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The Planet, 1999, Fall, Shane Powell, Huxley College Of The Environment, Western Washington University

The Planet

No abstract provided.

Lake Whatcom Monitoring Project 1997/1998 Report, Robin A. Matthews, Michael Hilles, Geoffrey B. Matthews

Lake Whatcom Annual Reports

This report is part of an on-going series of annual reports and special project reports that document the Lake Whatcom monitoring program.

This work is conducted by the Institute for Watershed Studies and other departments at Western Washington University. The major objective of this program is to provide long-term baseline water quality monitoring in Lake Whatcom and selected tributaries. Each section contains brief explanations about the water quality data, along with discussions of patterns observed in Lake Whatcom.

The Planet, 1999, Spring, Anita White, Huxley College Of The Environment, Western Washington University

The Planet

No abstract provided.

A Value-Belief-Norm Theory Of Support For Social Movements: The Case Of Environmentalism, Paul C. Stern, Thomas Dietz, Troy D. Abel, Greg Guagnano, Linda Kalof

College of the Environment on the Peninsulas Publications

We present a theory of the basis of support for a social movement. Three types of support (citizenship actions, policy support and acceptance, and personal-sphere behaviors that accord with movement principles) are empirically distinct from each other and from committed activism. Drawing on theoretical work on values and norm-activation processes, we propose a value-belief-norm (VBN) theory of movement support. Individuals who accept a movement's basic values, believe that valued objects are threatened, and believe that their actions can help restore those values experience an obligation (personal norm) for pro-movement action that creates a predisposition to provide support; the particular type …

The Planet, 1999, Winter, Anita White, Huxley College Of The Environment, Western Washington University

The Planet

No abstract provided.