Radical Transformation: How Climate Rebels are Facilitating the Imagination and Transition to a Sustainable Future

This thesis addresses the role that climate activism plays in the transformation to a sustainable future. It looks at radical movements on the different levels of change, with a particular emphasis on the imaginary. It addresses fossil fuels and capitalism, a tight-knit relationship that goes back centuries. Using the climate activist group Extinction Rebellion as a case study, this thesis outlines their strategies and intentions to mobilize 3.5% of the population. It provides a framework for how to create efficiency in the policy-making process with the proposal of citizens’ assemblies. This thesis also discusses the lack of inclusivity inherently created by the whiteness of the environmental movement and media bias. Finally, it ties in the work of youth activists to represent that global problems require people of all demographics. It concludes that the climate movement requires the attention of everyone, along with their collective imaginations, if meaningful change is going to occur.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Oregon

Year dc:date.issued

2021

Author dc:creator

• McAllister, Walter

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Muraca, Barbara
• LeMenager, Stephanie
• McWhorter, Brian

• Climate
• Activism
• Extinction Rebellion
• Imagination
• Sustainability

Statement dc:rights

• CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1794/26542

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