Behavior-analytic research and practice is related to healthy living and caring for our planet.
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2 Guest Post by Elizabeth Meshes, PhD, BCBA-D The Chicago School (EMeshes@thechicagoschool.edu) Past-President of Behavior Analysis for Sustainable Societies: https://baforsustainablesocieties.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-meshes-a1685144 https://www.thechicagoschool.edu/academics/faculty/byname/elizabeth_meshes/ Author’s Note: I am a Board Certified Behavior …
2 If you’re feeling anxious about climate change, you’re not alone. Climate change is upon us, and, understandably, climate anxiety at various levels of intensity has become widespread. (For some …
Part 1 covered the data on greenhouse gas emissions and temperature, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommendation.Part 2 covered the dire health impacts.Part 3 is a brief look …
This post covers some of the health impacts of climate change. I will do a Part 3 on financial impacts after ABAI. There’s a large literature on the many health …
I had started working on a post about sustainability careers for behavior analysts, and I will come back to that at some point. Meanwhile, let me share some of the …
Part 1 discussed the value of community-level sustainability projects, bringing climate action to schools, neighborhoods, local governments, and workplaces. The freely available Tools of Change website offers detailed, replication-ready examples …
As we head into a new year, what a good time to be thinking about bringing sustainability projects to our workplaces, neighborhoods, local businesses, and local schools. Community-level initiatives bring …
The world climate crisis demands all hands on deck, and that includes us. Calling all behavior analysts… We’ve had the science and technology needed to address the climate crisis for …
2 In our most recent edition of Green Behavior Analysis, we delved into the potential of operant behavioral economics as a framework for scrutinizing climate-relevant decision-making. Today’s post aims to …
5 Extending behavior change efforts to the realm of global sustainability is a complex task. Conventional behavior analytic research leverages tightly controlled research demonstrations to convince peers and skeptics that …
