ABSTRACT

The growing climate crisis has shown how children and young people can be a political force to be reckoned with. While Greta Thunberg and many other young climate activists from around the world personify this force, there is another – largely hidden – story to be told about the everyday practices that young people adopt, in our homes, in our schools and in local communities to respond to environmental concerns. This issue brings together leading commentators to advance the future direction of research into young people’s everyday climate crisis activism. In this editorial introduction, we outline some of the new terrains for research, analysis and action that these articles collectively open up. The journal Children’s Geographies invites scholars to consider it as a place for the publication of articles that respond to the agenda-setting outlined in this collection and further advance work on young people’s everyday climate crisis activism.

摘要

日益严重的气候危机表明，儿童和年轻人如何成为一支不可忽视的政治力量。虽然 Greta Thunberg 和来自世界各地的许多其他年轻的气候活动家代表了这股力量，但还有另一个故事——主要是隐藏的——关于年轻人在我们家、学校和当地社区采取的日常做法来应对到环境问题。这个问题汇集了领先的评论员，以推进对年轻人日常气候危机激进主义研究的未来方向。在这篇社论介绍中，我们概述了这些文章共同开辟的一些研究、分析和行动的新领域。该杂志儿童地理学 邀请学者将其视为发表文章的地方，这些文章回应了本系列中概述的议程设置，并进一步推进了年轻人日常气候危机激进主义的工作。