What we think about when we try not to think about global warming : toward a new psychology of climate action
2015
Book
Why does knowing more mean believing-and doing-less? A prescription for change The more facts that pile up about global warming, the greater the resistance to them grows, making it harder to enact measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare communities for the inevitable change ahead. It is a catch-22 that starts, says psychologist and economist Per Espen Stoknes, from an inadequate understanding of the way most humans think, act, and live in the world around them. With dozens of examples-from the private sector to government agencies-Stoknes shows how to retell the story of climate change and, at the same time, create positive, meaningful actions that can be supported even by deniers.
Item Details
ISBN: 9781603585835
Description: 320 pages
LCCN: 2014047859
Control Number: 1207617
Publisher: White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2015]Subjects: