Alison Lam

My Research

If citizenship is ordinarily the relationship between individuals and an entity or construct (Clarke et al., 2014, p.10), socio-environmental citizenship as I illustrate in my research defines the relationship between the organization (as the citizen) and the intersection of environmental sustainability and social justice of the planet. The citizenry benefits from and holds a responsibility to the ecological biodiversity of the planet, and this responsibility is carried out through educational outreach, sustainable practices, and frequently, political action (Clarke et al., 2014, p.15). Perhaps more so than federal governments, Green parties around the world hold to a high standard their global citizenship responsibility towards environmentalism and social justice (Global Greens, 2023). Through a Green party lens, my research seeks to better understand the obstacles that are in place from the moment these citizens, be they federal governments or political parties, begin to engage in creating and negotiating a pledge towards their global financial, environmental and social responsibilities to their eventual (in)ability to effectively achieve the goals they had set.