Why Aren't We Saving the Planet? : A Psychologist's Perspective
Geoffrey. Beattie
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (284 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Motivations implicit and explicit; PART I: Notes on attitude; 2 Small things can make a difference; 3 Measuring attitudes to sustainability: easily, consciously and wrongly?; 4 The man who changed a fortune cookie and started a revolution; 5 The missing ingredient is now available; 6 Uncovering implicit attitudes to carbon footprints; 7 Unconscious eye movements and what the brain sees; PART II: Notes on habits; 8 Eden reclaimed; 9 Old habits; PART III: Notes on dissociation; 10 In two minds; 11 Speech and revealing movement. - 12 In search of the green fakers (in search of myself)13 Taking big risks; PART IV: Emotion and thought; 14 An inconvenient truth?; 15 Reaching boiling point?; 16 Some conclusions and some action plans; References; Index. - Global warming. Many of us believe that it is somebody else's problem, that it will affect other people and that other people will come up with the solution. This is not true. ""Global"" warming is a global problem: it will affect every single one of us and will only be stopped by a huge shift in our individual attitudes and behaviour. Each time one of us switches on a light, reaches for something in a supermarket, gets into a car or bus, or even chooses what clothes to buy, we are making a choice that can affect the environment. We already know that we need to start making better choices f
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| ISBN | 9780415561969. - 9780415561976
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