ABSTRACT
Some 30 years after the first Earth Day in 1972, and nearly 50 years after Rachel Carson sounded alarm bells about the risks of environmental degradation, environmental issues are receiving an increased profile on the G8 agenda (Carson 1962; Kirton and Richardson 1995). Certainly the public outcry at the 'Battle of Seattle' meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO), among other meetings held by other global organisations, has raised the profile of public concern about environmental abuses, their links with trade and other economic practices, and the impact of these linkages on social cohesion (Kirton and Maclaren 2002).
