Category: Environment
Should Changing Your Environment Be Your New Year’s Resolution?
This past week, I finished teaching my first Environmental Psychology class. At the end of the course, I asked the students to share the biggest […]
The Perils of Progress |
Public domain I recently read a wonderfully engaging book, The Physicist and the Philosopher: Einstein, Bergson, and the Debate that Changed our Understanding of Time. […]
The Art and Power of Connecting to the Sounds of Silence
What were we losing by living surrounded by noise? Or rather, what would we gain by rediscovering quiet? Source: Kathryn Archibald/Pexels. The world is a […]
The Mental Health of German Youth After a Flooding Disaster
In June 2016, a catastrophe shattered the quiet German town of Simbach am Inn on the Austrian border. As the region was pummelled with thunderstorms, […]
6 Ways to Redesign Your Offices to Support Employee Learning
The most successful organizations are the ones that nurture their employees. They build the right conditions for people to learn and grow, so that the […]
Endangered Turtles Offer Hope In an Era of Despair
“Montgomery’s heart-tugging conversations with teammates and her commitment to helping an octogenarian named Fire Chief reveal turtles to be perfect conduits for meditations on aging, […]
Nature Can Soothe Loneliness |
Source: Valiphotos/Pixabay This past October, as unconscionable acts of violence raged in other parts of the world, I attended an eco-art therapy retreat at Uplands […]
23 Inner Development Goals for Environmental Sustainability
It’s increasingly recognized that to achieve environmental sustainability we need to go beyond superficial fixes and instigate deeper cultural shifts. This means changes to self-identity […]
How to Optimize Garden Design for Well-Being
Co-authored by Bethany Harries No matter how you define your own well-being, it is likely to be enhanced by exposure to nature and by engaging […]
Colour Psychology, Red Romance, and Pink Tranquilisers
A neglected aspect of human psychology concerns the impact of the physical environment on mental health and mood. Folk psychology will tell you that buildings, […]