ABSTRACT
The products and by-products of environmentalist thought are all around us. The campaign literature of environmental groups is delivered to thousands of homes. Green slogans compete for our attention from the packages on supermarket shelves. Television programmes inform us about the threats of global warming, the intimate details of the lives of plants and animals, the deficiencies of government policies on energy and transport. The advertise ments that interrupt those programmes try to entice us with green images. Bookshelves and catalogues display a bewildering array of environmental literature, from official reports to fictional adven tures.1 Development projects are subjected to environmental assessments, companies and government departments to environ mental audits, and the curricula of schools and colleges have been invaded by courses on environmental science, law, politics and management.
