Social Work and the Challenges of the Green Economy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2501289 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bret Alan Weber |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 391-407 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Advances in Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1527-8565 • E-ISSN: 2331-4125 |
| Publisher | IUPUI University Library (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18060/1969 |
| OpenAlex | W1887158705 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
This is an ethnographic account of a social worker's efforts to create a local 'Energy Alliance' to help moderate-income residents reduce energy costs in a small, urban, northern plains community in the United States. Additionally, the initiative would help create jobs, increase energy efficiency, and reduce carbon outputs. While the project met with mixed results, lessons learned are relevant to the emergent intersections of community practice, sustainable community development (economic and social), and social work. The benefits of social work education and experience to this work are highlighted, as are the challenges inherent in planning and implementing green community development
Alliance · Business · Community development · Community work · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Project commissioning · Public relations · Publishing · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Engineering · Homelessness and Social Issues · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |