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In this paper, Claus and Bolander present a book called "Ecological Sanity: A Guide to Environmental Sanity" by George Claus and Karen Bolander. Pp. xv + 592.Abstract:
Ecological Sanity. By George Claus and Karen Bolander. Pp. xv + 592. (David McKay: New York, 1977.) $16.95.read more
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The ‘Social Gap’ in Wind Farm Siting Decisions: Explanations and Policy Responses
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors distinguish between two kinds of gap that might be confused, namely the social gap and the individual gap, which exists when an individual person has a positive attitude to wind power in general but actively opposes a particular wind power development.
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Environmental Innovation and Sustainability Transitions in Regional Studies
Bernhard Truffer,Lars Coenen +1 more
TL;DR: Truffer et al. as mentioned in this paper reviewed salient lines of sustainability-related research in regional studies, and specified promising researc... and pointed out a field of future research that might be beneficially laboured by both traditions.
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Over the Sea and Far Away? A Consideration of the Planning, Politics and Public Perception of Offshore Wind Farms
TL;DR: The authors argued that many of the same problems are experienced by both onshore and offshore wind farms, albeit in slightly different ways; and that these need to be addressed if the promised expansion in offshore wind is to be delivered.
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Of solar collectors, wind power, and car sharing: Comparing and understanding successful cases of grassroots innovations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare three cases of successful grassroots innovations for sustainability: wind technology in Denmark, the solar collector do-it-yourself movement in Austria, and the development of car sharing in Switzerland, focusing on the structural conditions and resources of origin, motivations of social actors involved, learning processes and outcomes, competences and activities of those actors, processes of institution-building and the relationships to mainstream market actors.
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A Dynamic Process Model of Private Politics: Activist Targeting and Corporate Receptivity to Social Challenges
TL;DR: The authors argue that when firms are chronically targeted by social activists, they respond defensively by adopting strategic management devices that help them better manage social issues and demonstrate their normative appropriateness, which in turn increases a firm's receptivity to future activist challenges.
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The Peace Corps Experience: Challenge and Change, 1969-1976
TL;DR: A former deputy director of the Peace Corps offers both a first-hand look at life in the agency - in the field and at headquarters - and a radical reinterpretation of its history during the Nixon and Ford administrations.
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Pierre de Coubertin, Doped ‘Amateurs’ and the ‘Spirit of Sport’: The Role of Mythology in Olympic Anti-Doping Policies
TL;DR: The main justification for the prohibition of drugs in the Olympic Games is that drugs are contrary to the "spirit of sport" as mentioned in this paper, a claim that has been supported by Olympic ideals in their full historical relief.
The Aesthetics of Wind Energy
TL;DR: The authors argue that the aesthetic perception of wind farms as beautiful is objectively more truthful than the NIMBY response, using a concept of beauty from complexity theory as the perception of wholeness.
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Avian risk behavior and fatalities at the Altamont Wind Resource Area: March 1998 - February 1999
C. Thelander,L. Rugge +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined bird use and behaviors and collected data on fatalities at the same turbines throughout the course of the surveys, concluding that the relative abundance of species observed does not predict the relative frequency of fatalities per species.