The Role of Non-State Actors in the Green Transition : Building a Sustainable Future

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Note of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Sustainability -- Do-it-yourself and practivism -- Community -- Impact and scalability -- Knowledge and learning from participation -- References -- Part I Individual and collective sustainable norms and behaviour -- 2 Sustainable societies: committed people in supportive conditions -- Varying levels of sustainability across societies -- Sustainable behaviour: a function of environmental attitude and behavioural costs -- Identifying attitude -- Promoting behaviour by reducing costs -- Promoting behaviour by increasing people's environmental attitude -- Environmental attitude: the necessary condition for sustainable performance -- Supportive conditions for a sustainable society -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- 3 'It has to be reasonable': pragmatic ways of living sustainably in Danish eco-communities -- Introduction -- The field: Danish eco-communities -- Theoretical approach -- Pragmatic ways of living sustainably -- Structural pragmatism -- Collective pragmatism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 Stronger together: how Danish environmental communities influence behavioural and societal changes -- Background -- Environmental communities as physical and socio-political infrastructures -- Environmental communities as collective identities -- Environmental communities as educational institutions and incubation labs -- Discussion and conclusion -- References -- Part II Grassroots, green communities and social impact -- 5 Are vegetables political? The traces of the Copenhagen Food Coop -- Introduction -- Theory and method -- Theory -- Method -- Data -- The everyday politics of CFC: reassembling the networks.