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The Construction of Justice: A Case Study of Public Participation in Land Management

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Cvetkovich, G., & Earle, T. C. (1994). The construction of justice: A case study of public participation in land management. Journal of Social Issues, 50, 3, 161-178.
Productive, just management approaches are more likely to be developed on the basis of an understanding of how people make judgments of justice. We propose that acceptable (just)…

Lessons from Ryley: Community Involvement in Hazardous Waste. Notes on a Presentation to Canadian Federation of Municipalities

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Whitfield, D. H. (June 12, 1989). Lessons from Ryley: Community involvement in hazardous waste. Notes on a presentation to Canadian Federation of Municipalities. (pp. 1-11). Vancouver, British Columbia:
The citizens of Ryley (a village east of Edmonton) were the first known to have the courage to say yes to the concept of a hazardous waste treatment facility in their community. …

The Role of Values and Ethical Principles in Judgments of Environmental Dilemmas

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Seligman, C., Syme, G. J., & Gilchrist, R. (1994). The role of values and ethical principles in judgments of environmental dilemmas. Journal of Social Issues, 50, 3, 105-119.
In this article, we explore generally the extent to which individuals apply values and ethical principles in a consistent way across different environmental ethical issues. In th…

Siting a Fully Integrated Waste Management Facility in Alberta

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McQuaid-Cook, J., & Simpson, K. J. (1986). Siting a fully integrated waste management facility in Alberta. Hazardous Waste Management, 36, 9, 1031-1036.
The development of a special (hazardous) waste management system is well under way in Alberta, Canada, and completion of an integrated treatment and disposal facility near Swan Hi…

Population, Resources, and Environment: Implications of Human Behavioral Ecology for Conservation

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Low, B. S., & Heinen, J. T. (1993). Population, resources, and environment: Implications of human behavioral ecology for conservation. Population and Environment: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 15, 1, 7-41.
Asserts that while humans have evolved to a state in which we can cause global extinction, we have not evolved to consider the global population our family. If human resource use …

The Commons Dilemma as Metaphor: Memory, Influence, and Implications for Environmental Conservation

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Mio, J. S., Thompson, S. C., & Givens, G. H. (1993). The commons dilemma as metaphor: Memory, influence, and implications for environmental conservation. Metaphor and Symbolic Activity, 8, 1, 23-42.
Research on the commons dilemma has enjoyed much vigorous interest in the social psychological literature since Hardin's (1968) discussion of the dilemma as it relates to environm…

Appeals to Justice in the Environmental Debate

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Clayton, S. (1994). Appeals to justice in the environmental debate. Journal of Social Issues, 50, 3, 13-27.
Arguments over issues with environmental implications are increasingly salient in the public arena, and appeals to justice are made by both those who favor and those who oppose en…

Opinion Leadership in Green Consumption: An Exploratory Study

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Flynn, L. R., & Goldsmith, E. (1994). Opinion leadership in green consumption: An exploratory study. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 9, 3, 543-553.
Explored how interpersonal communication functions in the domain of green consumption. Data were collected by means of a self-administered questionnaire to 99 women (aged 20-74 yr…

Blue Box 2000: Breaking 50

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(1995). Blue Box 2000: Breaking 50. Trenton, ON: Centre & South Hastings Recycling Board.

The Effects of Message Framing on Response to Environmental Communications

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Davis, J. J. (1995). The effects of message framing on response to environmental communications. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 72, 2, 285-299.
Explores how the framing of environmental communication influences attitudes & environmentally responsible behaviors, eg, recycling. In an experiment involving 112 undergraduates …

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