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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Environmental Engagement"”.
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ECOLOGY OF A KŌAN: HAKUIN’S ZEN AS A MORAL MODEL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGAGEMENT
… of mindfulness is a valuable contribution to environmentalism that similarly extols the virtue of generating a kind of environmental mindfulness. Buddhist traditions have long developed the concept of mindfulness as well as compassion, the transformation of suffering, and the notion of …
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The Inner work at work : researching emotional and affective dimensions within employee sustainability programs
… experiences of staff volunteers who lead environmental sustainability initiatives in their workplaces. My in-depth interviews and analysis are situated in a psychoanalytically and psycho-socially oriented approach to environmental engagement, which assumes that difficult emotions …
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The Environmental Management Accounting Control as a Practice
As environmental challenges are growing, environmental engagement is becoming inevitable. The engagement itself takes many forms, e.g. environmental reporting, accounting innovations, and implementation of certain environmental management systems. As environmental engagements in accounting …
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Leading change from the inside-out : negotiating the psycho-social in sustainability engagement
… mobilization, despite a growing recognition that environmental engagement necessarily involves the `inner life' of people--the complex and interconnected psycho-social influences on who we are and how we understand our world. Using a narrative methodology, I interviewed seven sustainability …
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Embedding Sensory Preferences into Toys to Enhance Toy Play in Toddlers with Disabilities
Playing with toys as a means of environmental engagement has long been considered important in early child development (Messer, Rachford, McCarthy, & Yarrow, 1987; Wolery & Werts, 1994). However, children with highly significant disabilities often engage in toy play less frequently than their peers …
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Feeling Good, Being Green: The Emotional Drivers of Proenvironmental Action
<p>Addressing environmental problems like climate change requires substantial collective action. The power of emotions in driving proenvironmental action is receiving increased research attention; however, less is known about which distinct emotions most strongly influence behavior. Emerging …
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Childhood Trauma And Emotion Processing Neurocircuitry
… report lower RS, suggesting reduced positive environmental engagement. </p> <p> These results suggest that RS may be a marker of stress susceptibility, a notion supported by emerging basic and clinical research. Based on our neurobehavioral findings, we discuss potential implications for …
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What does it mean to young people to be part of a care farm? An evaluation of a care farm intervention for young people with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties.
… environment, which improved their green environmental engagement (e.g. positive experiences from animals, sense of freedom from the physical space, increased participation in physical activity), personal functioning (e.g. coping, trust, self-confidence, self-efficacy, kindness, empathy), …
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BEYOND BELIEFS. FROM CLIMATE ATTITUDES TO CLIMATE ACTIONS
… the social groups more resistant to climate engagement and the strategies that can foster broader support for climate policies. Previous research has shown that despite widespread awareness and concern about climate change, individuals' willingness to contribute to mitigation efforts remains …
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Essays on Waste Generation
… generation, selective collection systems, and environmental behavior. Although the individual chapters focus on different aspects of the topic, together they form a coherent framework to better understand the mechanisms shaping sustainability processes. The first study examines the impact of …
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Searching for a "unicorn" : emotional dimensions of environmental educators
… studies highlight the unconscious dynamics of environmental education it is important to understand how those dynamics impact the educators themselves so that we may better train educators and improve the efficacy of their work. Using a psychosocial and psychoanalytic methodology I explored the …
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How to foster visitors’ environmentally responsible behaviour in nature-based tourism of South Korea
… wellbeing. At the same time, increasing environmental crises underscored the vulnerability of the tourism sector to climate change. Within this context, nature-based tourism (NBT) has gained attention for its potential to promote stress recovery, attentional restoration, and wellbeing, as …