Green College Leading Scholars' Series
Promoting Behavioral Sustainability
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This talk is presented alongside GC Leading Scholar Navin Ramankutty’s own talk, “Feeding the World without Destroying the Planet,” as a back-to-back conversation across disciplines. For more information on the other talk being given, please click here.
Jiaying Zhao, Psychology, UBC
Coach House, Green College, UBC
Tuesday, September 22, 5-6:30 pm, reception to followin the seriesGreen College Leading Scholars' Series -
Environmental sustainability depends on not only the development of green technologies and policies, but also on a thorough understanding of human behaviour. In this talk, Jiaying Zhao, Green College Leading Scholar, will explore how psychology can be used to promote pro-environmental behaviors. Specifically, Zhao will present a series of experiments that use simple psychological interventions to encourage recycling and composting behaviors, to reduce water consumption, to promote responsible car-sharing, and to nudge environmental activism in the public.
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Unless otherwise noted, all of our lectures are free to attend and do not require registration.
September 22, 2015
10:00 am to 11:30 am
Lecture Hall No. 2
2194 Health Sciences Mall
Speakers
Jiaying Zhao, Psychology, UBC