Environmental Issues : Behavioural Insights
Contents: Preface. Acknowledgements. Contributor's profile. I. Environment and development: 1. People and the environment: musings of a dinosaur/Michael S. Philip. 2. Limiting resources and consumptive behaviour: from social dilemmas to ethical self/Parul Rishi. 3. Climate change and human psyche: a relook at choice/Parul Rishi. 4. Coping with urban environmental stress/Gayatri Khuntia and Parul Rishi. II. Environmental attitudes and behaviour: 5. Mind your mindset: environment demands positive action/Parul Rishi. 6. People-environment relationship: some insights/Nachiketa Tripathi. III. Ethics, business and environment: 7. Environmental ethics is the corporate responsibility: an Indian perspective/Ananda Das Gupta. 8. Environmental initiatives and corporate practices: the case of Hind Lamps Ltd. of the Bajaj Group/Parul Rishi, Parag Dubey and Swati Moghe. IV. Environmental leadership: 9. The challenge in environmental policy and leadership: a case of Bolivia/Juan Pablo. 10. Essential skills for environmental leadership in a global context/Leslie E. Wildesen and Jeanne C. Crouch. V. Environment for global well-being: 11. Positive environmental appraisal and spiritual mindset for global well-being: beyond materialism/Parul Rishi. 12. We care for the planet! Linking spirituality with worldliness at Dayalbagh/Parul Rishi. Conclusions: Humanizing the planet for global well-being. Index.
"This book is motivated by the belief that psychology has much to contribute in offering behavioural insights to recent environmental issues which are threatening the very existence and quality maintenance of planet earth. Due to the limited awareness of people regarding potential of behavioural sciences in offering solutions to environmental problems, much of the environmental issues are oscillating in the hands of technological experts, still longing for lasting solutions. This book brings together the perspectives of psychologists, environmental scientists, corporate mangers and natural resource conservationists to culminate into a chain of thoughts, which take an integrative approach in balancing interrelationship between people and environment. The contents of book are varied ranging from hardcore theories to consumptive behaviour of people, and their mind-set, corporate social responsibility, environmental leadership skills and well-being. What makes this book unique in terms of its approach is the inclusion of recent environmental problems like global warming, climate change and urban environment stress and offering their behavioural solutions.
The book, having a research oriented facet will encourage researchers in the field for taking up concerned issues and offer universally desirable new behavioural insights into environmental problems." (jacket)
