ABSTRACT
Scholars have tracked public opinion on a number of environmental issues and concerns for over four decades. This scholarship chronicles multiple dimensions of environmental concern – ranging from beliefs about interconnections between the natural environment and humans, trade-offs between economic growth and environmental protection, willingness to pay higher prices for the environment or to give time for environmental causes, including personal involvement in actions like recycling, and engaging in pro-environmental activism, such as signing petitions or being a member of an environmental group. Indeed, in a comprehensive review, Dunlap and Jones defi ne environmental concern as “the degree to which people are aware of problems regarding the environment and support efforts to solve them and/or willingness to contribute personally to their solution” (2002: 485).
