Green social work - the next frontier for action

Climate change has been described as the most pressing issue of this and future generations. Social work, as primarily a social and people focused profession, has been slow to react to what the natural and physical scientists have been telling those who will listen for decades. That is, the number of environmental catastrophes are increasing in intensity and frequency while the overuse of non-renewable natural resources for manufacturing and human consumption is creating a climate change with possible disastrous effects for all human kind. Green social work is emerging with the aim to join forces with environmental activists to bring a strong ecological, social and political perspective into social work practice.