Clayton, S. & S. Opotow, 2003, Identity and the natural environment, MIT Press, Cambridge
- Author : Clayton, S. & S. Opotow
- Year : 2003
- Title English : Identity and the natural environment
- Publisher : MIT Press
- Publisher's Location : Cambridge
- ISBN : 0-262-03311-9
- Pages : 384
- Abstract : Identity and the Natural Environment examines the ways in which our sense of who we are affects our relationship with nature, and vice versa. This book brings together cutting-edge work on the topic of identity and the environment, sampling the variety and energy of this emerging field but also placing it within a descriptive framework. These theory-based empirical studies examine the degree of social influence on environmental identity, and focus on the interplay between social and environmental forces. As one local activist says, "We don't know if we're organizing communities to plant trees, or planting trees to organize communities." The book explores human identity in relation to a wide variety of topics, including wild black bears, rangeland and water conflicts, and involvement and expertise in the inner city