Local environmental grassroots activism is robust and globally ubiquitous despite the ebbs and flows of the general environmental movement. In this review we synthesize social movement, environmental politics, and environmental psychology literatures to answer the following questions: How does the environment emerge as a topic for community action and how a particular environmental discourse (p...

1 School of Fisheries, Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada, 2 Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Logy Bay, NL, Canada, 3 Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA, 4 Department of Biological Sciences, Environmental Conservation Program, Cedar Crest College, A...

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This content analysis of 139 programs and 2,211 characters updates and extends previous research on the way elderly people, and especially elderly women, are presented on prime-time television. Findings indicate that females and the elderly continue to be significantly underrepresented. Comparisons of elderly men and women showed patterns of traditional stereotypes, with men more likely to be d...

This article reviews literature on the connection between urban green space access and environmental justice. It discusses the dynamics of the relationship as it relates to factors such as environmental quality, land use, and environmental health disparities. Urban development stresses the landscape and may compromise environmental quality. Since some communities are disproportionately impacted...

Julia Bronnmann, Assistant Professor Department of Sociology, Environmental and Business Economics, University Southern Denmark, Esbjerg; jubr{at}sam.sdu.dk