In the Past, Winter was Winter, and Summer was Summer: Climate Change in the Eyes of Older Adults from Poland
Mar 07, 2024
About this article
Published Online: Mar 07, 2024
Page range: 197 - 210
Received: Jul 03, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2024-0012
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© 2024 Magdalena Budziszewska, published by Sciendo
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Overview of themes_
| Themes | Subthemes |
|---|---|
| 1. Perception of climate change | 1.1. To see is to believe: the primacy of the local and the visible |
| 1.2. Confusion: climate change is indistinguishable from traditional protection of the environment | |
| 1.3. Misunderstood science: how do we know that humanity contributes to climate change? | |
| 2. Perception of the possibility of mitigating climate change | 2.1. Hell is other people: climate change and comparing social groups |
| 2.2. After me, the flood: climate change and criticising authorities | |
| 2.3. What can individuals do? Paradoxes of limited agency | |
| 2.4. This concerns the young, not us: projecting responsibility | |
| 2.5. Action is impossible but necessary: hope and the obligation to act |
Overview of study participants_
| No. | Name | Basic information |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bogdan | Aged 66, a pensioner from a small city, with experience in geodesy and construction. Married with children and living in a house. |
| 2. | Mirosława | Aged 70, a pensioner from a mid-sized city, with experience in environmental protection at a mining facility, currently a student at the third-age university. Has children and lives alone in a flat. |
| 3. | Zofia | Aged 77, a pensioner from a mid-sized city. Has children and professional experience as a medical technician. |
| 4. | Maria | Aged 70, a pensioner from a mid-sized city, with experience in administration. A widow with children and living alone in a block of flats. |
| 5. | Wiesława | Aged 74, a pensioner from a large city, with experience in many sectors. Has children and a partner. Lives in a block of flats. |
| 6. | Bogusław | Aged 80, a pensioner from a large city, with experience in management. Has children and is currently also a partner. Lives alone in a block of flats, but also has a summer house in Masuria. |
| 7. | Marian | Aged 71, a pensioner from a large city, running his own business and living in a house with his wife and children. Also has a garden plot. |
| 8. | Stefania | Aged 86, a pensioner from a mid-sized city, with experience in education. A widow, she lives alone in a block of flats, near her children. |
| 9. | Lucjan | Aged 71, a pensioner from a mid-sized city, still professionally active as a technical expert. Has a wife and children. Lives in a block of flats, but also has a plot of land at a lake. |
| 10. | Władysław | Aged 83, a pensioner from a mid-sized city, with experience working in an electric company. Has a wife and children. Lives in a flat, but also has a plot with a house. |