This volume presents views on environmental consciousness and the emergence of connections linking globalisation (processes of intensifying social, political, and economic networks), globalism (our sense of the world as a whole), specific environments (e.g. rainforests, cities), and environmentalism (activities of social movement organizations).

They are ever more conscious of each other, are creating coalitions for effective public campaigns, and are increasingly gaining the ear of national and international policy-makers. This volume presents the views of a number of leading figures concerning the nature of environmental consciousness and the emergence of connections linking globalization (processes of intensifying social, political and economic networks), globalism (our sense of the world as a whole), specific environments (such as rainforests or cities), and environmentalism (expressed in the activities of social movement organizations).

Introduction'
1. How Ecology has Changes
2. International Trade and Environment: Towards Integrative Responsibility
3. Social Movements as Problematic Agents of Global Environmental Change
4. Global Citizens: Campaigning for Environmental Solutions
5. Global Networks and Local Societies: Cities in the Information Age
6. Cities, People, Planet
7. Global Sustainable Development
8. Fragmenting Cosmic Connections: Converting Nature into Commodity
9. The 'Wild', the Market and the Native: Indigenous People Face New Forms of Global Colonization