ABSTRACT

Green governance of common goods balances the collective actions of economic production and the preservation of natural resources. This study improves the governance of sustainable initiatives with the concept of practice, answering the following question: how do collective practices support green governance? We performed an instrumental case study of the ‘Rede Ecovida,’ an agroecology network of 4,500 families. We adopted a qualitative approach based on experiential knowledge, collected through participant and non-participant observations, interviews, and documents and submitted to thematic analysis. We found that collective practices affect and are affected by the green governance constructs. Based on our findings, we evidence the dynamic interdependence between elements of practice and the constructs of green governance and we propose guidelines for the collective decision-making in sustainable initiatives.

摘要

公共物品的绿色治理平衡了经济生产的集体行动和自然资源的保护。本研究以实践的概念改进了可持续举措的治理，回答了以下问题：集体实践如何支持绿色治理？我们对包含 4,500 个家庭的农业生态网络“Rede Ecovida”进行了工具性案例研究。我们采用基于经验知识的定性方法，通过参与者和非参与者的观察、访谈和文件收集并提交主题分析。我们发现集体实践会影响绿色治理结构并受其影响。根据我们的发现，