What we think about when we try not to think about global warming : toward a new psychology of climate action
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- ISBN: 1603585834
- ISBN: 9781603585835
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Physical Description:
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xxi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - Publisher: White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-275) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: battering one another -- Thinking: understanding the climate paradox. They psychology of climate paradox ; "Climate is the new Marx": the many faces of skepticism and denial ; The human animal, as seen by evolutionary psychology ; How climate facts and risks are perceived: cognitive psychology ; What others are saying: social psychology ; The roots of denial: the psychology of identity ; The five psychological barriers to climate action -- Doing: if it doesn't work, do something else. From barriers to solutions ; The power of social networks ; Reframing the climate messages ; Make it simple to choose right ; Use the power of stories to re-story climate ; New signals of progress -- Being: inside the living air. The air's way of being ; Stand up for your depression! ; Climate disruption as symptom: what is it trying to tell us? ; Re-imagining climate as the living air ; It's hopeless and I'll give it my all. |
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Subject: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology PSYCHOLOGY / General Environmental psychology Environmental policy Global warming Climatic changes Psychological aspects |
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