Climate Change, Consumption and Intergenerational Justice Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Photographs
- Notes on the Authors
- Acknowledgements
- One Introduction
- Two A Global and Intergenerational Storm
- Three Local Narratives of Climate Change
- Four Moral Geographies of Climate Change
- Five Intergenerational Perspectives on Sustainable Consumption
- Six Imagining Alternative Futures
- References
- Index
Six - Imagining Alternative Futures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Photographs
- Notes on the Authors
- Acknowledgements
- One Introduction
- Two A Global and Intergenerational Storm
- Three Local Narratives of Climate Change
- Four Moral Geographies of Climate Change
- Five Intergenerational Perspectives on Sustainable Consumption
- Six Imagining Alternative Futures
- References
- Index
Summary
The young generation must first learn/how to love and respect where they live/for, that is where the environment starts … Our children, please control the land!/This is our duty, to tell this generation/to use properly what we have,/how to use the small land we have. (Extract from ‘We Are the Foundations’, a verbatim poem composed from older people's words in Jinja)
Our beautiful home is disappearing, the rivers are dirty, the air is being polluted, the green hills are withered … Us humans, we should treat nature with kindness, work hard and protect our home to awake the dying land. (Extract from Homeland, a shadow puppet play written and performed by older people in Nanjing)
We all played our part in getting to this throwaway, just a click away world/Buy one get one free – free from sweatshops, extinctions, pollution and climate change? … Looking forward together, can we make better choices? (Extract from ‘Memories and Seeds’, written by Deborah Cobbett at the Write About Time workshop in Sheffield)
Introduction
Drawing on a unique data set, the previous chapters have discussed how residents of Jinja, Nanjing and Sheffield engage selectively with the ‘global storm’ and the ‘intergenerational storm’ of climate change. This chapter focuses on the INTERSECTION programme's complementary use of intergenerational community-based research and creative practice to respond to some of the themes and challenges raised. It includes three case studies: a Write About Time workshop led by Sheffield poet Helen Mort; participatory research to support environmental knowledge sharing in Jinja; and a Sustainability Dancer public artwork created by Sheffield sculptor Anthony Bennett. Through these case studies we explore the potential for creative practice to cultivate longitudinal thinking, provoke intergenerational dialogue and inspire sustainable action. To conclude, reflecting on findings from across the programme, we discuss what our research contributes to understandings of environmental justice.
Intergenerational community-based research and creative Practice
The rationale for incorporating community-based, participatory and creative methodologies alongside conventional social research within the INTERSECTION programme was to explore the potential for coproduction, collaboration and arts practice to foster intergenerational dialogue.
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- Climate Change, Consumption and Intergenerational JusticeLived Experiences in China, Uganda and the UK, pp. 129 - 148Publisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2019