Creating a climate for change
Subtitle: communicating climate change and facilitating social change
By: edited by Susanne C. Moser and Lisa Dilling
Contributors: Moser, Susanne C; Dilling, Lisa
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 549
ISBN-13: 9780521869232
Subjects: Climatic changes; Communication in the environmental sciences; Communication in social action
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Weather or climate change? / Ann Bostrom and Daniel Lashof; title: Communicating the risks of global warming : American risk perceptions, affective images, and interpretive communities / Anthony Leiserowitz; title: More bad news : the risk of neglecting emotional responses to climate change information / Susanne C. Moser; title: Public scares : changing the issue culture / Sheldon Ungar; title: The challenge of trying to make a difference using media messages / Sharon Dunwoody; title: Listening to the audience : San Diego hones its communication strategy by soliciting residents' views / Linda Giannelli Pratt and Sarah Rabkin; title: The climate-justice link : communicating risk with low-income and minority audiences / Julian Agyeman ... [et al.]; title: Postcards from the (not so) frozen North : talking about climate change in Alaska / Shannon Mcneely and Orville Huntington; title: Climate change : a moral issue / Sally Bingham; title: Einstein, Roosevelt, and the atom bomb : lessons learned for scientists communicating climate change / Lucy Warner; title: Across the great divide : supporting scientists as effective messengers in the public sphere / Nancy Cole with Susan Watrous; title: Dealing with climate change contrarians / Aaron M. McCright; title: A role for dialogue in communication about climate change / Kathleen Regan; title: Information is not enough / Caron Chess and Branden B. Johnson; title: Stuck in the slow lane of behavior change? : a not-so-superhuman perspective on getting out of our cars / John Tribbia; title: Consumption behavior and narratives about the good life / Laurie Michaelis; title: Educating for "intelligent environmental action" in an age of global warming / Tina Grotzer and Rebecca Lincoln; title: Education for global responsibility / Mary Catherine Bateson; title: Changing the world one household at a time : Portland's 30-day program to lose 5,000 pounds / Sarah Rabkin with David Gershon; title: Changing organizational ethics and practices toward climate and environment / Keith James, April Smith, and Bob Doppelt; title: Change in the marketplace : business leadership and communication / Vicki Arroyo and Benjamin Preston; title: The market as messenger : sending the right signals / John Atcheson; title: Making it easy : establishing energy efficiency and renewable energy as routine best practice / Lisa Dilling and Barbara Farhar; title: Forming networks, enabling leaders, financing action : the Cities for Climate Protection campaign / Abby Young; title: Ending the piecemeal approach : Santa Monica's comprehensive plan for sustainability / Susan Watrous and Natasha Fraley; title: States leading the way on climate change action : the view from the Northeast / Abbey Tennis; title: West Coast Governors' Global Warming Initiative : using regional partnerships to coordinate climate action / Pierre duVair ... [et al.]; title: Building social movements / David S. Meyer; title: Climate litigation : shaping public policy and stimulating debate / Marilyn Averill; title: The moral and political challenges of climate change / Dale Jamieson; title: An ongoing dialogue on climate change : the Boulder Manifesto / Robert Harriss; title: Toward the social tipping point : changing a climate for change / Susanne C. Moser and Lisa Dilling