Finding joy in climate action

Being inundated by climate news can be wearying and discouraging. But could a shift in our approach both empower positive change and our wellbeing? Together, we can explore how climate solutions can have a positive impact while also boosting our enjoyment in life. Watch this webinar to hear from experts who will discuss how we can easily adapt our behaviour while also emotionally benefitting from that change.

Presented by alumni UBC in partnership with UBC Faculty of Arts and UBC Sauder School of Business.

  
  

      

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Moderator

Dan Burritt, BA’04 — Host and Producer, CBC Vancouver News at 11 PM

Speakers

• Dr. Kate White, PhD’03 (she/her) — Senior Associate Dean, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Sustainability; Professor, Marketing and Behavioural Science, Watkinson Professorship in Sustainability, UBC Sauder School of Business

• Dr. Jiaying Zhao (she/her) — Associate Professor, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) and Department of Psychology, UBC Faculty of Arts; Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Sustainability; UBC Sauder Distinguished Scholar

Recorded December 7, 2023.

ADDITIONAL LINKS & RESOURCES
 

Videos:

• TED: How to feng shui your fridge – and other happy climate hacks 

Articles:

• PNAS: Buying time promotes happiness
• APA Psych Net: To Do or to Have? That is the Question.
• JCR: Experiential Gifts Foster Stronger Social Relationships than Material Gifts

Carbon Calculators:

• Foot Print Calculator
• Tree Canada Carbon Calculators

 Eco-Friendly Gift-Giving Ideas:

• The Conversation: How to make holiday gift-giving eco-friendly and more meaningful
• Metro Vancouver: Holiday Waste

Positive Climate News:

• Climate news is often depressing. But as a behavioural scientist, I know I can't wallow
• From solar canals to baby rhinos: Positive environmental stories from 2023
• Happy Eco News
• The Daily Climate

Social Tipping Points:

• PNAS: Social tipping dynamics for stabilizing Earth’s climate by 2050
• Science: Experimental evidence for tipping points in social convention