\n Sustainable September Seminar Series: Between eco- anxiety and active hope

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\n \n Dat e: \n 07 SEP 2023\n Time: \n 12 :30 PM to\n 1:30 PM\n \n \n Loca tion:\n\n Boola Katitjin (360.1.011) \n \n \n Add to Calendar:\n \n \n

\n The Sustainable Se ptember Seminar Series is a lunchtime seminar featuring a different expert on an area of sustainability\, each Thursday in September.

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The first in the series is pr esented by Dr Sonja Geiger\, Murdoch University Lecturer in Psychology Dr Geiger will be giving a special presentation on:

Between eco-anxiety and active hope: How to leverage emotions for behaviour change

Eco-Anxiety is the emotional reaction to the sense that the ecological foundations of human existence are in the process of colla pse. As a healthy reaction to losing what people care for\, eco-anxiety\, or more general ecological emotions\, can be conducive to behavioural chan ge. In this talk\, Sonja will give an overview of the state of research in environmental psychology on this emerging phenomenon. This new research w ill be embedded in classic psychological findings how behaviour change tow ards sustainability can be promoted by targeting main influences on human behaviour such as attitudes\, social norms and moral values. \;

\n< h3>About this speaker\n

Sonja holds a PhD in Psych ology from University of Potsdam and conducted her post-doctoral research on sustainable consumption behaviour at the Technische University of Berli n\, Germany before starting as a Lecturer at Murdoch earlier this year. As an environmental psychologist she researches people&rsquo\;s interaction with their natural environment. Her research is mainly focused on psycholo gical variables influencing sustainable consumer behaviour\, health and we ll-being and how these factors can be translated into effective behavioura l interventions. To this end\, she looked at how people can be inspired th rough mindfulness practices and virtual reality experiences to treat thems elves and natural resources more consciously.

Please join us for this free lunchtime seminar in Boola Katatjin room 360.1.011.

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