What makes a convivial community tool? Investigating grassroots ecological restoration

IF 3.6 2区社会学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecology and Society Pub Date : 2024-07-31 DOI:10.5751/es-15258-290303

Tim Alamenciak, Stephen D. Murphy

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Abstract

The practice of ecological restoration through native plant gardening is emerging among community groups as a means of addressing degradation in urban landscapes. Despite this trend, restoration remains primarily studied as a professional practice. Grassroots associations support people in growing native plants, but within the research on restoration ecology, there remains little study of how non-professionals engage in the practice. We adapt and expand Ivan Illich’s concept of a convivial community tool (i.e., a tool that is open and accessible rather than restricted to certain users) to ecological restoration through a case study of the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library. Participants highlighted two main strategies of the seed library: overcoming barriers and supporting emergent practices. The seed library helped people overcome the barriers of plant availability, cost, and knowledge, while supporting spontaneous initiatives from volunteers to further the mission of the seed library. We argue that these two strategies operationalize the idea of a convivial community tool. This research contributes an understanding of one way that ecological restoration can broaden its appeal by empowering non-professionals to engage in restoration and provides a starting point for a novel organizational framework based on Illich’s ideas.

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是什么造就了一个充满活力的社区工具？调查基层生态恢复情况

通过本土植物园艺恢复生态的做法正在社区团体中兴起，成为解决城市景观退化问题的一种手段。尽管出现了这种趋势，但生态恢复仍主要作为一种专业实践进行研究。基层协会支持人们种植本地植物，但在恢复生态学的研究中，对非专业人员如何参与实践的研究仍然很少。我们通过对渥太华野花种子图书馆的案例研究，将伊万-伊里奇（Ivan Illich）的 "社区交流工具 "概念（即开放、可访问而非仅限于特定用户使用的工具）应用于生态恢复。与会者强调了种子图书馆的两大策略：克服障碍和支持新兴实践。种子图书馆帮助人们克服了植物供应、成本和知识方面的障碍，同时支持志愿者的自发行动，以推进种子图书馆的使命。我们认为，这两项策略实现了 "社区协作工具 "的理念。这项研究有助于人们了解生态恢复可以通过增强非专业人员参与恢复的能力来扩大其吸引力的一种方式，并为基于伊里奇思想的新型组织框架提供了一个起点。调查基层生态恢复》一文首发于《生态与社会》。

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Ecology and Society 环境科学-生态学

CiteScore

6.20

自引率

4.90%

发文量

109

审稿时长

3 months

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