Title New tools for environmental protection : education, information, and voluntary measures / Thomas Dietz and Paul C. Stern, editors ; Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

Published Washington, DC : National Academy Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 356 pages) Contents ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Exploring New Tools for Environmental Protection""; ""2 Changes in Pollution and the Implications for Policy""; ""3 Marketing Household Energy Conservation: The Message and the Reality""; ""4 Knowledge, Information, and Household Recycling: Examining the Knowledge-Deficit Model of Behavior Change""; ""5 Promoting “Greenâ€? Consumer Behavior with Eco-Labels""; ""6 The Public Health Perspective for Communicating Environmental Issues""; ""7 Understanding Individual and Social Characteristics in the Promotion of Household Disaster Preparedness"" 8 Lessons from Analogous Public Education Campaigns9 Perspectives on Environmental Education in the United States -- 10 A Model of Community-Based Environmental Education -- 11 Community Environmental Policy Capacity and Effective Environmental Protection -- 12 Changing Behavior in Households and Communities: What Have We Learned? -- 13 Government-Sponsored Voluntary Programs for Firms: An Initial Survey -- 14 Industry Codes of Practice: Emergence and Evolution ""15 Harnessing the “Power of Informationâ€?: Environmental Right to Know as a Driver of Sound Environmental Policy""""16 Challenges in Evaluating Voluntary Environmental Programs""; ""17 Assessing the Credibility of Voluntary Codes: A Theoretical Framework""; ""18 Factors in Firms and Industries Affecting the Outcomes of Voluntary Measures""; ""19 The Policy Context for Flexible, Negotiated, and Voluntary Measures""; ""20 Understanding Voluntary Measures""; ""21 New Tools for Environmental Protection: What We Know and Need to Know""; ""ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS"" Summary Annotation At the request of the US Environmental Protection Agency, the National Research Council organized a workshop in November 2000 where environmental and political scientists examined the assertion that changed conditions call for increased use of alternatives to regulation and economic measures to deal with environmental concerns. The 21 essays, revised from presentations there, look at information and education for individuals, households, and communities; and voluntary measures in the private sector. They are not indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Environmental education -- United States -- Congresses Environmental policy -- United States -- Congresses Environmental protection -- United States -- Congresses Environment Environmental Policy environmental protection environmental policy environmental education BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development. NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection. Environmental education Environmental policy Environmental protection Educação ambiental (congressos) Política ambiental (congressos) Proteção ambiental (congressos) SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Subject United States Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Stern, Paul C., 1944- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change. ISBN 0309501180 9780309501187 1280209682 9781280209680 9786610209682 6610209685

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