Environment | Susan Bodnar PhD

Unresponsiveness to climate change: one reason

January 20, 2014 by Susan Bodnar Leave a Comment

The more news about the impending consequences of climate change, the more I wonder why individuals react so slowly to the reality of climate change. Many behavioral scientists now attempt to address this issue. In the UK an organization called Climate Psychology Alliance serves as a hub for analysts and other practitioners of therapy who […]

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The Negev: Desert People

April 11, 2010 by Susan Bodnar 1 Comment

After passing through a fertile agriculture zone, one confronts the sand dunes of the Negev. In this dry, hot place, the evidence of human innovation is everywhere. With bold sweeps, the land rolls seemingly endlessly onward. Yet, human communities live within this the expansive collage of sand, rock, and the majesty of the maktesh, exemplifying […]

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People Don’t Always Act in their Best Interest

March 9, 2010 by Susan Bodnar Leave a Comment

Some people have been debating whether or not scientists should become climate change activists or if they should stick to the data. The concern is that the general population seems less worried about environmental issues. Given our culture’s typical reliance on external solutions to problems, it doesn’t surprise me that journalists and pundits are looking […]

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The Pope says Green Begins at Home

January 5, 2010 by Susan Bodnar Leave a Comment

In his New Year’s address, the pope called on Catholics (and I assume the rest of us can participate) to consider protecting the environment a personal responsibility as well as a political event. The Pope said, “An objective shared by all, an indispensable condition for peace, is that of overseeing the earth’s natural resources with […]

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Copenhagen

December 11, 2009 by Susan Bodnar Leave a Comment

The news from Copenhagen is mixed. Josh Marshall is downright gloomy, and concerned. The talk is all politics and few seem to recognize that global warming is happening to people now in the small scale universe of the human mind. Climate change is a psychological problem as much as it is geological and meteorological. My […]

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