PERSUASIONPERSUASION is used when someone or a group of people is trying to convince others that a certain course of action is correct. How many times in your life have you tried to convince someone that your position is the right position or that their position is wrong? This takes PERSUASION to be effective, particularly if that person or group doesn't agree with you at first.
CONSUMERISM
CONSUMERISM relies on the power of the pocketbook or billfold. It involves buying something that agrees with one's philosophy or NOT BUYING something that represents an action or an idea one disagrees with. Consumerism is particularly effective if a group of people get together to take action. Even so, some individuals act alone in this dimension. Examples of consumerism? Refusing to buy soft drinks unless they are in returnable bottles. Refusing to purchase articles made in a foreign country that supports a negative environmental policy. Buying products made by companies who try to reduce environmental pollution.
POLITICAL ACTION
POLITICAL ACTION refers to any mode of action that brings pressure on political or governmental agencies and/or individuals in order to persuade them to take positive environmental action. In democratic nations, political action usually means supporting candidates who have positions similar to your own. It means pressuring people in office with letters, telegrams, and phone calls. It means casting a vote for or against a particular issue. . . and more.
ECOMANAGEMENT
ECOMANAGEMENT is simply a word used to describe any PHYSICAL ACTION taken with respect to the environment. It can be illustrated by examples ranging from picking up someone else's litter to helping a private agency buy and preserve an ecologically-important forest. Ecomanagement, hopefully, results in either maintaining a good environment or improving a weakened environment.