Category Archives: Climate Change

MWS Podcast 45: Tim Kasser on the role of human identity in meeting environmental challenges

January 1, 2015Climate Change, PsychologyEnvironmental challenges, human identity, Tim KasserBarry Daniel

Tim Kasser is Professor of psychology at Knox College in Illinois and author of various books on materialism, values, well being and environmental sustainability including ‘The High Price of Materialism’ and ‘Psychology and consumer culture’. He’s going to talk to us today about a book he co-authored with Tom Crompton entitled ‘Meeting Environmental Challenges: The Role of Human Identity’ , how they see this as being often a missing link in environmental campaigning and how this all might relate to the Middle Way.

You can download a free version of the book here

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The MWS Podcast 42: Lancaster Co-housing project resident Mary Searle-Chatterjee

December 6, 2014Climate Change, Community, EthicsLancaster Co-housingBarry Daniel

My guest today is Mary Searle-Chatterjee, a retired anthropologist and resident of the Lancaster Co-housing Project which won the Observer Ethical Award for 2014. She’s going to tell us something about the history, aims and values of the project and she’s also kindly agreed to give us a tour of the place. I went along with my camera too so the slideshow is maybe worth a look.

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The MWS Podcast 38: Adam Corner of the Climate Outreach & Information Network

October 26, 2014Climate Change, Current Affairs, Podcast, ScienceClimate Change, Global WarmingBarry Daniel

My guest today is Adam Corner of the Climate Outreach and Information Network (COIN). He’s the research director at COIN and also writes regularly for the national media including the Guardian, New Scientist and the Ecologist. He’s going to talk to us today about COIN, its approach to climate change, its aims and objectives and how it might relate to the Middle Way.

Here are a couple of his recent articles:

The Guardian: Morality is missing from the debate about sustainable behaviour
New Scientist: Climate Science – Why the world won’t listen