Navigating environmental attitudes /
By: Heberlein, Thomas A.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0199773327 (hbk); 9780199773329:; 9780199773329; 0199773335 (pbk); 9780199773336.Subject(s): Environmental management -- Psychological aspects | Environmental sciences -- Psychological aspects | Environmental sociology | Environmental psychologyDDC classification: 304.2Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 304.2 HEB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0079393 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Attitudes, rivers, and environmental fixes -- Reading water and minds -- Aldo Leopold meets the Bennington women -- Attitudes are not everything -- Educating the public -- and other disasters -- Norms -- Aldo Leopold and the flying horse -- Avoiding the cognitive fix keeper hole -- Going with the flow -- Increasing the flow: activating and creating norms -- Thinking beyond the rim.
Solving environmental problems requires a scientific understanding of public attitudes. Bringing together theory and practice, 'Navigating Environmental Attitudes' provides a realistic understanding of why and how attitudes matter when it comes to environmental problems; and how, by balancing natural with social science, we can step back from false assumptions and unproductive, frustrating programs to work toward fostering successful, effective environmental action.