Poverty and the environment: an international perspective for social work

Rogge, Mary E.; Darkwa, Osei

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“…Recognizing the implications of environmental destruction and injustice in the late twentieth century, social work educators began focusing on a range of environmental issues, including the impact of environmental toxins on human health (Anstey, 1989;Berger, 1995;Berger & Kelly, 1993;Hoff & McNutt, 1994), the disproportionate negative effects of environmental degradation on people of color and those living in poverty (Gorey, 1995;Hoff & Rogge, 1996;Rogge, 2000;Rogge & Darkwa, 1996), the role of the environment in sustainable community development (Hoff, 1998;Pandey, 1998), and the overall implications of worldwide environmental destruction for social work (Berger, 1995;Hoff & McNutt, 1994). Moreover, in 1999, the National Association of Social Workers approved its initial policy statement on the environment, highlighting major environmental hazards and articulating social workers' responsibility for environmental awareness and action (National Association of Social Workers [NASW], 2006).…”

Section: Social Work and The Environmental Crisismentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Concern and Action: A View from the Border

Faver¹,

Muñoz²

2013

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

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Section: Social Work and The Environmental Crisismentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Concern and Action: A View from the Border

Faver¹,

Muñoz²

2013

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

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“…A notable body of literature focused on social work's relationship to the natural environment began to emerge in the early-to mid-1990s (see, e.g., Berger, 1995;Berger & Kelly, 1993;Gutheil, 1992;Hoff & Polack, 1993;Rogge, 1993Rogge, , 1996Rogge & Darkwa, 1996), and there has been a slow but steady international effort directed at overhauling social work's understanding of the 'environment', and how it situates itself in relation to the natural world. In recent years, a small core of social work scholars has proposed the need for a paradigm shift to redefine 'environment' to include humans, as an inextricable part of a larger whole arguing this requires critical reflection on the values, attitudes and culture of the profession and its practice (Besthorn & Canda, 2002;Besthorn & McMillen, 2002;Coates, 2003;Mary, 2008;Matthies, Narhi & Ward, 2001;Shaw, 2011;Ungar, 2002;Zapf, 2010).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental shifts for social work: A principles approach

2011

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Miller SE, Hayward RA, Shaw TV. Environmental shifts for social work: A principles approach The social work profession is rooted in a history of addressing the needs of vulnerable populations. Generally, however, this history has not extended to issues relating to the natural environment. Building on a framework of environmental justice, this article proposes a shift from the artificial separation of the social and natural environments in its person‐in‐environment focus to an expanded holistic understanding of the dynamic interplay between human society and the natural environment. It examines issues surrounding environmental and ecological justice, and proposes a principles approach to move the profession towards a paradigm of environmental justice using as its template the 17 Principles of Environmental Justice adopted by the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit in the USA in 1991. It discusses the value of these principles in enhancing social work's capacity to address issues of environmental concern. It proposes that, with greater awareness of the effects of environmental issues on high‐needs populations, the profession would be better able to balance environmental and human concerns.

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“…Finally, citizen groups organized as environmental activists can contribute to higher levels of participation (Broad 1994;Ravnborg 2003). Rogge and Darkwa (1996) advocate that strategies for reducing poverty and solving environmental problems should go hand in hand, and should involve the affected communities from the very beginning. In order to successfully implement projects that improve the health of communities in an impoverished region, increasing public participation and reducing economic inequities need to be considered (Nakajima 1994).…”

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Community partnered projects: a case study of a collaborative effort to improve sanitation in a marginalized community in northwest Mexico

Robles-Morúa

Mayer

Durfee

2007

Environ Dev Sustain

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There is a growing recognition in developing countries that community participation in water and sanitation projects is a necessary strategy in sustainable development. The main advantage of following such an approach is that, if participation can encourage a sense of ownership of the projects, the benefits of the project are more likely to extend over the long term. The case study at hand focuses on the challenges faced in implementing a wastewater treatment system to solve an environmental and public health problem in a rural community, Rosario de Tesopaco, in northwest Mexico. Until recently, the community has been unable to implement an effective plan to treat the wastewater generated in the community. The problems faced by the community can be attributed to the political arrangement of water and sanitation decentralization in Mexico that occurred in the mid 1980's, whereby communities were required to meet wastewater treatment standards, but were not given the technical and political guidance needed to achieve this goal. However, in this instance, cooperation between the authorities in Rosario de Tesopaco, the federal agency for social development, and an academic institution has led to the successful design and approval of a wastewater treatment project. This achievement can be attributed to the use of an effective collaborative strategy, tailoring the project to the needs and capacity of the local community, positioning the community as the leaders and owners Readers should send their comments on this paper to BhaskarNath@aol.com within 3 months of publication of this issue.A. Robles-Morua (&) of the project. A model for following this strategy for developing rural sanitation projects in Mexico is proposed.

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Poverty and the environment: an international perspective for social work

Cited by 12 publications

References 20 publications

Environmental Concern and Action: A View from the Border

Environmental Concern and Action: A View from the Border

Environmental shifts for social work: A principles approach

Community partnered projects: a case study of a collaborative effort to improve sanitation in a marginalized community in northwest Mexico

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