Green Social Work: From Environmental Crises to Environmental Justice
TL;DR: Green Social Work: From Environmental Crises to Environmental Justice Lena Dominelli Cambridge, UK, Polity Press, 2012 244pp., ISBN 9780745654010, $33.00 (paperback) as mentioned in this paper
Abstract: Green Social Work: From Environmental Crises to Environmental Justice Lena Dominelli Cambridge, UK, Polity Press, 2012 244pp., ISBN 9780745654010, $33.00 (paperback) It is always exciting to pick u...
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01 Jan 2020
TL;DR: In this article, the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development theme of working toward environmental sustainability is discussed, with a focus on Indigenous voices and knowledge, ecotherapeutic practices, and the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability in social work.
Abstract: Incredible work is being done all over the world by social workers addressing issues at the nexus of community and environmental sustainability. We hope this book will inspire you, whether you have been involved with these issues for decades, or you are new to and curious about the topic. This volume of the workbook series focuses primarily on Indigenous voices and knowledge, ecotherapeutic practices, and the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability in social work. As allies with Indigenous peoples, we aim for this workbook resource to make space for those working to decolonize, especially within the social work profession in education, research, and practice. This book is formatted as a workbook, with short lessons accompanied by exercises that help you apply the lessons theoretically and in your own practice. It is intended as a tool for international social work practitioners, students, and educators to help advance the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development theme of working toward environmental sustainability. We hope that by making this workbook available, we are enabling climate justice issues to be acknowledged as urgent and repositioned as central to social work in particular, and to life in general.
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...Lyceum:Chicago 8. Moir, S. & Carter, K. (2012) Diagrammatic representations of sustainability: A review and synthesis....
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TL;DR: The history of social work as a profession and academic discipline is inextricably linked with principles of human rights (HR) and social justice (SJ). The Global Standards for social work educatio...
Abstract: The history of social work as a profession and academic discipline is inextricably linked with principles of human rights (HR) and social justice (SJ). The Global Standards for social work educatio...
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...Human rights are being violated through the degradation of working conditions, the retreat of civil liberties on grounds of national security, austerity measures and the degradation of natural environments (Dominelli, 2012; Lundy, 2011)....
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TL;DR: Zhang et al. as discussed by the authors analyzed the connotation, attribute, and composition of community, resilience, and community resilience comprehensively by summarizing important issues and research progress in community resilience and put forward the research directions that future research can focus on.
Abstract: With the continuous development of human society, the damage to the natural environment is becoming increasingly large, causing crisis events to occur frequently. In recent years, the study of community resilience is becoming popular among scholars because of its perspective on disaster prevention and mitigation. In this study, we apply database retrieval to untangle community resilience-related papers from multiple directions. We analyze the connotation, attribute, and composition of community, resilience, and community resilience comprehensively by summarizing important issues and research progress in community resilience. Challenges and shortcomings faced by community resilience development are also determined. Moreover, we put forward the research directions that future research can focus on. Through literature review, current research on community resilience focuses on the following aspects: “infrastructure construction,” “crowd in the community,” “economic resilience,” “social capital,” and “measurement of community resilience.” Such research is not yet systematic and relatively decentralized. The attention to collective resilience in the community is relatively weak, which makes achieving the goal of “people-oriented and systematic control” difficult. Therefore, this study states that the development of future community resilience should stand from the perspective of “system of system” and build on knowledge and tools of various relevant domains. Therefore, public needs and participation are highlighted as breakthrough points. The research should integrate infrastructure and economic resilience, social resource allocation, network connection, and other aspects to build a holistic and functional resilient community.
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TL;DR: In this paper, an approach to curriculum design that incorporates natural environmental content into social work education using sustainability principles is presented, and the curriculum development project is described. But it is not discussed in detail.
Abstract: This article presents an approach to curriculum design that incorporates natural environmental content into social work education using sustainability principles. The curriculum development project...
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...A range of frameworks have been proposed to achieve this, including: “green social work” (Dominelli, 2012; Dominelli, Ku, & Nikku, 2018), “sustainable social work” (Teixeira & Krings, 2015); “ecological social work” (Besthorn, 2012; McKinnon & Alston, 2016),...
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...A range of frameworks have been proposed to achieve this, including: “green social work” (Dominelli, 2012; Dominelli, Ku, & Nikku, 2018), “sustainable social work” (Teixeira & Krings, 2015); “ecological social work” (Besthorn, 2012; McKinnon & Alston, 2016), © 2019 Australian Association of Social…...
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...(Dominelli, 2012, p. 55) However, in their nomenclature, each framework risks being misunderstood as demarcating emphasis on the natural environment as a distinct mode of social work, rather than as a frame integrating significant concerns meriting response across all fields of social work practice....
