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Introducing Environmental Psychology
The relationships between people and their physical surroundings
Dr Jenna Condie @jennacondie #enviropsych
By attending and participating in this session, you will be able to:
•recognise the importance and potential of environmental psychology
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Intended learning outcome:
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Where did environmental psychology come from?
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Film footage of Salford in the 1960s Film footage of Salford in the 1960s University of Salford ArchiveUniversity of Salford Archive
“Decent housing for the new urban working classes, who lived crowded in subhuman conditions, as Engels (1845) had denounced a century before, became one of the problems calling for an urgent solution” (Pol, 2006a, p. 100).
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‘Architectural psychology’
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For an overview of the history of environmental psychology and the ‘founding fathers’, see Pol (2006a) and (2006b)
Designing buildings to facilitate human well-being
“was officially born” (Steg et al., 2013, p.4)
Focused on the built environment
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Environmental psychology has evolved!7 Key Themes
1960s/1970s•Environmental •problems
– Pollution– Climate – change – Nature– Deforestation – Ecosystems
(See Gifford, 2007, p. 201)
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Environmental psychology can be defined as “the discipline that studies the interplay between individuals and their built and natural environments”
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See Steg et al., (2013) An Introduction to Environmental Psychology, (quote from p. 2)
The Psychology
of Sustainability
Towards a
GreenPsychology
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What should be done with this building?What should be done with this building? How can we change travel behaviours?How can we change travel behaviours?
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How can recycling be improved?How can recycling be improved?
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Why do we even care?Why do we even care?
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Home is where the heart is?
Environments are places
Home
Place Identity
Place Attachment
Belonging
Places are “doubly constructed” (Gieryn, 2002, p. 465)
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Climate Change, Adaptation and Mitigation
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LinkHow do we adapt? How will we adapt?How can we mitigate the effects of global warming?
A lived ideology that “people can get used to almost
anything” (Weinstein, 1982, p. 87)
Behaviour ChangeTumblr: peterfromtexas [GIF]
Climate change, sustainable development, and behaviour change strategies and interventions dominate government agendas
(Uzzell & Moser, 2009)
DO THEY?
For more, see: Journal of Environmental Psychology
MSc Environmental Psychology
University of Surrey
Environmental psychology as growing…
Environment and psychologyare flexible concepts
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‘Create a career protecting the planet’: see APA guide
APA Division 34
Also CUNY Graduate Centrefor environmentalPsychology
Sustainability consultantCarbon consultant
Energy ManagerConservation Work
Introducing Environmental Psychology
The relationships between people and their physical surroundings
Dr Jenna Condie @jennacondie #enviropsych