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“Too BIG to talk about”
The importance of voicing direct experiences of climate change.
By Dr Eshana Bragg, Environmental PsychologistA presentation in response to Reser, Bradley & Ellul,
2013
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Reser, Bradley & Ellul
• Climate change a source of concern for many Australians
• Encounters with climate change produce strong emotions– sadness/grief, fear/concern,
hopelessness; frustration/anger– realisation, motivation
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Difficult to talk about
• Geographical distance & slow changes
• Background to our lives• Large complex systems
• STRONG FEELINGS
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• Situated in a polarised debate– happening or not?– human induced or not?
• Healthy discussion– how are you feeling about it?– what can we do about it?
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Important to
• Address psychological & social distress
• Motivate action for adaptation & amelioration
• Create appropriate social spaces in which people can adequately make sense of and emotionally process their encounters with climate change
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Existing techniques
• Originating in encounter groups• Joanna Macy• Ecopsychology, eco-therapy– ‘eco-anxiety’, ‘stages of awakening’,
‘end of suburbia moment’– healthy but distressing psych.
response to what is currently happening on the planet
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Key elements
1 Non-ordinary social space2 Opportunity for expressing
strong thoughts and feelings3 Validated as normal & valuable4 Visioning for positive
alternative5 Action planning (systems)
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Examples
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Formal evaluations?
• ‘not alone’ & empowered (Bragg 1996)
• success of action plans (SFA)
• direction of university students (Brennan 2011)
• psychotherapeutic analysis (Hollis-Walker 2012)
• positive emotions & self-efficacy (Terrell 2012)
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Be the Change (Terrell 2012)
Helpless
Ignorant
Scared
Indifferent
Avoidant
Motivated
Empowered
Optimistic
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BeforeAfter
Which word best describes your attitude towards the ecological crisis?
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Groups not individuals
• Making sense• Support each other• Solutions are collective and
systemic
• “How can we best support each other to face and respond to our encounter with climate change?”