Content Index

"The Disvalue of 'Contingent Valuation' and the Problem of the 'Expectation Gap'"

Laura Westra argues that even if we could elicit a truly informed and “free” choice, the “Contingent Valuation” method would remain flawed.

Wild Earth 1, no. 1

Wild Earth 1, no. 1, with the theme “Ecological Foundations for Big Wilderness,” discusses ecosystem restoration in Florida, corridors in the Klamath Mountains, and a Yellowstone ecosystem Marshall Plan.

"Towards Polyvocal Environmental Debates. Editorial"

Jouni Paavola’s editorial for the Environmental Values 17.

"Convergence, Divergence and the Complex Nature of Environmental Problems. Editorial"

Isis Brook’s editorial for Environmental Values 17.

"A Worthwhile Academic Life. Editorial"

Clive L. Spash’s editorial for Environmental Values 17.

What Would Indigenous Taxonomy Look Like? The Case of Blandowski's Australia

In 1862, Wilhelm von Blandowski produced The Encyclopedia of Australia as a large visual atlas of 142 plates dedicated to a comprehensive representation of the continent Australia.

"Community and Life-Chances: Risk Movements in the United States and Germany"

Jost Halfmann illustrates the differences between images of risk by comparing the American and German anti-nuclear movements.

"Cultivating Carrots and Community: Local Organic Food and Sustainable Consumption"

This paper examines the social implications of sustainable consumption through an empirical study of a local organic food initiative.

"Political Perception and Ensemble of Macro Objectives and Measures: The Paradox of the Index for Sustainable Economic Welfare"

This essay aims to reconstruct Herman Daly and John Cobb’s criticism of growth from the person-in-community approach.

"Nature, Purity, Ontology"

Piers H.G. Stephens argues that several objections to preservationism may be answered by recasting the relationship between man and nature into a tripartite spectrum of ontological form between nature and artifact.