TY - BOOK ID - 77904336 TI - The symbolic earth : discourse and our creation of the environment AU - Cantrill, James G. AU - Oravec, Christine L. PY - 1996 SN - 0813108837 0813148987 0813119731 9780813148984 9780813108834 0813184282 9780813184289 PB - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, DB - UniCat KW - Environmental policy KW - Environmentalism. KW - Environmental movement KW - Social movements KW - Anti-environmentalism KW - Sustainable living KW - Environmental protection. Environmental technology KW - Pragmatics KW - Greenwashing UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77904336 AB - The core dilemma in environmental advocacy may be illustrated by the question, ""When we communicate about the world, should we stress what we know or what we feel?"" The contributors to The Symbolic Earth argue that it is more important to decide how we should talk about what we know and feel. In their view, the environment is larely a product of how we talk about the world. Because the environment is a social construction, the only hope we have of preserving it is to understand and alter the fundamental ways we discuss it. ER -