Public Participation and Better Environmental Decisions is about a specific ‘promise’ that participation holds for environmental decision-making. Many of th

In spite of the expanding role of public participation in environmental decisionmaking, there has been little systematic examination of whether it has, to date,

Federal agencies have taken steps to include the public in a wide range of environmental decisions. Although some form of public participation is often required

Looks at the critical role of community members and other interested parties in environmental policy decision making.

It is clear that our society must become a more sustainable one. To that end, we must change both our production and our consumption patterns. Some argue that t