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TL;DR: Social work is a profession focused on people within their environments as discussed by the authors, which is reflected in codes of ethics, where our shared mandate is to work towards individual wellbeing and social change.
Abstract: Social work is a profession focused on people within their environments. This is reflected in codes of ethics, where our shared mandate is to work towards individual wellbeing and social change. Re...
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Cites background from "Green Social Work: From Environment..."
...of environmental justice (Dominelli, 2012); development of food security and permaculture gardens (Boddy & Ramsay, 2016; Phillips, 2009); support for individuals and communities affected by environmental degradation (McKinnon, 2008); and awareness of the...
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...…and political advocacy (Alston, Whittenbury, & Western, 2016; Boddy, in press); environmental activism and promotion of environmental justice (Dominelli, 2012); development of food security and permaculture gardens (Boddy & Ramsay, 2016; Phillips, 2009); support for individuals and…...
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...…for example, emphasises the importance of addressing environmental injustices related to the inequitable distribution of the earth’s resources, while promoting environmental justice, which is concerned with wellbeing for all people and the earth, now and into the future (Dominelli, 2012, 2013)....
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...Taking a critical approach, connections are then made between environmental ruin and economic and political volatility, human health and eco-systemic health, capitalism, consumerism, conspicuous consumption and poverty, land degradation, and social suffering (Dominelli, 2012, 2013)....
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01 Jan 2020
TL;DR: In this article, the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development theme of working toward environmental sustainability is discussed, with a focus on Indigenous voices and knowledge, ecotherapeutic practices, and the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability in social work.
Abstract: Incredible work is being done all over the world by social workers addressing issues at the nexus of community and environmental sustainability. We hope this book will inspire you, whether you have been involved with these issues for decades, or you are new to and curious about the topic. This volume of the workbook series focuses primarily on Indigenous voices and knowledge, ecotherapeutic practices, and the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability in social work. As allies with Indigenous peoples, we aim for this workbook resource to make space for those working to decolonize, especially within the social work profession in education, research, and practice. This book is formatted as a workbook, with short lessons accompanied by exercises that help you apply the lessons theoretically and in your own practice. It is intended as a tool for international social work practitioners, students, and educators to help advance the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development theme of working toward environmental sustainability. We hope that by making this workbook available, we are enabling climate justice issues to be acknowledged as urgent and repositioned as central to social work in particular, and to life in general.
25 citations
TL;DR: The history of social work as a profession and academic discipline is inextricably linked with principles of human rights (HR) and social justice (SJ). The Global Standards for social work educatio...
Abstract: The history of social work as a profession and academic discipline is inextricably linked with principles of human rights (HR) and social justice (SJ). The Global Standards for social work educatio...
23 citations
TL;DR: Zhang et al. as discussed by the authors analyzed the connotation, attribute, and composition of community, resilience, and community resilience comprehensively by summarizing important issues and research progress in community resilience and put forward the research directions that future research can focus on.
Abstract: With the continuous development of human society, the damage to the natural environment is becoming increasingly large, causing crisis events to occur frequently. In recent years, the study of community resilience is becoming popular among scholars because of its perspective on disaster prevention and mitigation. In this study, we apply database retrieval to untangle community resilience-related papers from multiple directions. We analyze the connotation, attribute, and composition of community, resilience, and community resilience comprehensively by summarizing important issues and research progress in community resilience. Challenges and shortcomings faced by community resilience development are also determined. Moreover, we put forward the research directions that future research can focus on. Through literature review, current research on community resilience focuses on the following aspects: “infrastructure construction,” “crowd in the community,” “economic resilience,” “social capital,” and “measurement of community resilience.” Such research is not yet systematic and relatively decentralized. The attention to collective resilience in the community is relatively weak, which makes achieving the goal of “people-oriented and systematic control” difficult. Therefore, this study states that the development of future community resilience should stand from the perspective of “system of system” and build on knowledge and tools of various relevant domains. Therefore, public needs and participation are highlighted as breakthrough points. The research should integrate infrastructure and economic resilience, social resource allocation, network connection, and other aspects to build a holistic and functional resilient community.
20 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, an approach to curriculum design that incorporates natural environmental content into social work education using sustainability principles is presented, and the curriculum development project is described. But it is not discussed in detail.
Abstract: This article presents an approach to curriculum design that incorporates natural environmental content into social work education using sustainability principles. The curriculum development project...
18 citations
TL;DR: Social work is a profession focused on people within their environments as discussed by the authors, which is reflected in codes of ethics, where our shared mandate is to work towards individual wellbeing and social change.
Abstract: Social work is a profession focused on people within their environments. This is reflected in codes of ethics, where our shared mandate is to work towards individual wellbeing and social change. Re...
17 citations