4-day Conservation Psychology Institute (CPI) October 2012

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Thomas Doherty will be facilitating a week long training for the Conservation Psychology Institute (CPI) in Pittsburgh, PA.

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© James Balog. www.ExtremeIceSurvey.org*
© James Balog

“Drivers of phenomena such as climate change, loss of species’ habitats, and ocean acidification rarely are the result of malicious intent, but rather the consequence of the lifestyles of billions of humans. Accordingly, conservation must change behavior.”

(CPI faculty member, P. Wesley Schultz, in his article “Conservation Means Behavior” in the journal, Conservation Biology 25: 1080-183, 2011.)

About the Institute (CPI)

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© Molly Steinwald
© Molly Steinwald

Antioch University New England and Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens have joined together to run an intensive 4-day Conservation Psychology  Institute (CPI) designed for professionals in museum, zoo, aquarium,  botanic garden, nature center, environmental advocacy, media, and other  sectors with broad public engagement opportunities to learn from an  internationally recognized team of faculty about relevant psychological  theories and strategies for changing behavior for environmental and  human well-being.The goal of the CPI is to equip participants with knowledge and skills in the fields of  conservation psychology, environmental psychology and ecopsychology  to effectively bring about environmental behavior change via work in  their own institutions and sectors.

This is accomplished through a blend of:

  • lecture presentations
  • hands-on learning and interactive sessions
  • applied and scenario-based activities drawn from faculty and participant experiences
  • one on one mentoring with experts
  • small and large group dialog, and
  • networking with a diverse group of peers and faculty

CPI Participants will learn about

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© Brian Skerry

  • The social and developmental determinants of environmental worldviews and identity.
  • Frameworks to understand common belief systems and environmental value sets of constituents and stakeholders.
  • Recognizing and working with cultural, socio-economic and religious/spiritual diversity.
  • Effective behavior change, organizational development and social marketing techniques.
  • Emotional intelligence (understanding of emotional processes in self and others) applied to conservation settings to improve public speaking, group facilitation, training, leadership and team building, and conflict resolution.
  • Research findings on the stress-reducing and other psychological benefits of access to restorative natural settings (wilderness and nearby nature).
  • Development of environmental concern and responsible action.
  • Role of nature in self-care and insight.
  • Tools for self-care, avoiding burnout and maintaining motivation, creativity and resiliency in environmental work.
  • Numerous applications for conservation biology; environmental educational programs; zoos, aquariums and museums; climate change mitigation or adaptation programs; sustainable businesses and organizations; and environmental advocacy.
  • And more…

 


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* James Balog. Disko Bay, Greenland. 15 March 2008. A massive chunk of the Ilulissat Glacier floats out to sea. From James Balog’s ICE: Portraits of Vanishing Glaciers, Rizzoli International, available this fall.

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Published by Thomas Doherty

Psychologist Thomas Doherty's work on environmental sustainability and health has been featured in publications like the New York Times and in talks worldwide. Thomas consults with individuals and organizations through his business Sustainable Self. He was the founding Director of the Ecopsychology Certificate Program at Lewis & Clark Graduate School and Founding Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed academic journal Ecopsychology. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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