Promoting Intergenerational Justice Through Participatory Practices: Climate Workshops as an Arena for Young People’s Political Participation

Abstract

In the fall of 2019, Trøndelag County Council, Norway, organized a Climate Workshop for children and youth. The intention of the workshop was to include children’s and youth’s perspectives as a foundation for a policy document titled “How we do it in Trøndelag. Strategy for transformations to mitigate climate change”. The workshop involved a range of creative and discussion tools for input on sustainable development and climate politics. In this article, we aim to (1) describe and discuss innovative practices that include children and youth in policymaking related to climate action, and (2) discuss the theoretical implications of such policymaking in relation to children’s rights, young citizenship, and intergenerational justice. We employ a generational framework and perceive climate politics as inherently ingrained in intergenerational justice, where no generation has a superior claim to the earth’s resources, yet power is unfairly concentrated and accumulated among adult generations. We draw on contributions by various stakeholders involved: Two young workshop participants, two county council policymakers, and an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Childhood Studies and Design.

La urgencia de la bioética personalista en el cuidado ambiental

“…Tanto el concientizar, asumir responsabilidad y el cambio de actitudes; son objetivos inherentes de la bioética personalista.En el consejo del condado de Trøndelag (Noruega), se organizó un taller con el título "Cómo lo hacemos en Trøndelag. Estrategia de transformaciones para mitigar el cambio climático"(Ursin et al, 2021). Este taller estuvo dirigido a niños y jóvenes con la finalidad de considerar sus posturas sobre prácticas innovadoras para políticas climáticas, donde los participantes hicieron referencia a que urge un cambio de actitudes como el uso de la bicicleta para el transporte, el cultivo de alimentos en el hogar, etc.En la investigación cualitativa sobre ética, moralidad y psicología de la justicia climática se menciona que es necesario fomentar la concientización en el pueblo sobre injusticia climática para que puedan hacerle frente(Pearson et al, 2021).…”