Wind power! Marketing renewable energy on tribal lands and the struggle for just sustainability

Brady, Miranda J.; Monani, Salma

doi:10.1080/13549839.2011.646966

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“…Attention has also turned to the impacts of the conventional food production system on farm laborers and their families (Dorward, 2013;Fridell, 2007;Wilson & Curnow, 2013) and on rural communities globally (Crowell & Sligh, 2006;Meléndez-Ortiz, 2011;Wilkinson, 2009;Varul, 2008). Others have focused on gender and ethnic disparities in both natural resource conservation and destruction (Brady & Monani, 2012;Hecht, 2007;Robinson, 2011). There is an emerging consensus among these researchers that deeply embedded social and economic structures create and propagate these disparities, that these structures are globally systemic, and that the traditional emphases on environmental and economics in sustainable agriculture will not address these issues.…”

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confidence: 99%

Principles Guiding Practice: A Case Study Analysis of the Principles of Sustainable Agriculture for Diverse Farms

Moore

Swisher

Rodríguez³

et al. 2016

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Principles Guiding Practice: A Case Study Analysis of the Principles of Sustainable Agriculture for Diverse Farms

Moore

Swisher

Rodríguez³

et al. 2016

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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“…The energy justice literature notes that any inequitable distribution of benefits and outcomes of renewable energy projects may also create conflicts and resentment within the communities hosting those projects (Brady and Monani, 2012;Gross, 2007;Walker and Devine-Wright, 2008). Echoing this, various interviewees' accounts emphasised the inequitable distribution of economic opportunities within the village.…”

Section: Local Economic Development Opportunitiesmentioning

confidence: 95%

Distributional justice in solar energy implementation in India: The case of Charanka solar park

Yenneti

Day

2016

Journal of Rural Studies

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a b s t r a c tLarge scale renewable energy developments, although seen as environmentally good, also have the potential to damage a community's well-being if the distribution of outcomes of the development, both good and bad, is unfair. Inequality in the distribution of benefits and costs, especially when some sections of a community benefit at the expense of others, can divide communities, damage relationships, and result in conflicts. In recent years, a considerable number of empirical studies examining the controversies over distributional inequalities in renewable energy practices have emerged. However, most of them have focused on the developed world; there has been little research in the context of the Global South, where large scale and rapid development of solar energy especially is anticipated to contribute to economic development and relieve energy poverty. This paper provides an empirical case study of 'Charanka Solar Park' in the Indian state of Gujarat. The objective is to qualitatively analyse the distributional concerns in the implementation of the large scale solar park, developed in a remote rural location. The research illustrates how the benefits of renewable energy development tend to accrue at regional and national level whilst local host communities bear adverse consequences. Distributional inequalities also occurred at the local scale in Charanka, where while the upper caste and economically better of sectors of the community were able to take opportunities, while vulnerable pastoralists and small farmers suffered the most from loss of land resources and associated livelihoods. Thus, the uneven distribution of benefits arising from the solar park development reinforced and deepened existing inequalities. The paper concludes by discussing how distributional injustice in such developments might be ameliorated in the future.

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“…Wind and solar energy were the two most common renewable energy technologies that appeared throughout the review at 7 (27%) and 5 (19%) records, respectively, while energy derived from hydroelectricity and tidal power were discussed in 2 records (8% (Brady & Monani 2012), and the destruction of ecosystems that results from large-scale hydroelectric dams (Cizek 2004).…”

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“…As an overall goal of renewable energy initiatives, Indigenous peoples cited forms of autonomy -be it within environmental, economic, or socio-political contexts -as a primary driver in motivating a Reviewed literature suggested that reconciliation and healing often occur through a balancing of goals related to ecological sustainability and economic prosperity. Brady and Monani (2012) posit that viewing Indigenous peoples through a binary lens of "The Ecological Indian" who is opposed to all development, versus a narrow focus only on economic prosperity and development at any costs is both overly reductionist, and likely impedes the implementation of renewable energy initiatives in Indigenous territories. Coates 2016 Indigenous leaders and community actors in roles with decision-making power, the likelihood of community dissent and unrealistic expectations for the project -goals that may ultimately not be achieved -increases significantly (Krupa et al 2015).…”

Section: Research Outcomes: the Drivers Of Renewable Energy Initiativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Renewable energy and energy autonomy: how Indigenous peoples in Canada are shaping an energy future

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In 2015, the Liberal Party of Canada formed a majority federal government on a platform that included prioritizing Nation-to-Nation relationships with Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) peoples in the country and re-asserting global leadership in climate change action by moving away from fossil-fuel based extraction and toward renewable energy initiatives. It may be argued that addressing both of these issues, advancing Indigenous–Settler reconciliation, and mitigating climate change, can be done in the same space. Indeed, though Indigenous peoples in Canada and elsewhere have recently moved forward with renewable energy initiatives within their Territories, there has been very little critical analysis on just how such projects have been operationalized and whether renewable energy can or even should be considered a vehicle for reconciliation efforts. In this paper, we present a systematic review of Canadian literature (spanning from 1980 to 2017) concerning Indigenous peoples’ involvement in renewable energy to better understand the stated motivations and desires of Indigenous peoples in Canada taking leadership, partnering in, and (or) participating in the renewable energy sector. Using a series of keyword search strings across three academic databases, two theses databases, and a grey literature search, we retrieved literature (n = 980) that was subjected to four exclusionary forms and then thematically analyzed the included literature (n = 26). Our findings suggest Indigenous peoples’ experiences and motivations are varied, yet many are developing renewable energy in their Territories to: break free of colonial ties, move towards energy autonomy, establish more reliable energy systems, and reap the long-term financial benefits that clean energy can provide. Despite the apparent advantages seen throughout most of the literature reviewed here, we suggest further research in this area is necessary before this kind of positive rhetoric of renewable energy in Indigenous communities builds enough momentum that proponents become blind to possible shortcomings. We conclude with a broader discussion of the interactions between Indigenous–Settler reconciliation in the context of renewable energy projects as well as offering indicators for future research to fill current knowledge gaps.

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Wind power! Marketing renewable energy on tribal lands and the struggle for just sustainability

Cited by 16 publications

References 9 publications

Principles Guiding Practice: A Case Study Analysis of the Principles of Sustainable Agriculture for Diverse Farms

Principles Guiding Practice: A Case Study Analysis of the Principles of Sustainable Agriculture for Diverse Farms

Distributional justice in solar energy implementation in India: The case of Charanka solar park

Renewable energy and energy autonomy: how Indigenous peoples in Canada are shaping an energy future

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