CONTENTS Acknowledgements | viii Introduction to environmental responsibility | MARTIN REYNOLDS 1 1. Ethical and cultural traditions Introduction to part one | MARTIN REYNOLDS, CHRIS BLACKMORE AND MARK J. SMITH 9 1 Silent spring | RACHAEL CARSON 11 a. A fable for tomorrow 11 b. And no birds sing 13 2 The land ethic | ALDO LEOPOLD22 3 On values and obligations to the environment | LUKE MARTELL 28 4 Environmental ethics | MARTIN REYNOLDS40 5 The consequentialist side of environmental ethics | DANIEL HOLBROOK 52 6 Deontological environmental ethics | ROBERT ELLIOT 60 7 The virtues of ecological citizenship | JAMES CONNELLY 66 Summary of part one | MARTIN REYNOLDS, CHRIS BLACKMORE AND MARK J. SMITH 77 2. Nature matters Introduction to part two | MARTIN REYNOLDS 81 8 Toward an ecological conversation | STEPHEN TALBOTT83 9 Contemporary environmental ethics | ANDREW LIGHT 94 10 The two-culture problem: ecological restoration and the integration of knowledge | ERIC HIGGS 103 11 The framing paradox I RONALD MOORE 114 12 Systems thinking for environmental responsibility 123 a. The web of life | FRITJOF CAPRA 124 b. Hidden connections | FRITJOF CAPRA 126 c. Can we secure future-responsive management through systems thinking and design? | WERNER ULRICH 132 13 Environmental pragmatism, ecocentrism and deliberative democracy | ROBYN ECKERSLEY 138 14 Knowledge, justice and democracy | SHIVVISVANATHAN 150 Summary of part two | MARTIN REYNOLDS 159 3. Individual and collective responsibility Introduction to part three | CHRIS BLACKMORE 163 15 Autonomous yet responsible? | GEOFFREY VICKERS 165 16 Individualization: plant a tree, buy a bike, save the world? | MICHAEL MANIATES 172 17 Obligations to future generations I MARTIN p. GOLDING 187 18 The tragedy of the commons | GARRETT HARDIN 197 19 The struggle to govern the commons | THOMAS DIETZ, ELINOR OSTROM AND PAUL STERN 206 20 The big debate: reform or revolution? | JONATHON PORRITT AND CLAIRE FAUSET 223 21 Social learning and environmental responsibility | CHRIS BLACKMORE 229 22 Uncertainty, environmental policy and social learning | ROBIN GROVE-WHITE 236 Summary of part three | CHRIS BLACKMORE 241 4. Ecological citizenship Introduction to part four | MARK J. SMITH 245 23 Environmental justice in the United States and South Africa | JOAN MARTINEZ-ALIER 247 24 Ecological citizenship | ANDREW DOBSON 256 25 Just sustainability in practice | JULIAN AGYEMAN 271 26 Justice, governance and sustainability: some perspectives on environmental citizenship from North America and Europe | JULIAN AGYEMAN AND BOB EVANS 281 27 The project of feminist ecological citizenship | SHERILYN MACGREGOR 292 28 Shopping for sustainability: can sustainable consumption promote ecological citizenship? | GILL SEYFANG 302 29 Buddhist virtues and environmental responsibility in Thailand | MARK j. SMITH AND PIYA PANGSAPA 314 30 Corporate environmental responsibility and citizenship | MARK J. SMITH AND PIYA PANGSAPA 321 31 Strategic thinking and the practices of ecological citizenship: bringing together the ties that bind and bond | MARK J. SMITH AND PIYA PANGSAPA 328 Summary of part four | MARK J. SMITH 339 Epilogue | MARTIN REYNOLDS, CHRIS BLACKMORE AND MARK J. SMITH 341 Sources 348 Index 351