Green(ing) British Muslims: Towards an interdisciplinary, intersectoral, co-produced framework

The Project

Through this project, I start exploring the form and content of various kinds of environmental action undertaken by British Muslim organisations of different types. To do so, I will produce a series of interview podcasts with key representatives of these organisations. Through these podcasts, the project aims to raise awareness—both among British Muslims and in the mainstream environmental sector—about the diversity of environmental action found among Muslims in the UK.

Methodology

The project innovatively integrates insights and theoretical frameworks from sustainability transition studies and the sociology of Islam in the UK. The interview podcast format is chosen both as a means for engagement with knowledge-holders and for communication to wider audiences; as well as a key component of the research cycle (Mollett et al 2017). Interview podcasts will be conducted online and uploaded on the project’s YouTube channel. A briefing paper synthesizing key findings will also be produced.

Guiding Principles

The project embeds ACCESS Guiding Principles by

1. Contributing to address the deep-seated lack of ethno-religious minority voices in conversations about environmental action, by engaging the largest ethno-religious minority group in the UK (British Muslims) around this theme
2. Pursuing knowledge co-production, by approaching the podcast participants not just as ‘stakeholders’ but as ‘knowledge-holders’
3. Avoiding travel-related environmental impacts, by conducting the podcasts online

Update

I have created the Green(-ing) Muslims YouTube Channel to present my work. Through recorded interviews, I explore how and why Muslims engage with the natural world and environmental sustainability. Here is a trailer highlighting some of key thoughts and comments made in the interviews. Highlights from some of the other interviews can be found here.

IMPORTANT NOTE Green(-ing) Muslims is a work in progress: the content presented on this channel in the form of interviews has been collected by myself as part of this research, and it constitutes an essential part of my original research data, which I am currently working on. Do not quote, cite or use in any other ways any of the interview material presented on this channel without permission.

For further information contact: greeningmuslims2024@gmail.com