Instances of direct and noticeable action, usually by members of a social movement, to achieve a result, usually a political or social one. Can include, amongst others, direct-action protest, judicial, internet, literary, economic, and academic activism.
The use of creative practices and artistic experiences as a means to engage people with energy and climate-related issues.
Programmes and initiatives put in place in an attempt to change the perspectives and behaviours of individuals believed to be rational yet information-deficient.
Involves people coming together in groups to define and explore an issue, problem, or question in a participatory and egalitarian way. This typically involves initiatives that seek to open up processes of innovation, including technological innovation, to wider society by actively involving all interested and affected parties in the design process to help ensure a product or service meets their different needs.
Community-based activities that increase the understanding, engagement and/or empowerment of communities in the design and delivery of local services. Typically involves innovative collectives that develop bottom-up solutions to problems of energy and climate change (e.g. community energy groups).
Individuals acting as sovereign consumers who are able to freely choose from a range of products and services, exercise their legal consumer rights, and/or exercise some controlling power over the market by punishing or a rewarding a business for their behaviours and practices.
A prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention where actors take up different – often conflicting or adversarial – positions.
Processes where small groups of citizens – often called ‘mini publics’ – are brought together in an extended period of deliberation or dialogue to learn about an issue, deliberate with each other, and come to a collective view on how to address it.
Various social data collection techniques that seek to elicit knowledge, information or opinions from individuals (e.g. surveys, interviews, focus groups).
Instrumental, routine and often mundane activities of everyday living (such as cooking, washing, mobility, entertainment) that consume energy and/or have a carbon commitment.
Economic incentives that seek to either encourage individuals to change their behaviour or support the uptake of new green energy solutions.
The formal process of government and public policy administration where publics and social groups engage through voting or campaigning on behalf of different political parties.
Projects involving the testing, trialling. and demonstration of new energy technologies in a real-world environment.
A geographical or virtual space in which people with shared interests, especially in computing or technology, can gather to work on projects while sharing ideas, equipment, and knowledge.
Any form of public engagement with energy or climate-related issues in the digital sphere.
Sets of ideas, concepts, metaphors, discourses, and/or storylines about energy or climate-related issues – typically revolving around past experiences or future change.
The flow of information about a product, service, or issue offered from a marketer or other authority to the public to overcome their information deficiency and, ultimately, inform “better” behaviours.
Processes of introducing new energy or low carbon technologies into domestic settings and everyday life that might include the renovation and retrofitting of energy- inefficient households.