Environmentally Sustainable Design-
Al Gore, James Balog, Lee Hotz, James Hansen and Naomi Klein are all working in various ways to increase the general public's knowledge of and engagement with climate change issues. In doing so, they need to have a good working knowledge of the issues, proficiency with the platform(s) they want to use to inform and engage, and an understanding of their audience(s).
Reflect on what you've learned in the modules, and choose one thing that particularly surprised, troubled or intrigued you.
Good resources:
• Paramaguru, K. (2013, August 19). The battle over global warming is all in your head. Time.
• Pipher, M. (2013). The Green Boat: Reviving Ourselves in Our Capsized Culture. New York: Penguin.
• Laskey, A. (Presenter) and TED (Producer). (2013). Alex Laskey: How behavioral science can lower your energy bill[Video].
• Lombrozo, T. (2012, December 17). Climate change, revisited: It isn't just for natural scientists anymore [Blog post]. NPR's 13.7 cosmos & culture.
• Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, Fast and Slow. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
• O'Neill, S. and Nicholson-Cole, S. (2009). 'Fear won't do it': promoting positive engagement with climate change through visual and iconic representations. Science Communication 30: 355-379.
• Swim, J., et al. (2009). Psychology and global climate change: addressing a multi-faceted phenomenon and set of challenges. Report by American Psychological Association Task Force on the Interface between Psychology and Global Climate Change.
• Hulme, M. (2009). Why We Disagree About Climate Change. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press.