Community-based organizations and environmentalism: how much impact can small, community-based organizations working on environmental issues have?

Dadit Hidayat () and Randy Stoecker
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Dadit Hidayat: University of Wisconsin
Randy Stoecker: University of Wisconsin

Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2018, vol. 8, issue 4, No 3, 395-406

Abstract: Abstract Community-based organizations (CBOs) have worked closely with communities to promote neighborhood democracy by taking on some executive functions of informal governance, and strengthening the sustainability of the community. The environment has been one of the issues engaged by CBOs using the models of civic environmentalism, environmental justice, and sustainability. But the impact of CBOS on environmental issues has been understudied. Focusing on The Natural Step (TNS) Monona, which engages local communities in the city of Monona, Wisconsin, this paper reports on the outcomes TNS Monona experienced in promoting civic environmentalism and sustainability in both local government and among Monona residents. An analysis based on a city-wide survey shows that it is possible for a small grassroots group focused on education and civic engagement to work with local community members to make a difference, through multiple well-planned and well-executed community-based programming.

Keywords: Civic environmentalism; Sustainability movements; Collectivity; Community-based organization; Environmental sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/s13412-018-0520-7

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