PSYCHOLOGY OF SUSTAINABILITY

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An introduction to ecological psychology with an emphasis on the psychology of sustainability. Course focus is upon how psychological worldviews and human behavior are major causes of our environmental problems; and how changing those worldviews and behaviors can help lead to individual and collective flourishing. The course is designed as a variation on a service learning approach in which individual students will design personal self-change projects, based on the science of sustainability psychology, that cause them to become better stewards of our natural resources. The importance of the beauty of the natural world will be suffused throughout the course. Pre-requisite: PSYC-101 or PSYC-205 and ENGL-102 or ENGL-109 .