psychology: 1/11 of 11
Coping With Bereavement: One Year On
by Helen Emms
September 26th, 2012
On 20th September 2011 at approximately 6.55pm my mother died, 6 months after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Her death was a blessing. Watching Mum slowly deteriorate was a painful experience, but one that opened my eyes and my heart to the meaning of life. more...
Is there a future for carbon footprint labelling in the UK?
Bethany Hubbard
3rd February 2012
The media frenzy that erupted as Tesco admitted having second-thoughts on carbon footprint labels may have inflicted lasting damage on a once promising sector more...
Clive Hamilton: 'solving climate change is out of the question'
Tom Levitt
26th May, 2010
Author Clive Hamilton on why we've left it too late to stop climate change, his horror over geoengineering and the urgent need to become citizens rather than consumers more...
How should environmentalists deal with an onslaught of bad news?
Chris Johnstone
12th May, 2010
It's easy to close your eyes and turn away, but facing problems and thinking about them can, in the long run, make us happier individuals more...
Seeking status: embracing our selfish motives for buying green
Tom Levitt
4th May, 2010
The bulk of our motives for buying green are selfish, say psychologists. So would appealing to social positioning help shift behaviours better than moralising? more...
Are people fundamentally selfish and self-motivated?
Solitaire Townsend and Tom Crompton
24th March, 2010
In this email debate, leading environmentalists Solitaire Townsend and Tom Crompton thrash out that thorniest of questions: do people really care about more than themselves? more...
Public bored by climate change, says IPPR
Ecologist
17th September, 2009
Government and business face a big challenge in changing the public’s use of energy at home and reducing the UK’s overall carbon emissions, according to report more...
The psychology of climate change: why we do nothing
Tom Levitt
12th August, 2009
Well-publicised simple steps like using energy-saving light bulbs may be making it more difficult to prepare people for the bigger changes needed to tackle climate change, argue psychologistsmore...
Lost in translation
Ed Gillespie
1st December, 2008
The way we present the fight against climate change can be as important as the fight itself. It ain’t what you say, it’s the way that you say it, counsels Ed Gillespie more...How to beat denial - a 12-step plan
Pat Thomas
1st December, 2006
It’s easy to feel so overwhelmed by the problems facing our planet that we turn away to whatever will cheer us. Pat Thomas shows us the pattern of climate change denial more...
Stanley Milgram's obedience experiment
Tom Stafford
1st June, 2003
In the 1960s psychologist Stanley Milgram tested a cross section of ordinary Americans to see if they’d administer potentially lethal electric shocks to a mild-mannered little man, sitting in an electric chair. The findings stunned the world. more...
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