\n HBI Seminar: Environmental Psychology Approaches

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\n \n Date: \n 19 MAY 2023\n Time: \n 12:30 PM to\n 1:30 PM\n \n \n Location:\n\n Boola Katitjin 360.4.003 \n \n \n Add to Calendar:\n \n \n

\ n Please join us for a HBI Seminar featuring Dr Sonja Geiger\, Environmental Psychologist and Lecturer in Psychology at M urdoch University\, speaking on 'Behavioural interventions to Foster Susta inable Lifestyles: Approaches from Environmental Psychology'.

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In this talk\, Dr Geiger wil l give an introduction to the discipline of environmental psychology and h ow it uses theoretical approaches from psychology to design effective inte rventions fostering sustainable consumption behaviour. Dr Geiger will show how sustainable consumption behaviour relates to broader sustainable deve lopment models and strategies and why it should be understood as encompass ing all resource and energy consumption embedded in our everyday lives.

Typical approaches from exemplary studies in environmental psycholog y aiming at different consumption areas will be presented. To illustrate t he wide spectrum of possible pathways\, Dr Geiger will compare studies tar geting rather &ldquo\;shallow&rdquo\; leverage points with strategies such as nudges or incentives\, compared to strategies for tackling deeper leve rage points such as mindfulness practice or VR experiences aiming at embod ied perspective taking with nature. Limits of behavioural change approache s considering the societal challenges in face of escalating ecological cri ses will be discussed.

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