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Tending Nature

Fostering Eco-Citizenship in the Americas

  • Book
  • Oct 2024

Overview

Authors:
  1. Nathalie Gravel

    1. Department of Geography, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada

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  • Contribute to the theoretical reflection around the concept of ecological citizenship in the Americas
  • Explores the strength of eco-networking action through the influence of environmental non-governmental actors
  • Documents how community learning and improved participation can enrich the decision-making process

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Keywords

  • Environmental Citizenship
  • Bioregionalism
  • Ecosystem Health
  • Green Cities
  • Reconciliation Landscapes
  • Sustainable Development
  • Biodiversity

About this book

This book aims to contribute to the understanding of the building blocks and ethics of citizen involvement in environmental conservation by studying successful cases of shared environmental governance in the Americas, and to inform policy-making about behavioral change induction and the steps towards co-management of public national resources and THE COMMONS. The cases are analyzed from a geographical perspective to provide a framework to rethink eco-citizenship according to principles based on bioregionalism, a perspective that parts from viewing eco-citizenship as a global culture, and pleads for its re-embedding in the shared lived spaces of groups of citizens. 

Readers will learn how to WORK TOWARDS Nature-Human reconciliation with multi-stakeholders as protagonists of GREEN/BLUE/BEE INITIATIVES, alongside community learning, ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS RISING and citizen participation, to enrich the decision-making process and Establish environmental justice FOR ALL LIVING BEINGS. The case studies presented in this book, selected from Brazil, Canada, COLOMBIA, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States, show some of the most progressive innovations in the Americas in terms of Green/BLUE/BEE planning IN URBAN, PERIURBAN AND RURAL AREAS. THESE PROPOSALS FOR TENDING NATURE AROUND US WITH EMPATHY AND RESPECT INCLUDE CO-MANAGEMENT AND NETWORKING METHODS TO CARRY ON PROXIMITY URBAN GARDENING, WILD BEE CONSERVATION, WATER SOURCE PROTECTION, COMMUNITY-BASED WATER MANAGEMENT, RIVER REAPPROPRIATION, AND METROPOLITAN AIR QUALITY AND GREEN SPACES MANAGEMENT.

The book will be of interest to students, urban and RURAL planners, researchers, academics, networking professionals, Decision-makers, international development volunteers, activists in environmental organizations AND CURIOUS CITIZENS.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada

    Nathalie Gravel

About the author

Dr. Nathalie Gravel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at University of Laval, Quebec. Her research interests include rural and Latin American geography, environmental governance, and the geography of poverty and socio-economic inequalities.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tending Nature

  • Book Subtitle: Fostering Eco-Citizenship in the Americas

  • Authors: Nathalie Gravel

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47061-6Due: 11 November 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47064-7Due: 11 November 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47062-3Due: 11 November 2024

  • Edition Number: 1

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