The environmental responsibility reader / Martin Reynolds, Chris Blackmore and Mark J. Smith, editors.

Published in association with the Open University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1: Introduction -- Section 2: Ethical and Cultural Traditions -- Section 3: Nature Matters: Preserving and shaping environments -- Section 4: Individual and collective responsibility and action -- Section 5: Ecological citizenship: Social and environmental justice and corporate social responsibility -- Section 6: Summary .

This book is for anyone involved with managing environmental decisions making. The book promotes innovative ways of understanding and taking responsibility for actions in the context of our 'natural' world through a selection of classic and contemporary edited readings accompanied with an editorial narrative. It provides sense-making tools for appreciating and doing something about seemingly intractable modern-day environmental dilemmas--including global warming, fossil fuel consumption, fresh water quality, industrial pollution, habitat destruction, and biodiversity loss. The book draws on contemporary ideas associated with environmental ethics, social learning, communities of practice, systems thinking, ecological citizenship, corporate responsibility, fair trade, and the connections between environmental and social justice; configuring these ideas into practical notions for responsible action.