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Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST+) Lives Here for Urban Health
- University of Cincinnati (OH)
The University of Cincinnati’s Office of the President, Office of the Provost, and Office of Research committed $12 million to grow inclusive excellence by leveraging diverse perspectives to advance ...
- Posted May 31, 2023
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Measuring the Transformation of University Students’ Self-Construal for Greater Environmental Sustainability
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Kyoto University
- National Taiwan University
University campus sustainability projects frequently aim to promote ecological behavior of their community members. However, these projects rarely consider the level of students’ self-construal, the view of self held by ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Discourses on sustainability in a network of Argentine universities: exploring representations, cultural roots and transformative processes
- Sapienza Università di Roma
Purpose: The paper aims to reflect on the function(s) served by the network of Argentine universities for environmental management and social inclusion (UAGAIS), including sharing information, empowering its members ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Revelations of service-learning project: Multiple perspectives of college students’ reflection
- Cheng Shiu University
This study explored the reflections of college students at different stages of their service provided to preschoolers and proposed recommendations on service-learning curricula according to the research findings. Thirty-six college ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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The fierce urgency to create safe spaces for the heart in relation to sustainability
- Heart Sense Research Institute
The paper aims to rediscover the subtle heart and discuss its importance in relation to conversations regarding sustainability. Based on the imaginal approach of the author’s doctoral research, this ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Psychology and Global Climate Change: Addressing a Multi-faceted Phenomenon and Set of Challenges
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- University of Notre Dame (IN)
- The College of Wooster (OH)
- Columbia University (NY)
- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (DC)
- University of Victoria (BC)
- Griffith University (Queensland)
Addressing climate change is arguably one of the most pressing issues facing our planet and its inhabitants. In bio and geophysical terms, climate change is defined as changes over time ...
- Posted April 28, 2022
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Building new foundations: the future of education from a degrowth perspective
- Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie
Considering education in the context of making and unmaking sustainable futures, a growing relevance is attributed to the role of shared beliefs or mental infrastructures which shape the way people ...
- Posted Feb. 8, 2021
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Teaching Psychology for Sustainability: The Why and How
- University of St. Thomas (MN)
- Willamette University (OR)
The behavioral sciences can make vital contributions to environmental sustainability efforts, as relevant basic and applied psychological research has grown considerably over the past dozen years. Recently, conservation biologists, environmental ...
- Posted Feb. 8, 2021
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Climate change is increasingly causes mental health problems among college students
- Tufts University (MA)
This is a literature review of peer-reviewed papers, news articles, and polls that illustrate the impacts of climate change on mental health among college students.
- Posted Oct. 23, 2020
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Teaching Psychology for Sustainability
- University of St. Thomas (MN)
- Willamette University (OR)
TeachGreenPsych.com is periodically updated; revisions are currently underway, thanks to a grant provided by the Willamette University Green Fund. We invite suggestions from users for additions, revisions, and other ...
- Posted Aug. 24, 2020
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Power Dialog Webinar Discussion Templates - Psychology
- Bard College (NY)
Bard College's Solve Climate By 2030 Power Dialog Webinar offers discussion templates for teachers. This template is for psychology.
- Posted July 9, 2020
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The Power of Small Steps: Making Psychology Accessible to Practitioners Through Small Experiments
- University of Michigan (MI)
Campus sustainability offices are often expected to create sustainable, durable cultural change without inconveniencing the students, faculty, or staff at the universities and colleges at which they work. This task ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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The 5E Model of Environmental Engagement: Bringing Sustainability Change to Higher Education through Positive Psychology
- Tel Aviv University (Tel Aviv District)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
What is the role of universities in advancing sustainability? This paper delineates a unique program for promoting sustainability that was applied in Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB). The unique characteristics of ...
- Posted April 29, 2019
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Advancing Organizational Change for Sustainable Development Goals Through Neuropsychology
- University of Southern California (CA)
What role does neuropsychology play as a determinant for successful organizational change toward Sustainable Development Goals? This session explores the inter-related notions of reflective practice, metacognition, cultural norms, and critical ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Syllabus: Psychology 308: Advanced Methods in Community Based Social Marketing
- Oberlin College (OH)
This course will give you training in Community Based Social Marketing (CBSM), an empirically driven approach to changing human behavior. While the techniques of CBSM can be used to change ...
