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What we think about when we try not to think about global warming : toward a new psychology of climate action / Per Espen Stoknes ; foreword by Jorgen Randers.

By: Publisher: White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: xxi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781603585835 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.9/15 23
LOC classification:
  • BF353.5.C55 S76 2015
Other classification:
  • PSY000000 | PSY003000 | SOC037000
Contents:
Introduction : Battering one another -- Part I. Thinking: understanding the climate paradox : The psychological 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 -- Part II. 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 -- Part III. 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.

Introduction : Battering one another -- Part I. Thinking: understanding the climate paradox : The psychological 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 -- Part II. 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 -- Part III. 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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