"The WTP/WTA Discrepancy: A Preliminary Qualitative Examination"
Anthony C., Burton, Susan M. Chilton, and Martin K. Jones explores the psychological foundations of the “Willingness to Pay/Willingness to Accept” discrepancy.
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"Towards Global Environmental Values: Lessons from Western and Eastern Experience"
Philip Sarre argues that new environmental values are needed as the advanced industrial economy becomes global.
"Nature is Already Sacred"
Kay Milton shows that the idea that humans see nature as sacred, and the acknowledgment that humanity is a part of nature rather than separate from it are two concepts that are incompatible in the context of western culture.
"Emotion, Science and Rationality: The Case of the Brent Spar"
Mark Huxham and David Sumner assess the case of the Brent Spar, discussing some of the lessons that should be learnt from the incident by policy makers and scientists.
"The Lack of Clarity in the Precautionary Principle"
This paper builds on the work of Neil A. Manson arguing that the precautionary principle is fraught with vagueness and ambiguity.
"Re-Negotiating Science in Environmentalists' Submissions to New Zealand's Royal Commission on Genetic Modification"
In this paper Tee Rogers-Hayden and John R. Campbell use the case of New Zealand’s Royal Commission on Genetic Modification to explore the application of science discourses as used by environmental groups.
"Education, the Interpretive Agenda of Science, and the Obligation of Scientists to Promote this Agenda"
Warwick Fox discusses education and the obligations of scientists to promote intepretive agendas.
"In and Out of Time"
Richard Gault explores the nature of time and its relation to our concerns for the future.
Prodigality and Sustainability: The Natural Sciences and the Environment
Over time, the peoples living in Latin America’s diverse landscapes have developed complex and varied ways of understanding the world around them. For much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the main goal of the sciences was to keep Latin America’s “prodigal” landscapes as productive as possible. Since the mid-twentieth century, a new countercurrent has emerged, which focuses on using science to conserve biological diversity, and to promote sustainability.
Thinking with Birds
This article looks at three approaches through history of humans to birds.