- Posted Sept. 14, 2018
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Restorative Counter-Spacing for Academic Sustainability
- Robert Gordon University
By combining pertinent theories from environmental psychology and human geography, this article proposes a socio-spatial framework of principles, which could be used by academic actors, to reflexively embody and critically ...
- Posted Dec. 11, 2017
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The Psychology of Sustainability and Social Movement: Student Ecological Citizenship Through a Study Abroad to Malta
- James Madison University (VA)
For the past three years, a multidisciplinary group of first and second year honors students have participated in a month-long Psychology of Sustainability trip to Malta. The pre-departure curriculum includes ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Illuminating the Signals Job Seekers Receive from an Employer's Community Involvement and Environmental Sustainability Practices: Insights into Why Most Job Seekers Are Attracted, Others Are Indifferent, and a Few Are Repelled
- University of Vermont (VT)
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
Evidence shows that job seekers tend to be attracted to employers known for their corporate social responsibility (CSR), but relatively little is known about the underlying psychological processes. Moreover, the ...
- Posted July 28, 2017
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Illustrating the 'Criterion Problem': How Starting With the End in Mind Gets us There
- Missouri State University (MO)
Virtually every sustainability problem begins with human thinking and behavior. While this may seem obvious, psychologists are rarely involved in the conception, development, delivery, or evaluation of real world attempts ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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MSc in Environmental Psychology
- University of Surrey
The MSc in Environmental Psychology programme helps students gain advanced knowledge and understanding of theory and practice in environmental psychology. Students will also acquire a range of research skills to ...
- Posted Sept. 26, 2016
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Making Sustainable Behaviors the Norm at the University of Minnesota Duluth
- University of Minnesota, Duluth (MN)
Interviews with undergraduate students were conducted as part of a follow-up to a survey soliciting information about student engagement in sustainability at a small upper Great Lakes public university. The ...
- Posted Aug. 24, 2016
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MA in Ecopsychology
- Naropa University (CO)
Naropa University’s low-residency Master of Arts degree in Ecopsychology integrates psychology and ecological issues in the study of human-nature relationships. It offers theoretical grounding in ecopsychology along with transpersonal ...
- Posted Aug. 22, 2016
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Menu Psychology to Encourage Healthy Menu Selections at a New Jersey University
- Montclair State University (NJ)
The objective of this research was to investigate whether merchandizing strategies could encourage college students to make healthy foodservice menu selections. Two hundred sixty-six Montclair State University, New Jersey, students ...
- Posted April 28, 2016
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Story, Psychology and Incentives: Sustainability Behavior Change Case Studies
- Alliance to Save Energy (CA)
This case study session uses identity and sustainability as an underlying theme to explore behavior change strategies and successes on college campuses through a variety of projects and curriculum. Nate ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Hair dryers, gaming systems, and fans: Engaging an online Social Psychology Class in an Energy Competition for Residence Halls
- University of Minnesota, Duluth (MN)
This presentation describes the development, implementation, and outcomes of an online Social Psychology class project designed to reduce energy consumption among students living in a campus residence hall. The co-curricular ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Zero-waste Community: Bridging the Gap Between Goals and Behaviors
- Green Mountain College (VT)
One of the main goals of Green Mountain College’s Sustainability 2020 Strategic Plan is to have a net positive impact on the surrounding community. Vermont’s new universal waste ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Talking about Campus Sustainability: Some Tips from a Psychologist
- Lewis & Clark College (OR)
“How to talk about sustainability so people will listen, and how to listen so people will hear.” This skill building session provides a psychological perspective on the dynamics of defining ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Nature-Based Therapeutic Service: Mutual Healing for Individuals and the Environment
- Prescott College (AZ)
Educators, counselors, and sustainability advocates are all looking for ways to infuse purposeful and memorable experiences into their work All seek ways to create progress and lasting change in learning ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Fostering change agents for sustainability
- Tufts University (MA)
Graduate work on the effectiveness of a social psychology-based, experiential learning course on generating undergraduate civic leaders in sustainability behavior change is described. This presentation outlines the structure of the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Applied Psychology: Service Learning to Address Campus Sustainability
- Wells College (NY)
In an upper-level psychology class titled, "Environmental Problems and Human Behavior," service learning was incorporated to address sustainability issues on the Wells College campus. Working in groups, students chose three ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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