ABSTRACT
The findings presented in Chapters 6 to 8 provide an excellent basis on which to provide a theoretically informed and original contribution to the debates surrounding the conceptual bases of environmental action. These have focused around three key conclusions that have emphasised the importance of conceptualising environmental action in terms of environmental practices, lifestyle groups and the identification of barriers and motivations to action. However, as noted in Chapter 8, the transference of these theoretical and conceptually useful findings into a policy context provides researchers with a significant challenge. Concepts which can readily be identified as important influences on behaviour such as the lack of convenient access to services or the belief that one’s own behaviour will not have an impact cannot be readily removed from the abstract research context and placed within a specific policy framework.
