How does a desire to protect the environment become policy or law? When natural disasters, overuse, misuse, or error damage our natural environment, many rethink traditional use scenarios. And while awareness may galvanize an individual or group of people, knowledge is only a first step towards convincing a community, state or country to enact laws to protect common resources. They are after all, common goods, and people have different opinions about regulating rights and responsibilities related to our common atmosphere, oceans and ecosystems.
Imagine the challenge of achieving global concensus.