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(Un)imagined pathways to the good work of net zero futures
Collins, Rebecca Bancroft, Amy Tuckey, Laura Hunt, Tamara
Collins, Rebecca
Bancroft, Amy
Tuckey, Laura
Hunt, Tamara
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2026-06-30
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This chapter considers the under-researched intersection of young people’s popular characterisation as pro-environmental agents of change and an employment landscape increasingly concerned with national net zero targets, in order to explore how young people imagine the ‘between-space’ of ‘here’ – their educational present – and ‘there’ – their adult futures in climate changed worlds. Critical to driving bold action for net zero will be the imaginations of institutional workforces – not only imaginations of creative business solutions but imaginations of aspirational personal futures, in which a good life is still possible in a climate changed future. Focusing specifically on notions of ‘good work’ within a net zero-aligned employment landscape, this chapter charts how two young adults hired as ‘near peer’ researchers designed and piloted a workshop that explored this imaginative ‘between-space’. We consider what we might learn from young people’s imagined trajectories as we reflect on how we – as well as educators and employers – might respond to evidence of a significant imaginative gap that brings into question the validity of the popular framing of young people as ‘sustainability saviours’.
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Collins, R., Bancroft, A., Tuckey, L. & Hunt, T. (2026). (Un)imagined pathways to the good work of net zero futures. In S. Akram & B. Bowman (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Young People’s Environmental Activism (pp. 469-479). London: Routledge.
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"This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in [Routledge Handbook of Young People’s Environmental Activism] on [30/06/2026], available online: http://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Young-Peoples-Environmental-Activism/Akram-Bowman/p/book/9781032529608
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9781032529608