Why Aren't We Saving the Planet?: A Psychologist's Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780415561976 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 284 str.

Geoffrey Beattie

Opis

Global warming - many of us believe that it is somebody else's problem, that it will affect other people and that other people will come up with the solution. This is not true. This book follows psychologist Geoffrey Beattie's mission to find out why we aren't saving the planet.

Spis treści

1. Motivations Implict and Explicit. Part 1. Notes on Attitude. 2. Small Things Can Make a Difference. 3. Measuring Attitudes to Sustainability – Easily, Consciously and Wrongly? 4. The Man Who Changed a Fortune Cookie and Started a Revolution. 5. The Missing Ingredient is Now Available. 6. Uncovering Implicit Attitudes to Carbon Footprint. Part 2. Notes on Perception. 7. Unconscious Eye Movements and What the Brain Sees. Part 3. Notes on Habits. 8. Eden Reclaimed. 9. Old Habits. Part 4. Notes on Dissociation. 10. In Two Minds. 11. Speech and Revealing Movement. 12. In Search of the Green Fakers (In Search of Myself). 13.Taking Big Risks. Part 5. Emotion and Thought. 14. An Inconvenient Truth? 15. Reaching Boiling Point? 15. Some Conclusions and Some Action Plans. References.

O autorze

Professor Geoffrey Beattie is Head of School and Dean of Psychological Sciences at the University of Manchester. He is widely regarded as one of the leading international figures on nonverbal communication and has published 15 books, many of which have either won or been short-listed for major international prizes. He was the resident psychologist on all nine 'Big Brother' series and his television credits also include ‘Ghost Hunting with Celebrities’ (ITV), 'Child Of Our Time' (BBC1) and numerous documentaries on ITV and Channel 4. He is also a regular contributor to 'Richard and Judy', the 'Lorraine Kelly Show', 'GMTV', the 'Extreme Celebrity' shows, 'BBC News 24' and 'Sky News'.

Professor Beattie’s academic publications have appeared in a wide variety of international journals including Nature, Semiotica, The British Journal of Psychology, and the Journal of Language and Social Psychology. He has also written for a diverse range of newspapers and magazines including: The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The Sunday Telegraph, The Observer, The New Statesman, and Marie Claire.