Resorting to social representations theory, we illustrate how in our societies, where the pressures towards change in the environmental domain are constant ond come from countless sources, processes of resistance are also their constant companions. We present here four case studies. the first one regards biotechnological. A second example regards changes in flooding in France. A third study examines how two different communities adjust to electricity supply changes, and the objections to changes in the landscape. A last example concerns the adjustment to new legislation, fostering public participation.