Climate Activism
How Communities Take Renewable Energy Actions Across Business and Society

The book explains how new forms of climate activism bridge business and society to speed up decarbonization through renewable energy.

Annika Skoglund (Author), Steffen Böhm (Author)

9781108482646, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 20 October 2022

225 pages
23.6 x 15.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.603 kg

'Climate activism connects the dots among diverse renewal energy initiatives and actors to provide an analysis of how transformative change can be possible. It shows that climate activism goes beyond the usual suspects and places. It is taking place everywhere, in community halls, public offices, businesses, citizen associations and NGOs. It is a collective force without boundaries shaped by passion and collaboration between farmers, urban citizens, investors, engineers, entrepreneurs, CEOs, state officials and others. They are practical dreamers. Read this book and get inspired to take action!' Ana Maria Peredo, Canada Research Chair of Social and Inclusive Entrepreneurship, Telfer School of Management; University of Ottawa & School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria

What is activism? The answer is, typically, that it is a form of opposition, often expressed on the streets. Skoglund and Böhm argue differently. They identify forms of 'insider activism' within corporations, state agencies and villages, showing how people seek to transform society by working within the system, rather than outright opposing it. Using extensive empirical data, Skoglund and Böhm analyze the transformation of climate activism in a rapidly changing political landscape, arguing that it is time to think beyond the tensions between activism and enterprise. They trace the everyday renewable energy actions of a growing 'epistemic community' of climate activists who are dispersed across organizational boundaries and domains. This book is testament to a new way of understanding activism as an organizational force that brings about the transition towards sustainability across business and society and is of interest to social science scholars of business, renewable energy and sustainable development.

Preface
Introduction
1. Boundaryless Activism
2. The Activist-Business-State Conglomeration
3. Activism and Its Collective Force
4. Epistemic Community
5. Climate Activism at Vattenfall
6. Climate Activism via Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
7. Climate Activism in Governmental Authorities
8. Climate Activism via Citizen Groups
9. New Ways of Knowing
10. Horizontal Organising
References
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Sustainability [RNU], Conservation of the environment [RNK], Environmentalist, conservationist & Green organizations [RNB], Environmentalist thought & ideology [RNA], International business [KJK], Business ethics & social responsibility [KJG], Business studies: general [KJB], Business & management [KJ]