There are various discourses on Nature and the Environment. Based on Hajers definition of discourse, from the article “Environmental Sociology” it can be explained as a way of interpreting the world around us by studying many different ‘story-lines’. This helps one to analyse situations, create meaning for reality, and find alternatives and suitable ways to prompt appropriate action.

The environmental discourse maintains that the driving force of technology has been the cause of many environmental and human disasters. By mastering nature, by scientists obsessing with discovery, with no concern for the long-term repercussions of their scientific ‘revolutions’, nature has seriously been exploited. The environmentalist discourse attempts to put nature back at the centre of concerns and to reintroduce an ethic of responsibility in mankind. Environmentalists feel that the scientists have a microcosmic vision, rather than a holistic one. This is where those that are anti-nuclear come in, as they believe that if a nuclear power plant were to malfunction, the damage on the environment would be disastrous, and supposedly they think those that are in favour of nuclear power plants are taking advantage of the environment.