What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming: Toward a New Psychology of Climate Action
By Unknown Author.
Description
Why does knowing more mean believing―and doing―less? A prescription for change The more facts that pile up about global warming, the greater the resistance to them grows, making it harder to enact measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare communities for the inevitable change ahead. It is a catch-22 that starts, says psychologist and economist Per Espen Stoknes, from an inadequate understanding of the way most humans think, act, and live in the world around them. With dozens of examples―from the private sector to government agencies―Stoknes shows how to retell the story of c...
ISBN(s)
1603585834, 9781603585835
