environmental-psychology Archives

31st March 2017

It’s the end of the world…but I don’t care

All that environmentalists are trying to do is ensure that the value that we get from the planet is reflected in the priorities and decisions that are made by politicians, economics and markets, so that we might continue to have freedom of choice. Even if the choice of some of us is to treat the planet with disdain or ignorance.

27th February 2017

Sustainability & freedom: the politics of existence

Associating sustainability with a political viewpoint is an eternally frustrating issue that threatens our chances of achieving a sustainable future, why is it so common?

20th December 2016

When all around is broken – maintaining optimism for sustainability

Sustainability practitioners need ways to maintain optimism, celebrate small successes but also keep an eye on the scale of change required.

30th June 2016

Towards 9 Billion books – out now!

Our free Towards 9 Billion books series. Big hopeful, playful ideas for a sustainable, equitable future.

25th April 2016

Sliding into simplicity – hiding from a complex world

Science & sustainability tell us life is complicated. Does the populist desire for simplistic answers pose a threat to our chances for a sustainable future?

21st October 2015

Truth and reason – Natural philosophy for sustainability

Natural philosophy for sustainability – science must recombine with its philosophical component to deliver the future we want.

29th June 2015

Against a dark background – the limits of certainty

A sustainable future depends upon our ability to perceive the limits of certainty, and to embrace the uncertainty that has always been there.

25th November 2014

Geoengineering – are you feeling lucky?

Geoengineering is discussed as a viable option to tackle climate change. Is it wise to rely upon hope and chance for our planetary future?

29th August 2014

Traffic Jams – the manifest will of the people?

The mass effect of individual actions can produce an outcome at odds with the original intent of those decisions. Is this the manifest will of the people?

28th July 2014

Out with the old?

Out with the old? The “new” seldom really is new, built as it so often is upon the ramshackle foundations of the old – not upon fresh footings of its own.

25th June 2014

Its not you, its we: why values alone aren’t enough for a sustainable world

Allowing the values we hold to be expressed through action should not be a matter of guilt. Sustainability will come when we turn the tide.

13th March 2014

Sustainability: 21st Century Natural Philosophy

Sustainability echoes the European Enlightenment period. Today, 21st century Natural Philosophers hold their thinking up against today’s orthodoxies.

18th February 2013

Sustainable futures and the status quo bias

Humans unconsciously tend to assume that the status quo is somehow right and natural. How might this affect our ability to build a sustainable future?