Becoming Part of an Eco-Community
Social and Environmental Activism or Livelihood Strategy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5935583 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paula Escribano (0000-0002-4635-3325, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, corresponding author), M J Lubbers (0000-0001-8398-6044, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona), Miranda Lubbers, J L Molina (0000-0002-2932-2690, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona), José Molina (0000-0002-7096-7220) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 148 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/socsci6040148 |
| OpenAlex | W2774443108 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 18 |
Studying grassroots initiatives which aim to respond to environmental and social crisis is of renewed importance nowadays, in the aftermath of the 2008-9 financial crisis in southern Europe. This paper studies people's motivations for becoming part of an eco-community in Catalonia, Spain, through interviews with 29 informants. The research is part of a larger study, based on ethnographic data collected between 2013 and 2015 in 27 eco-communities. The paper shows the extent to which people who joined an eco-community were driven by ideological reasons, adopting a livelihood strategy, or by a combination of both factors in the years following the crisis. We argue that the social and economic crisis has had an impact on the factors motivating people to join these communities, with an increase in the number of people driven by materialistic motives, relative to those who joined for ideological reasons
Agriculture · Ecological crisis · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental crisis · Environmental ethics · Ethnography · Financial crisis · Geography · Grassroots · Ideology · Livelihood · Materialism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sustainable community · Sustainable development · Collaborative and Sustainable Housing Initiatives · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |