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type: thesis
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creators_name: Kovács, Á.
title: Towards renewable energy economy: Social innovation of grassroots initiatives
ispublished: pub
full_text_status: public
abstract: This thesis applies Vandana Shiva‘s philosophical concept of ‘renewable energy economy’ which proposes to imultaneously carry out two types of actions: a decrease in energy use and consumption, and an increase in creative human energy. By
adopting this framework, this thesis aims to explore the role of social innovation of grassroots initiatives in the sustainability transition towards low carbon rural economy. This thesis uses case study method to source information about a grassroots initiative called ‘Here We Are’ in Cairndow, Scotland. The results of this analysis show that HWA’s technical innovations originate from and are enabled by fundamentally social processes and social practices, such as the characteristics of leadership, group cohesion and cooperation.
date: 2013
date_type: published
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: RS
tutors_name: Parra, C.
tutors_name: Makantoni, M.
keywords_local: graasroots initiatives
keywords_local: social innovation
keywords_local: low carbon rural economy
keywords_local: sustainable development
keywords_local: renewable enrgy economy
keywords_local: rural leadership
keywords_local: community involvement
language_iso: en
titleorder: Towards renewable energy economy: Social innovation of grassroots initiatives
dbi: 52550a61472f4
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date_of_import: 2020-04-22
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date_issued: 2013-01-01
citation:   Kovács, Á.  (2013) Towards renewable energy economy: Social innovation of grassroots initiatives.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/1954/1/ReMaThesis_AKovacs_2013.pdf