Call number:
PIK N 073-11-0160
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: Introduction ; Part I Communicating Climate Change ; 1 Weather it's climate change? ; 2 Communicating the risks of global warming: American risk perceptions, affective images and interpretive communities ; 3 More bad news: the risk of neglecting emotional responses to climate change information ; 4 Public scares: changing the issue culture ; 5 The challenge of trying to make a difference using media messages ; 6 Listening to the audience: San Diego hones its communication strategy by soliciting residents' views ; 7 The climate-justice link: communicating with low-income and minority audiences ; 8 Postcards from the (not so) frozen North: talking about climate change in Alaska ; 9 Climate change: a moral issue ; 10 Einstein, Roosevelt, and the atomic bomb: lessons learned for scientists communicating climate change ; 11 Across the great divide: supporting scientists as effective messengers in the public sphere ; 12 Dealing with climate change contrarians ; 13 A role for dialogue in communication about climate change ; 14 Information is not enough ; Part II Facilitating Social Change ; 15 Stuck in the slow lane of behavior change? A not-so-superhuman perspective on getting out of our cars ; 16 Consumption behavior and narratives about the good life ; 17 Educating for 'intelligent environmental action' in an age of global warming ; 18 Education for global responsibility ; 19 Changing the world one household at a time: Portland's 30-day program to lose 5,000 pounds ; 20 Changing organizational ethics and practices toward climate and environment ; 21 Change in the marketplace: business leadership and communication ; 22 The market as messenger: sending the right signals ; 23 Making it easy: establishing energy efficiency and renewable energy as routine best practices ; 24 Forming networks, enabling leaders, financing action: the Cities for Climate Change ProtectionTM campaign ; 25 Ending the piecemeal approach: Santa Monica's comprehensive plan for sustainability ; 26 States leading the way on climate change action: the view from the Northeast ; 27 West Coast Governors' Global Warming Initiative: using regional partnerships to coordinate climate action ; 28 Building social movements ; 29 Climate litigation: shaping public policy and stimulating debate ; 30 The moral and political challenges of climate change ; Part III Creating a Climate for Change ; 31 An ongoing dialogue on climate change: The Boulder Manifesto ; 32 Toward the social tipping point: creating a climate change
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XXV, 549 S. : Ill., grap. Darst.
Edition:
Digitally print.
ISBN:
9780521049924
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Branch Library:
PIK Library
