombia.

scholarly journals The framework model of the social participation in the process of the local spatial planning

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-40
Author(s):  
Paweł Trębacz
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Local Society ◽  
The Public ◽  
Master Plans ◽  
The Social

Different forms of planning and urban design works are used in the process of decision-making on the local level, starting with visions of development, through comprehensive or master plans, finishing with the implemented action plans. Also, various kinds of social participation can be used in the process in spatial planning. The method of participation depends on the range of willingness of the local authority to divide the power and include informing, consultation or placation up to real partnership and delegation of power to citizens. Each form of participation is appropriate for a different situation. Generally, the act of using a specific form of participation in the process of creation of urban design or a planning activity is advisable. This article presents the framework of the model of participation suitable for spatial planning process on the local level. That model would be based on common consensus about the utilization of space. The consensus should be worked out in support of disclosed social and economic interests of important stakeholders from different groups of the local society and the public community as well. It is established using feedback loops on the most important steps of work as a method of gaining the best solution.

scholarly journals Convite à emancipação à luz da mediação da informação makerspace e inovações no contexto da biblioteca pública

2021 ◽  
pp. 71-85
Author(s):  
Mariana Rodrigues Gomes de Mello ◽  
Everton da Silva Camillo ◽  
Leda Maria Araújo ◽  
Fabiana Sala ◽  
Rosemari Pereira dos Santos Alves
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Number Of Publications

The public library brings with itself the social dimension, which creates a space for training and social change. However, society requires innovations and libraries are part of this context. Thus, this work is justified by understanding the role that public libraries have for society. It lacks spaces for access to innovative technologies and information mediation actions. To make the research feasible, the research problem consists on the following question: to what extent do the investigations on public libraries aim at increasing innovation and makerspaces to reinforce their social function? Then, the aim of this study is to ascertain the number of publications in scientific journals that relate innovation and the makerspace in the emancipatory context of public libraries. Methodologically, it was drawn a qualitative and quantitative exploratory research. An exploratory search was carried out in databases considering papers pusblished by authors dealing with the themes, as well as in the abstracts of papers in journals and proceedings in the databases Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) and the Base de Dados Referenciais de Artigos de Periódicos em Ciência da Informação (BRAPCI). Findings reveal that it lacks the relationship between public libraries, makerspace and information mediation, concomitantly, in investigations in the area of Information Science between the years 2009 and 2019.

scholarly journals The Social Aspects and Public Acceptance of Biomass Giving the Example of a Hungarian Region

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
Zoltán Bujdosó ◽  
Csaba Patkós ◽  
Tibor Kovács ◽  
Zsolt Radics ◽  
Zoltán Baros
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Biomass Energy ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Renewable Energy Resources ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Major Factors

Biomass energy sources are the most promising, and most heavily subsidized renewable energy sources. The future of biomass energy in the global energy system depends on on many major factors, among others on the attitude of society to the biomass energy and the renewable energy resources. The purpose of the paper is to analyze the opportunities of utilization of biomass energy sources giving example of a Hungarian study area furthermore to study the public acceptance of renewable energy sources in a certain region. The study aims to explore the general knowledge, innovative attitude, acceptance and willingness of application as well as the estimation of the benefits of the use of RES within the inhabitants. Data collection has carried out by primary (questionnaire survey) and secondary ways in order to gain deep information from the target group (local people). The conclusion we can drawn from the analysis is that society take the biomass energy into consideration and its importance and responsibility is increasing. As far as the consciousness is concerned, the knowledge and the environmental friendly approach of inhabitants are also sufficient.

scholarly journals REPRESENTAÇÕES SOCIAIS DA ESCOLA: UM ESTUDO COM ADOLESCENTES EM ACOLHIMENTO INSTITUCIONAL NO MUNICÍPIO DE PONTA GROSSA/PR

polemica ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-36
Author(s):  
Diana Galone Somer ◽  
Constantino Ribeiro De Oliveira Junior ◽  
Solange Aparecida Barbosa de Moraes Barros
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Social Risk ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Radical Alterity ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family

Resumo: Este texto refere-se a uma pesquisa realizada com o objetivo de entender as Representações Sociais que as adolescentes acolhidas, em abril de 2016, na Casa Santa Luiza de Marillac e na Associação de Promoção a Menina (APAM), em Ponta Grossa/PR, possuem em relação à escola. As representações sociais estão ligadas ao grupo, no qual os indivíduos compartilham de uma realidade comum a um conjunto social na vida cotidiana. Ainda, a vulnerabilidade e risco social e suas implicações, no plano subjetivo, são estudadas. Posto que, com a família em situação de risco social seus membros podem se encontrar em vulnerabilidade, especialmente a criança e adolescente, e essas situações podem levá-los ao acolhimento. A metodologia empregada para obtenção e análise dos dados foi: pesquisa exploratória; grupo focal; e análise de conteúdo de categorias temáticas. Com base nos resultados da pesquisa, conclui-se que as relações positivas na escola são com os amigos, trazendo um sentimento de pertencimento; enquanto que as relações e interações negativas são com algumas professoras (os) e pedagogas (os), que tem ações que implicam na ocorrência do: bullying, estigma e a alteridade radical. Esses elementos descobertos influenciam na construção da identidade das adolescentes acolhidas. Percebeu-se que as escolas públicas possuem dificuldades no atendimento das crianças e adolescentes que estão em acolhimento.Palavras-chaves: Alunas/adolescentes acolhidas. Representação social. Escola.Abstract: This text refers to a research carried out with the purpose of understanding the Social Representations that the adolescents refuged in April of 2016 in Casa Santa Luiza de Marillac and the Association of Girl Promotion (APAM), in Ponta Grossa / PR, have in relation to the school. Social representations are linked to the group, in which individuals share a reality common to a social set in everyday life. Furthermore, vulnerability and social risk and their implications, on a subjective level, are studied. With the family at social risk, their members may find themselves in vulnerability, especially children and adolescents, and these situations may lead them to refuge them. The methodology used to obtain and analyze the data was: exploratory research; focus group; and content analysis of thematic categories. Based on the results of the research, we conclude that positive relationships in school are with friends, bringing a sense of belonging; while the negative relations and interactions are with some teachers and pedagogues, who have actions that imply in the occurrence of: bullying, stigma and radical alterity. These uncovered elements influence the construction of the identity of the adolescents. It was noticed that the public schools have difficulties in the care of the children and adolescents that are in refuge.Keywords: Students/teenagers in care. Social representation. School.

scholarly journals The cicada announces the fire of the Brazilian public school: Analysis of the era of privatizing guidelines

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Alisson Slider do Nascimento De Paula ◽  
Frederico Jorge Ferreira Costa ◽  
Kátia Regina Rodrigues Lima
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Social Function ◽  
The Public ◽  
Human Formation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Double Movement ◽  
Education In Brazil

This text seeks to analyze the privatization guidelines both globally and at the local level and their deployment in public basic education in Brazil. For that, a bibliographic and documentary study was used, using only public domain. It is possible to diagnose the double movement of endo and exoprivatization carried out in the educational panorama of Brazil, especially through the insertion of large business groups, as well as the reforms undertaken to put into operation the privatization agenda of public basic education. It is observed that the insertion of the private sector into the spaces of human formation reverberate metamorphoses, including that of the social function of the school institution, since it incorporates a link with the business and financial logic and, consequently, will facilitate a loss of the public sense of education as a social right. 

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