Environmental Citizenship as Reasonable Citizenship

The Normative Limits of Consumer Citizenship

“…Authors in the field of environmental ethics have been developing a future vision of a citizenry that does not only prevent harm regarding co-citizens. It provides normative reasoning for including rights and duties of citizenship regarding the natural environment (Barry 1999;Eckersley 2004;Hailwood 2005;Hayward 2004). I cannot comment on this debate here; yet, I wish to highlight some consequences of environmental citizenship as a qualified notion of citizenship regarding consumer citizenship as another qualified notion of citizenship.…”

“…As ''educated citizens'', citizens are justified to claim education (Galston 1989;Gutman 1999;McDonough and Feinberg 2003)-yet not only in general terms, but also in education for citizenship and for cosmopolitan citizenship in particular (Nussbaum 1997). As ''environmental citizens'', they are also right to claim a healthy and intact environment (Hailwood 2005;Eckersley 2004;Hiskes 2009). Yet, they are also asked to contribute to environmental conversation and sustainability.…”

Participatory approach in practice: an analysis of student discussions about climate change

“…For several years, debaters have repeatedly drawn attention to the problems of a normative ESE (Lijmbach et al 2002;Dobson 2003;Bell 2004;Hailwood 2005;Schinkel 2009). A fundamental question asked by these authors is whether it is reasonable for a liberal state to conduct or promote specific environmental and sustainable values in compulsory education:…”

Environment and Citizenship in Latin America: A New Paradigm for Theory and Practice

“…These debates involve a discussion of the lack of continuity between ecological relationships and political boundaries, and the need to reimagine the scale and reach of citizenship as it relates to the consciousness of social subjects and to formal political and territorial relationships (for example Dobson 2003, Gudynas 2009, Jelin 2000, Newby 1996, Valencia Sáis 2005. The literature also discusses the implications of different political traditions (liberal, republican, communitarian) in terms of the way that nature is articulated to the political sphere through citizenly rights, responsibilities and deliberation (for example Barry 1999, Bell 2005, Curtin 2002, Dobson 2003, Hailwood 2005, Smith 1998). …”