In it together! Intergenerational, creative responses to a climate of uncertainty (original) (raw)

Abstract

Intergenerational justice has become central to climate justice in recent years. At one end of the generational spectrum are the actions of young activists, galvanised by the actions of Greta Thunberg and other Fridays for Future activists around the world. At the other end, a growing number of grandparent activists have been participating in environmental protests to raise awareness of their own understandings of the adverse ways that children and future generations are being affected by environmental ills. A large group of ‘grandparent rebels’ make up Extinction Rebellion’s ranks, with slogans such as ‘I rebel so I can look my grandchildren in the eye’ (Patel, 2019; Toynbee, 2019). As Nolas et al (2017, p. 6) observed, ‘looking at ‘the edges of age’ – childhood and older age – together and in relation to activism enables a reframing of political socialisation as a lifelong process with inter-generational connections’. The Covid-19 Pandemic has brought both the intergenerational (a...

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