Ecological Citizenship and Responsible Participatory Practices

Citizenship, as a leading notion in political philosophy, has always cherished models of ideal citizenship to meet the demands of the political States. In the contemporary times that face critical ecological challenges, philosophers have conceptualized citizenship that sustains the existence of ecology. The idea of ecological citizenship is a novel conception in this regard. Nonetheless, it shares the ancient and contemporary features of political citizenship. While the ancient Greek political philosophers assigned a privileged status of citizen to the one who has legal rights and duties to participate in the affairs of society, contemporary reflections associate citizenship with a public identity that determines the share of an individual in the collective resources of society. Ecological citizen who is committed to the habitat would provide her with a public identity of being responsive and responsible for the geographical and political contexts at par with current notions of citizenship. The paper examines the participatory nature of ecological citizenship engaged with material reality from the perspective of ethical and epistemic responsible practices which also involve angles of investments and emancipation. and political contexts at par with current notions of citizenship. The paper ex.