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245 10 a| Environmentalism from below :b| how global people's movements are leading the fight for our planet /c| Ashley Dawson.;

264 1 a| Chicago, IL :b| Haymarket Books,c| 2024.;

300 a| 319 pages ;c| 23 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| "Environmentalism from Below takes readers inside the popular struggles for environmental liberation in the Global South. These communitieśamong the most vulnerable to but also least responsible for the climate crisiśhave long been at the forefront of the fight to protect imperiled worlds. Today, as the world́s forests burn and our oceans acidify, grassroots movements are tenaciously defending the environmental commons and forging just and sustainable ways of living on Earth. Scholar and activist Ashley Dawson constructs a gripping narrative of these movements of climate insurgents, from international solidarity organizations like La Via Campesina and Shack Dwellers International to local struggles in South Africa, Colombia, India, Nigeria, and beyond. Taking up the four critical challenges we face in a warming world́food, urban sustainability, energy transition, and conservatiońDawson shows how the unruly power of environmentalism from below is charting an alternative path forward, from challenging industrial agriculture through fights for food sovereignty and agroecology to resisting extractivism using mass nonviolent protest and sabotage"--c| Amazon.;

505 0 a| Introduction: a global people's movement -- Decolonizing food -- Urban climate insurgency -- Reclaiming the energy commons -- Against fortress conservation -- Climate debt and border abolition -- Appendix: Universal declaration of rights of Mother Earth -- Appendix: People's agreement of Cochabamba.;

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650 0 a| Climatic changesx| Prevention.=| ^A3535;

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Environmentalism from below : how global people's movements are leading the fight for our planet / Ashley Dawson.

Author/creator	Dawson, Ashley, 1965- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Chicago, IL : Haymarket Books, 2024.
Description	319 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects	Environmentalism--Developing countries. Environmentalism. Climatic changes--Prevention.

Contents	Introduction: a global people's movement -- Decolonizing food -- Urban climate insurgency -- Reclaiming the energy commons -- Against fortress conservation -- Climate debt and border abolition -- Appendix: Universal declaration of rights of Mother Earth -- Appendix: People's agreement of Cochabamba.
Abstract	"Environmentalism from Below takes readers inside the popular struggles for environmental liberation in the Global South. These communitieśamong the most vulnerable to but also least responsible for the climate crisiśhave long been at the forefront of the fight to protect imperiled worlds. Today, as the world́s forests burn and our oceans acidify, grassroots movements are tenaciously defending the environmental commons and forging just and sustainable ways of living on Earth. Scholar and activist Ashley Dawson constructs a gripping narrative of these movements of climate insurgents, from international solidarity organizations like La Via Campesina and Shack Dwellers International to local struggles in South Africa, Colombia, India, Nigeria, and beyond. Taking up the four critical challenges we face in a warming world́food, urban sustainability, energy transition, and conservatiońDawson shows how the unruly power of environmentalism from below is charting an alternative path forward, from challenging industrial agriculture through fights for food sovereignty and agroecology to resisting extractivism using mass nonviolent protest and sabotage"-- Amazon.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN	9781642599701
ISBN	1642599700
ISBN	9798888900581

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