Institute of Sociology
of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology
of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Educational activities of enviromental non-profit organization in modern Russia



Educational activities of enviromental non-profit organization in modern Russia // Nature and society. The dynamics of the crisis / Series Sotsioestestvennaya history. Genesis of the crisis of nature and society in Russia. Ans. Ed. Borisova E.A. Vol. XXXIX. M:. MBA, 2015. P 212-227.
ISBN 978-5-98908-342-8

Posted on site: 05.04.17

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Abstract

The paper analyzes educational activities of Russian environmental non-profit organizations. Data are obtained, as a result of the field research in seven regions of the Russian Federation by method of in-depth interviews with leaders of nonprofit organizations. The analysis also is based on official documents and publications in mass media on this subject. The theoretical basis of the analysis is the resource mobilization theory: the main tasks of the movement is capacity to mobilize resources to achieve their goals. The aims of environmental education activities of non-profit organizations are revealed. The author confirms that the educational activity of non-profit organizations resulted in forming ecological consciousness of local communities. The typology of educational activities of organizations is presented. The ways of interacting environmental organizations and their social teaching staff with the target groups are considered. The forms of educational and enlightenment activities as well as their realization, depending on the resources available for organizations are revealed. Opportunities for resource mobilization and the consolidation of these organizations with other social and political actors are analyzed. An attempt is made to evaluate the activities of non-profit organizations in the framework of environmental education on the basis of opinion leaders organizations participating in the survey.