A MENTAL TRANSITION

FROM

EGO TO ECO What is Sustainability? Public Engagement

From Thought to Action

Solveig Gjørv Røraas

29 March 2019

Deep Sustainability

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IPCC 2018Photo: Ingrid Taylar

‘‘Development that meets the needs of the present

without compromising the ability of future generations

to meet their own needs’’

The Brundtland Commission, 1987

Environmental, social and economic sustainability

Shallow vs. deep green

Green growth?

Circular economy

Are humans stewards of the Earth?

Intrinsic values?

What is Sustainability?

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Doughnut Economics

Figure: Kate Raworth, 2017

1,5 CO212

years

How do we talk about climate change?

IPCC 2018

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Numbers and graphs

Climate change or crises?

How can we get climate action?

Emotional stories and pictures

The Plastic Campaigns

Broad engagement

Effective imagery

Emotions

Compassionate values

Psychology

Photo credit: Ingrid Taylar “Stop Trashing My Ocean ... or at least have the decency to leave some chips.” Some rights reserved: Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic.

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Deep Ecology

Ecological harmony

Feeling of connectedness and belonging in Nature

‘biocentric equity,’

“the equal right to live and blossom" and a balance of

well-being and happiness for all living organisms on

planet Earth (Arne Næss, 1973)

“Deep ecology remains a

concept without power to

transform our awareness unless

we allow ourselves to feel”

- Seed, 1988

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Compassionate values

Communication built on psychological studies

Behavioural change

Systemic change and behavioural change

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From Thought to Action

“The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and

after all the most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains

of it and to foster its renewal, is our only legitimate hope.”

- Wendell Berry

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QUESTIONS?

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