The process of eco-anxiety and ecological grief: A narrative review and a new proposal

P Pihkala - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
As the ecological crisis grows more intense, people experience many forms of eco-anxiety
and ecological grief. This article explores the broad process of encountering eco-anxiety …

Beyond the roots of human inaction: Fostering collective effort toward ecosystem conservation

E Amel, C Manning, B Scott, S Koger - Science, 2017 - science.org
The term “environmental problem” exposes a fundamental misconception: Disruptions of
Earth's ecosystems are at their root a human behavior problem. Psychology is a potent tool …

Eco-anxiety and environmental education

P Pihkala - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Anxiety and distress about the ecological crisis seems to be a rapidly growing phenomenon.
This article analyzes the challenges and possibilities posed by such “eco-anxiety” for …

Greater role for Atlantic inflows on sea-ice loss in the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean

IV Polyakov, AV Pnyushkov, MB Alkire, IM Ashik… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Arctic sea-ice loss is a leading indicator of climate change and can be attributed, in large
part, to atmospheric forcing. Here, we show that recent ice reductions, weakening of the …

[HTML][HTML] Innovative but unjust? Analysing the opportunities and justice issues within positive energy districts in Europe

AX Hearn, A Sohre, P Burger - Energy Research & Social Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The current energy transition focuses on decarbonisation through the use of renewable
energy sources, coupled with improvements in efficiency by means of technological …

Development and validation of an instrument for measuring student sustainability competencies

EM Waltner, W Rieß, C Mischo - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
The importance of education, and ESD in particular, for achieving sustainable development
is highlighted in the formulation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since the …

Environmental education after sustainability: Hope in the midst of tragedy

P Pihkala - Global Discourse, 2017 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
In this article, I discuss the challenge posed to environmental education (EE; and education
for sustainable development) by the thinkers who see the situation of the world as so severe …

Assessment of agricultural groundwater users in Iran: a cultural environmental bias

S Salehi, M Chizari, H Sadighi… - Hydrogeology …, 2018 - search.proquest.com
Many environmental problems are rooted in human behavior. This study aimed to explore
the causal effect of cultural environmental bias on 'sustainable behavior'among agricultural …

Revolutionising sustainability leadership and education: addressing the human dimension to support flourishing, culture and system transformation

C Wamsler, G Osberg, J Janss, L Stephan - Climatic Change, 2024 - Springer
Research shows that today's societal crises are rooted in a lack of connection to ourselves,
others and nature. At the same time, there is an increasing body of knowledge showing that …

Minding other people's business: Community attachment and anticipated negative emotion in an extended norm activation model

S Rosenthal, KL Ho - Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2020 - Elsevier
This study extended the norm activation model in the context of litter reduction to explain self-
managing (eg, avoiding littering) and other-managing (eg, picking up litter) behaviors …