Thomas Doherty spoke at the Oregon Natural Step Network’s fall breakfast series on the topic of maintaining motivation and inspiration. His talk “Master of Two Worlds” uses the Hero’s Journey metaphor to describe how innovators and change agents can maintain their vision and avoid burnout amid the challenges of daily life and work. Read a… Continue reading Renewable Energy for Sustainability Practitioners – Natural Step Network talk
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Ecopsychology Journal Interview • Shierry Weber Nicholsen
[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”] In this wide-ranging interview, psychoanalyst and author Shierry Weber Nicholsen discussed ways she addresses environmental issues with clients in her psychotherapy practice, the background of her book The Love of Nature… Continue reading Ecopsychology Journal Interview • Shierry Weber Nicholsen
Ecopsychology Journal Book Review • Ecotherapy: Healing With Nature in Mind
[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”] Abstract This is a four-part review of the new book Ecotherapy: Healing With Nature in Mind edited by Linda Buzzell and Craig Chalquist and published by Sierra Club Books. Bringing together… Continue reading Ecopsychology Journal Book Review • Ecotherapy: Healing With Nature in Mind
Ecopsychology Journal Editorial • The Rediscovery of Ecopsychology
“Emotional knowing is as important, and sometimes more important, than conceptual knowing, especially if we need to summon psychic energy to meet the ecological crisis that we currently face.” — David Tacey [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”… Continue reading Ecopsychology Journal Editorial • The Rediscovery of Ecopsychology
Psychological Factors Help Explain Slow Reaction to Global Warming, Says APA Task Force
Report urges psychologists to play larger role in limiting climate change effects TORONTO – While most Americans think climate change is an important issue, they don’t see it as an immediate threat, so getting people to “go green” requires policymakers, scientists and marketers to look at psychological barriers to change and what leads people to… Continue reading Psychological Factors Help Explain Slow Reaction to Global Warming, Says APA Task Force
Ecopsychology Journal Interview • Joseph Reser
[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”] Joseph Reser is a social and environmental psychologist at Griffith University in Australia. American born, Dr. Reser has had an international career and been instrumental in developing environmental psychology in Canada… Continue reading Ecopsychology Journal Interview • Joseph Reser
Ecopsychology Journal Book Review Book Review • Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything
[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”] In Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything, psychologist and science journalist Daniel Goleman draws on Howard Gardner’s (1983) theory of multiple intelligences to… Continue reading Ecopsychology Journal Book Review Book Review • Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything
Ecopsychology Journal Editorial • Leading Ecopsychology
[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”] The Personal and Planetary Ecopsychology holds the promise that the promotion of human potential and healthy ecosystems can coexist and pairs self-discovery with ecological responsibility. In fact, a synergy is seen… Continue reading Ecopsychology Journal Editorial • Leading Ecopsychology
The best natural healer turns out to be nature
Thomas was featured in the Portland Oregonian’s May 27, 2009 article The best natural healer turns out to be nature discussing the field of ecopsychology and links between mental health and connection with nature and green spaces. See article below as published originally HERE. Read the article below in its entirety or download a .pdf… Continue reading The best natural healer turns out to be nature
Premier Issue of Ecopsychology Launched
New Rochelle, NY, April 21, 2009—Exploring the psychology of human-nature relationships and understanding the multidimensional links between humankind and its natural environment is at the core of the evolving discipline called ecopsychology and is the focus of a new, peer-reviewed online journal, Ecopsychology, published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. (www.liebertpub.com). The inaugural issue is… Continue reading Premier Issue of Ecopsychology Launched