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Introduction: Awakening Micro-theoretical Perspectives In Environmental Sociology / Bradley H. Brewster And Antony J. Puddephatt -- Micro-interactions Of Cosmic Proportions: Mediating Human-cosmos Relationships In The Planetarium / Megan S. Albaugh Bonham -- This Is Not Sea World: Spectacle And Insight In Nature Tourism / Peter R. Grahame -- How To Climb Mount Fuji (at Your Earliest Convenience): A Non-representational Approach / Phillip Vannini -- Negotiating Identity, Valuing Place: Enacting Earthcare And Social Justice At Finca La Bella, Costa Rica / Stella M. Capek -- Green Lifestyles And Micropolitics: Pragmatist Action Theory And The Connection Between Lifestyle Change And Collective Action / Janet A. Lorenzen -- Mead, Interactionism, And The Improbability Of Ecological Selves: Toward A Meta-environmental Microsociological Theory / Stephen Zavestoski And Andrew J. Weigert -- Present Tense: Everyday Animism And The Politics Of Possession / Michael M. Bell -- Wild Selves: A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective On Species, Minds, And Nature / Leslie Irvine -- Dog Shit Happens: Human-canine Interactions And The Immediacy Of Excremental Presence / Matthias Gross And Ana Horta -- Sorting The Trash: Competing Constructions And Instructions For Handling Household Waste / Susan Machum -- The Utility Of Phenomenology In Understanding And Addressing Human Caused Environmental Problems / Jerry Williams -- The Social Psychology Of Compromised Negotiations: Constructing Asymmetrical Boundary Objects Between Science And Industry / Benjamin Kelly -- Escaping The Iron Cage Of Environmental Rationalizations: Microsocial Decision-making In Environmental Conflicts / Filip Alexandrescu And Bernd Baldus. Edited By Bradley H. Brewster And Antony J. Puddephatt. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.