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Use of urban green spaces and global warming
Department of Educational Experimental Psychology Laboratory
Giuseppe Carrus, Giuseppe Colangelo, Raffaele Lafortezza, Angelo Panno & Giovanni Sanesi
Università degli Studi Roma Tre Università degli Studi di Bari
Italy
Environmental global changes
From fiction to reality?
www.homethemovie.org
Global warming
Environmental global changes
McCarty Glacier - 1909 McCarty Glacier - 2004
Depletion of fresh water
Environmental global changes
Raising of sea levels
Environmental global changes
Frequency of extreme climatic events
Environmental global changes
How can psychological science contribute to positive people-environment relations?
Traditional approaches: regulations, education, cultural change: attitudes, beliefs, norms, etc.
In 2007, Protected areas cover > than 10 % of earth’s terrestrial surface
UNEP-WCMC
Depletion of the ozone layer 1971-2000
Source: US Global Change Research Program (2000) www.usgcrp.gov
Prescriptions might not always fit the purpose
Innovative approaches: emotions, mindfulness, self regulation, empathy, nudging
Innovative approaches: restorative environments, nature-based solutions
