Category Archives: Psychology of denial

The Carbon Detox: How far will materialism get us?

This blog was originally posted on the website Valuing Nature. I spent Saturday at a meeting on the psychological and political challenge of facing climate change at UWE. George Marshall delivered the opening lecture – in witty and thought-provoking style. … Read more

The ideology of simple painless steps

This blog was originally posted on the website Valuing Nature. I’ve spent the last two days at a conference for environmental communicators, Communicate 08. There was a recurrent issue which ran through the whole conference – about the strategies that … Read more