Making friends with our fatalism
The folks over at ClimateAccess have published a new blog post of mine – on why we need to ‘become friends’ with our fatalistic feelings when it comes to addressing ecological threats. Check it out, comment, share.
Making friends with our fatalism
The folks over at ClimateAccess have published a new blog post of mine – on why we need to ‘become friends’ with our fatalistic feelings when it comes to addressing ecological threats. Check it out, comment, share.
Is it time to go beyond “behavior change”?
I’ve just published a new piece on Sustainable Brands, about current fixations with behavior change — and the need to think more creatively about what this means, and how we are best to go about it. This is a theme
Is it time to go beyond “behavior change”?
I’ve just published a new piece on Sustainable Brands, about current fixations with behavior change — and the need to think more creatively about what this means, and how we are best to go about it. This is a theme
psychoanalysis: a new pragmatic?
I’m reviewing Psychoanalysis and Ecology at the Edge of Chaos, for the journal Ecopsychology. In the first sentence of the preface, the author, Joseph Dodds, writes, “…psychoanalysis is required to unmask the anxieties, deficits, conflicts, phantasies and defences crucial to
psychoanalysis: a new pragmatic?
I’m reviewing Psychoanalysis and Ecology at the Edge of Chaos, for the journal Ecopsychology. In the first sentence of the preface, the author, Joseph Dodds, writes, “…psychoanalysis is required to unmask the anxieties, deficits, conflicts, phantasies and defences crucial to
Family Networker piece on therapists and environment
A recent piece published by the Family Networker magazine features an interview with me concerning clinicians vital role to play in how we understand, and respond actively to chronic ecological threats and climate change issues. You can read the piece
Family Networker piece on therapists and environment
A recent piece published by the Family Networker magazine features an interview with me concerning clinicians vital role to play in how we understand, and respond actively to chronic ecological threats and climate change issues. You can read the piece
Nature Climate Change: It isn’t easy being green
Nature Climate Change writer Chris Woodside interviewed me for this piece on psychological dimensions of climate change; you can read the piece here.
Nature Climate Change: It isn’t easy being green
Nature Climate Change writer Chris Woodside interviewed me for this piece on psychological dimensions of climate change; you can read the piece here.
It’s not easy being green
My new feature piece, What It Means to be Green, has just appeared in One+, the magazine for the meeting and event planning industry (published by the Meetings Professionals International, or MPI). This follows the advanced CSR workshop I offered
It’s not easy being green
My new feature piece, What It Means to be Green, has just appeared in One+, the magazine for the meeting and event planning industry (published by the Meetings Professionals International, or MPI). This follows the advanced CSR workshop I offered
Why environmental communications is all wrong.
Hundreds of not thousands of environmental advocacy groups, agencies, organizations – NGO, governmental, foundations, private industry-run – for decades have been working like heck to stem the tide of ecological destruction. Negotiating profound tensions of industry, economic development valuation of
Why environmental communications is all wrong.
Hundreds of not thousands of environmental advocacy groups, agencies, organizations – NGO, governmental, foundations, private industry-run – for decades have been working like heck to stem the tide of ecological destruction. Negotiating profound tensions of industry, economic development valuation of
ecological psychosocial work hits NW China
I’ve returned from my successful visit with students and professors at Lanzhou University, in the Gansu Province in NW China. I was a guest of Dr. Li of the internationally acclaimed Laboratory of Arid Agroecology, which has also branched out
ecological psychosocial work hits NW China
I’ve returned from my successful visit with students and professors at Lanzhou University, in the Gansu Province in NW China. I was a guest of Dr. Li of the internationally acclaimed Laboratory of Arid Agroecology, which has also branched out
rooftop in shanghai
Shortly I will be departing China – flying from Shanghai to Hong Kong, then connecting back to Portland. My experiences in China have been profound and I am continuing to ‘process’ the implications of psychosocial environmental research in a context
rooftop in shanghai
Shortly I will be departing China – flying from Shanghai to Hong Kong, then connecting back to Portland. My experiences in China have been profound and I am continuing to ‘process’ the implications of psychosocial environmental research in a context
In China
I have had the enormous good fortune to have been invited to speak with graduate students in the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Arid and Grassland Ecology, Lanzhou University. My host, the wonderful Kuo-Ray Mao, has been the most
In China
I have had the enormous good fortune to have been invited to speak with graduate students in the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Arid and Grassland Ecology, Lanzhou University. My host, the wonderful Kuo-Ray Mao, has been the most
why ‘psycho-social’
People often ask me what “psychosocial” means. It’s hard to define because it’s about the inseparable relations between psychology and our social contexts; politics and subjectivity. It’s systems theory, applied to psychological as well as social, ecological, political domains. And
why ‘psycho-social’
People often ask me what “psychosocial” means. It’s hard to define because it’s about the inseparable relations between psychology and our social contexts; politics and subjectivity. It’s systems theory, applied to psychological as well as social, ecological, political domains. And
where are the psychologists (when it comes to talking about behavior change)
Almost daily a new piece is published – often in the opinion sections – about behavior change, denial and climate change. This new one in the New York Times is just the latest in a string of laments and armchair
where are the psychologists (when it comes to talking about behavior change)
Almost daily a new piece is published – often in the opinion sections – about behavior change, denial and climate change. This new one in the New York Times is just the latest in a string of laments and armchair