George Orwell and ecological citizenship: moral agency and modern estrangement

Becoming an Ecological Citizen: The Concept of an Ecological Citizen in the movie Avatar

“…Nguyen and Truong (2021) claim that four factors-actors, relationships, environments, structures, and processesare interconnected when it comes to ecological construction and reconstruction, such as teacher identity. In a same vein, Scoville (2016) adds "Ecological citizenship theorists seek to respond to this concern by conceptualizing the role of a political agent caught up and constituted by webs of ecological interconnectivity" (p. 11). He further puts it "I suggest that the challenge facing ecological citizenship scholars is to bridge the gap between environmental political theory and empirical sociology on matters pertaining to environmental politics" (p. 14).…”

Studies on the Ecological Competence of Civic Education in Primary Schools

“…Jika dikaji pada subjek dan objek penelitiannya, siswa sekolah dasar belum secara matang memiliki pemahaman tentang konsep menjaga lingkungan, serta belum terbentuk kesadaran dalam menciptakan kondisi lingkungan yang bersih, kesadaran tersebut juga termasuk kedalam kesadaran untuk menguasai dirinya, mengontrol hidup sehatnya, juga mengatur lingkungannya agar sesuai dengan cerminan gaya hidup sehat dan menjaga kelestarian lingkungannya (Sukma, Ramadhan, & Indriyani, 2020), untuk itu siswa perlu untuk ditumbuhkan tanggung jawab mengenai kelestarian lingkungan, dan melihat kelestarian lingkungan sebagai persoalan global (Berkowitz et al, 2005;Scoville, 2016) yang selanjutnya kompetensi ini sebut sebagai ecological citizenship.…”

Environmentally friendly food initiatives in Iran: between environmental citizenship and pluralizing the public sphere

“…According to him this form of citizenship demarcates real political action, encourages individualistic politics of the self for privileged groups of citizens, and ignores broader fundamental issues such as wealth distribution or economic justice. In a recently published piece Scoville (2016) raises similar concerns with regard to individualism prevailing in ecological citizenship. Although these concerns are legitimate and true in many instances there is a sense of collectivity among the social group studied here in the sense that they are not only seeking an individualistic healthy and green lifestyle with consumer preferences for organic and vegetarian food, but they are at the same time concerned with shaping networks of trust and creating a more vibrant public sphere.…”