ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book focuses on the growing importance of social dimensions to sustainable development and the increasing attention being paid by policymakers to human solutions to environmental problems within the context of the empirical research. It argues that since the early 1990s there has been the emergence of a new 'social capital' for sustainable development in the UK, incorporating a growing agenda for considering the role of individuals in promoting sustainable development. The book supports the notion that using the principles of social-psychology can yield a wide variety of data that can directly inform policy. The notions of promoting 'collective action' based on the removal of key barriers to change alongside and branding for sustainability were introduced as ways of exploiting the potential for developing a lifestyles approach towards environmental practice.
