I wanted to share news about this second annual event happening in June. This is an incredible group of local speakers, with more being added daily, and the value is outstanding. We had a very powerful experience last year and many new connections were made. The Lewis & Clark campus is beautiful in June. Come… Continue reading Second Annual Oregon Ecopsychology Symposium: The Psychology of Interdependence | June 10-11, 2016
Category: Ecopsychology
My “Psychology and Nature” Videos Were Translated into Spanish
My videos on “Psychology & Nature” were given Spanish subtitles for use by the Spanish Association of Environmental Psychology and Latin-American Environmental Psychology Network. A reminder: I recently collaborated on this project with videographer Michael Annus and psychologist Tatiana Snyder from Portland Community College. A series of brief Youtube videos were made to introduce the… Continue reading My “Psychology and Nature” Videos Were Translated into Spanish
First Annual Oregon Ecopsychology Symposium – June 5th
Date: Friday, June 5, 2015 Time: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Location: Lewis & Clark Graduate Campus, South Chapel Registration: $125, includes 6.5 CEUs or PDUs, $50 students. Lunch included. Symposium Website I really pleased to host this unique one-day event in Portland! We’ll meet on the Lewis & Clark campus, rated #1 Top Green College by… Continue reading First Annual Oregon Ecopsychology Symposium – June 5th
Just in Time for Earth Day: Psychology and Nature Videos!
I am really excited to share this new video project. Tatiana Snyder, a psychology instructor at Portland Community College (PCC), has been inspiring new psychology students by showcasing psychologists who have interesting practice niches. So, she invited me to work with PCC video director Michael Annus and editor Lucia DeLisa to describe ecopsychology. This turned… Continue reading Just in Time for Earth Day: Psychology and Nature Videos!
Cultivating the Globally Sustainable Self Summit at James Madison University
A brief note about a recent summit I attended at James Madison University in Virginia. The event was called “Cultivating the Globally Sustainable Self.” Given the title, you can see why I was really excited to be there. This was billed as a “research-to-practice” summit in which educators and representatives from nongovernmental organizations around the… Continue reading Cultivating the Globally Sustainable Self Summit at James Madison University
An International Women’s Day Reflection on Ecofeminism
In Honor of International Women’s Day, a guest post from my colleague Darrin Gunkel –Thomas Doherty While International Women’s Day is technically a labor-oriented holiday, with roots in the communist world, women’s work is often at the heart of ecofeminist discussion. Or perhaps I should say ecofeminism discussions, since painting the movement with one sweeping… Continue reading An International Women’s Day Reflection on Ecofeminism
Looking back on 2014: Nature-Health-Access Workshop at Lewis & Clark
One of the local events I am most proud of from 2014 is the Nature-Health-Access workshop that I created at Lewis and Clark this past summer. A great group came together to discuss issues in access to healthy green spaces among different cultural groups in the Portland area. — Thomas Doherty Earlier this year… Continue reading Looking back on 2014: Nature-Health-Access Workshop at Lewis & Clark
“Psychology and Nature” Video
On Wednesday, November 19, 2014, I recorded a short video on “Psychology and Nature” with psychology professor Tatiana Snyder and videographer Michael Annus of Portland Community College (PCC). Tatiana has collaborated with Michael to create a series of videos for students about psychologists who do interesting kinds of work, including sports psychology and neuropsychology. Tatiana was originally… Continue reading “Psychology and Nature” Video
Welcome to the Anthropocene?
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Hi Folks, I’m not sure if any of you were able to attend the Lewis & Clark Enviro Studies Symposium last week. There were many discussions about the Anthropocene concept. A… Continue reading Welcome to the Anthropocene?
Thomas Doherty weekend Conservation Psychology course at Lewis & Clark Graduate School
After psychologist Thomas Doherty consulted about the Portland Airport’s new food waste diversion program in 2012, the “Sort It and Win” program became more popular with employees and results improved 59%.* Why did this happen? Thomas applied some basic psychology principles to the program. If you are interested in learning more about the links between psychology, conservation, and sustainability, consider attending the Conservation Psychology course at Lewis & Clark Graduate School, October… Continue reading Thomas Doherty weekend Conservation Psychology course at Lewis & Clark Graduate School