Small Voices for the Biggest Question

Abstract

Summary

In this second part of the book, I transition from the theoretical to the applied, or from thinking Southern green criminology to doing Southern green criminology. In this chapter, I apply the theoretical bases I presented in the first part of the book to the most encompassing environmental issue of our times: climate change. I show how a Southern green approach to climate change can contribute in important ways to understanding the ecological discrimination that is part of climate change in Colombia. A Southern green criminology can also help expand the repertoire of responses to climate change. I use my research of the Colombian Río Negro Basin to exemplify how the South confronts heightened risks of climate change that are the result of ecologically discriminatory practices. Inspired by the practices of the rural inhabitants of the Río Negro Basin region, I propose going back to traditional Southern practices to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

Citation

Goyes, D.R. (2019), "Small Voices for the Biggest Question", Southern Green Criminology: A Science to End Ecological Discrimination (Perspectives on Crime, Law and Justice in the Global South), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 67-77. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-229-920191007