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Informationen zum Autor Erik Bichard is Professor of Regeneration and Sustainable Development at the University of Salford! UK. Klappentext Green community groups have been multiplying fast across Europe and other mature economies over the past few decades. This book explores the reasons for the loss of faith in governments to solve global and local environmental problems and explores the motivations that lie behind those who decide to set up community-scale environment organisations. Zusammenfassung This book explores the reasons for the loss of faith in governments to solve global and local environmental problems and explores the motivations that lie behind those who decide to set up community-scale environment organisations. It sets out to explore the strategies that keep groups going through challenging circumstances, or change tactics to react to political or financial realities. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. What’s My Motivation?: Why People have co-operated on Protecting the Environment 2. Diggers Stand Up for Glory: Localism and the Environment 3. Is it Really that Hard Being Green?: Perspectives on Running Modern Green Communities 4. It’s not about the Money: Funding and its Role in the Perpetuation of Local Green Groups 5. What has the Council Ever Done for us?: The role of the State in supporting Green Communities 6. I’m Bored: The Battle to keep Memberships Interested in the Cause 7. The Next Big Thing or the Only Thing?: Strategies to Perpetuate the Current Wave of Green Community Organisations in the Future
