Tag: Psychology
Psychology Lessons On How To Inspire Climate Action
We all know that the first step to solving a problem is understanding it. But when it comes to climate change, what happens when understanding...
Robert Gifford’s Dragons of Inaction
There are a number of psychological barriers preventing people from acting to prevent climate change. Psychology professor Robert Gifford at the University of Victoria...
Climate Activism Has Emotional Consequences
Twenty years ago, I read The Road Less Travelled by Scott Peck. With his first sentence, “Life is difficult,” Peck (psychologist and bestselling author)...
How You Know You’re in Climate Change Denial
I'm very pleased to welcome Margaret Klein, The Climate Psychologist, to the BoomerWarrior team of contributors. Margaret has a very positive and uplifting approach...
Understanding the Gap: Climate Change and Pluralistic Ignorance
Part 1 - Why are we morally obligated to fight climate change? - was published in BoomerWarrior on December 22, 2014. It ends by asking very important questions...