“Taking Action in Community Is Much, Much Preferable to Doing It Alone”: An Examination of Multi-Level Facilitators of and Barriers to Sustained Collective Climate Change Activism Among US Residents DOI Open Access
Lauren Dayton, Kimberly A. Parker,

Julia Ross

et al.

Climate, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(12), P. 222 - 222

Published: Dec. 14, 2024

To enact climate mitigation policies, sustained collective activism is essential to create political pressure and prioritize addressing change. Climate change includes behaviors such as contacting elected officials urge them take action on change, volunteering, signing petitions. often measured a one-time event, not efforts, which are necessary sufficiently impactful policy changes. examine barriers facilitators of activism, 23 in-depth interviews were conducted between August December 2023 among members an innovative national change-focused organization. Eligibility included being at least 18 years age, English-speaking, US resident, highly engaged in group. Content analysis interview transcripts was employed, five themes emerged barriers, four facilitators, both activism. The study identified strategies promote the critical behavior fostering community activists, clear instructions how engage for all technical abilities, supporting mental health, creating habit identity.

Language: Английский

Similarities and Contrasts: A Comparative Study of Student Perceptions of Sustainability in the USA and Germany To be published in: Cleaner Engineering and Technology DOI Creative Commons
Annett Gabi Grossmann, Martino Tran, Xiangrong Liu

et al.

Cleaner Engineering and Technology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100889 - 100889

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Citizenship imaginations: igniting young people’s care, critique and citizenship action DOI Creative Commons
Siva Gopal Thaiyalan, Bronwyn Wood, Andrea Milligan

et al.

Cambridge Journal of Education, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 18

Published: Feb. 18, 2025

Language: Английский

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Who Is Taking Actions to Address Climate Change: Prevalence and Correlates of Actions to Address Climate Change in a Nationally Representative U.S. Sample of Adults DOI Open Access
Carl A. Latkin, Hyojin Lee,

Swathi Srinivasan

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(5), P. 1861 - 1861

Published: Feb. 22, 2025

Background: Climate change and sustainability are highly interconnected. Addressing climate requires major social collective action. The current study examined the prevalence of, factors associated with, four activism behaviors in a U.S. nationally representative sample. Methods: Data were derived from Pew Research Center American Trends Panel conducted April 2021 of 13,749 panelists. Key outcomes included (1) attending protest or rally addressing change, (2) volunteering for activity, (3) donating money to an organization focused on (4) contacting elected official urge them address change. Multivariable logistic regression models independent associations with psychosocial demographic variables. Results: A fourth (24.7%) participants reported engagement one more behaviors. Of those who activism, most (54.7%) only engaged activity. In multivariable models, individual significantly all action outcomes. Factors include network communications norms variables, such as encouragement take action, criticism not taking communication frequency. Discussion: This study’s findings indicate that over 41 million adults having donated prior year, 25 volunteered, 26 contacted official. association variables suggests importance training people talk about encourage others engage activism.

Language: Английский

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Collective action impacts on climate change mitigation DOI Creative Commons
Nicole M. Ardoin, Alison W. Bowers

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 63, P. 101503 - 101503

Published: March 8, 2025

Language: Английский

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Determinants of adherence to sustainable healthy diets among Portuguese adults DOI Creative Commons
Ana Filipa Ferreira, Sandra Abreu, Margarida Liz Martins

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NFS Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100200 - 100200

Published: Nov. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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“Taking Action in Community Is Much, Much Preferable to Doing It Alone”: An Examination of Multi-Level Facilitators of and Barriers to Sustained Collective Climate Change Activism Among US Residents DOI Open Access
Lauren Dayton, Kimberly A. Parker,

Julia Ross

et al.

Climate, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(12), P. 222 - 222

Published: Dec. 14, 2024

To enact climate mitigation policies, sustained collective activism is essential to create political pressure and prioritize addressing change. Climate change includes behaviors such as contacting elected officials urge them take action on change, volunteering, signing petitions. often measured a one-time event, not efforts, which are necessary sufficiently impactful policy changes. examine barriers facilitators of activism, 23 in-depth interviews were conducted between August December 2023 among members an innovative national change-focused organization. Eligibility included being at least 18 years age, English-speaking, US resident, highly engaged in group. Content analysis interview transcripts was employed, five themes emerged barriers, four facilitators, both activism. The study identified strategies promote the critical behavior fostering community activists, clear instructions how engage for all technical abilities, supporting mental health, creating habit identity.

Language: Английский

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