Why aren't we saving the planet? : a psychologist's perspective

Summary: So why aren't we already saving the planet? This book follows one psychologist's mission to find some answers to this question. Challenged by a student to use psychology to find the root of the problem, Geoffrey Beattie (an environmental "unbeliever") begins a personal and life-changing journey of discovery. The reader is invited to accompany him as he uses psychological methods to examine people's attitudes to global warming. Along the way we find the author's own attitudes being challenged, as well as our own. This ground-breaking book reflects new and innovative research being carried out into how to change attitudes to the environment and how to encourage sustainable behaviour. It is eminently readable and interesting and, as such, should be read by anyone who is concerned about the future of our planet. In fact, you should also read it if you're not concerned about our planet.

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ISBN: 1136889078
ISBN: 9781136889073
ISBN: 1136889035
ISBN: 9781136889035
ISBN: 1136889086
ISBN: 9781136889080
ISBN: 0415561973
ISBN: 0415561965
ISBN: 9780415561976
ISBN: 9780415561969
ISBN: 0203840070
ISBN: 9780203840078
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 269 pages) : illustrations.
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Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-256) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Motivations implict and explicit -- Small things can make a difference -- Measuring attitudes to sustainability : easily, consciously, and wrongly? -- The man who changed a fortune cookie and started a revolution -- The missing ingredient is now available -- Uncovering implicit attitudes to carbon footprint -- Unconscious eye movements and what the brain sees -- Eden reclaimed -- Old habits -- In two minds -- Speech and revealing movement -- In search of the green fakers (in search of myself) -- Taking big risks -- An inconvenient truth? -- Reaching boiling point? -- Some conclusions and some action plans.