New Tools for Environmental Protection

Thomas Dietz and Paul C. Stern, Editors, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Part I: Introduction, 1. Exploring New Tools for Environmental Protection; 3 2. Changes in Pollution and the Implications for Policy; 4 Part II: Information and Education for Individuals, Households, and Communities (Introduction); 5 3. Marketing Household Energy Conservation: The Message and the Reality; 6 4. Knowledge, Information, and Household Recycling: Examining the Knoweldge-Deficit Model of Behavior Change; 7 5. Promoting 'Green' Consumer Behavior with Eco-Labels; 8 6. The Public Health Perspective for Communicating Environmental Issues; 9 7. Understanding Individual and Social Characteristics in the Promotion of Household Disaster Preparedness; 10 8. Lessons from Analogous Public Education Campaigns; 11 9. Perspectives on Environmental Education in the United States; 12 10. A Model of Community-Based Environmental Education; 13 11. Community Environmental Policy Capacity and Effective Environmental Protection; 14 12. Changing Behavior in Households and Communities: What Have We Learned?; 15 Part III: Voluntary Measures in the Private Sector (Introduction); 16 13. Government-Sponsored Voluntary Programs for Firms: An Initial Survey; 17 14. Industry Codes of Practices: Emergence and Evolution; 18 15. Harnessing the 'Power of Information': Environmental Right to Know as a Driver of Sound Environmental Policy; 19 16. Challenges in Evaluating Voluntary Environmental Programs; 20 17. Assessing the Credibility of Voluntary Codes: A Theoretical Framework; 21 18. Factors in Firms and Industries Affecting the Outcomes of Voluntary Measures; 22 19. The Policy Context for Flexible, Negotiated, and Voluntary Measures; 23 20. Understanding Voluntary Measures; 24 Part IV: Conclusion, 21. New Tools for Environmental Protection: What We Know and Need to Know; 25 About the Contributors