Psychology of Sustainable Development

Human activity overuses the resources of the planet at a rate that will severely compromise the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Changes toward sustainability need to begin within the next few years or environmental deterioration will be

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PSYCHOLOGY OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

edited by

Peter Schmuck Technische Universitat Berlin Berlin Wesley P. Schultz California State University San Marcos, California

SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, LLC

ISBN 978-1-4613-5342-3 ISBN 978-1-4615-0995-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-0995-0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.

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CONTENTS

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

VII

PREFACE'

IX

WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; AND HOW DO WE GET THERE?

1

Chapter 1. Sustainable Development as a Challenge for Psychology Peter Schmuck & P. Wesley Schultz

3

Chapter 2. The Next Revolution: Sustainability Doug McKenzie-Mohr

19

Chapter 3. Social Dilemmas and Sustainability: Promoting Peoples' Motivation to "Cooperate With the Future" Richard Osbaldiston & Kennon M Sheldon

37

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOR

59

Chapter 4. Inclusion With Nature: The Psychology of Human-Nature Relations P. Wesley Schultz

61

Chapter 5. (En)Gendering Sustainable Development Deborah Du Nann Winter

79

Chapter 6. Sustainable Development and Emotions Elisabeth Kals & Jiirgen Maes

97

Chapter 7. Why do People Act in Sustainable Ways? Results of an Empirical Survey of Lifestyle Pioneers Lars Degenhardt

123

VI

CULTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY

149

Chapter 8. Self, Culture, and Sustainable Development Valdiney V. Gouveia

151

Chapter 9. Partnerships for Sustainability: Psychology for Ecology Peter H Cock

175

Chapter 10. Sustainable Wildlife Utilization in Africa: A Contest

197

Between Scientific Understanding and Human Nature Johan T. du Toit

Chapter 11. Environmental Sustainability by Sociocognitive

209

Deceleration of Population Growth Albert Bandura

EXEMPLARY PROJECTS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

239

Chapter 12. Motivating Collective Action: Converting to

241

Sustainable Energy Sources in a German Community Swantje Eigner & Peter Schmuck

Chapter 13. Which Kind of Sustainability for a Social

257

Environmental Psychology? Bernardo Jimenez-Dominguez

Chapter 14. Using Organized Consumer Action to Foster

277

Sustainability Monroe Friedman

CONCLUSION

299

Chapter 15. Summarizing Sustainability Issues and Research

301

Approaches Stuart Oskamp

SUBJECT INDEX

325

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

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