Two forms of stewardship are argued as essential parts of a sustainable society, one with an external focus individual conservation behavior and one with an internal focus mental attention management and restoration. Their potential interaction is fascinating to contemplate. The course will explore how to promote both forms of stewardship. This course develops approaches to promoting conservation behavior with a focus on achieving durable change. The course uses current research in the field of environmental psychology to examine, critique and expand on models of human behavior.
Students come to understand that human behavior is multiply determined.
A variety of informational and motivational interventions are needed before people are willing and able to alter their behavior and further that only certain types of interventions result in long-lasting behavior change.