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XR PSYCHOLOGISTS
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TREE OF #LIFE
The #Earth does not belong to #humans,
Humans belong to the Earth.
We are merely 1 branch of a very large & beautiful, extraordinary #Tree...🦋LJC
#ClimateBrawl #globalwarming #ExtinctionRebellion #FossilFuels #pollution #support #biodiversity #Health…
Oil and gas executives should never be left to meet in peace
We need to make it as difficult as possible for them to operate, and remind them constantly of their unimaginable crimes
.@mark_lynas makes important points here. Direct action is an essential means of confronting the climate emergency. In justifying it, we need to represent the science as accurately as possible.
Why is there no place for new fossil fuel infrastructure to stay below 1.5°C (& 1.7°C)?
Because the CO2 emissions from existing infrastructure exceeds a carbon budget for 1.5° & 1.7°C under normal operating conditions.
New fact sheet on carbon budgets:
https://4c-carbon.eu/resources/policy-publications
Please share this post with other psychologists with professional links to Palestine and any others who would like to support our colleagues in both Gaza and the West Bank facing tremendous challenges in their work right now @BPSOfficial @UK_ACP @BABCP (1/3)
How do we create healthier minds and a safer climate?
Watch the recording of a recent panel on #climatechange and #mentalhealth with @Emma_L_Lawrance @NeilRJennings @alemassazza for @apoliticalco:
#climateaction #cliamtecrisis #wellbeing
Why are we here?
XR Psychologists Declaration
Psychology is a broad and varied discipline, studying all aspects of human behaviour. Psychologists spend their working lives trying to understand the way humans think, feel and behave with the aim of improving outcomes in individual and collective wellbeing, health and effectiveness.
The climate and ecological emergency that faces us all is both caused by human behaviour, and will have massive implications for the well-being, health and effectiveness of all humans and all other life on the planet.
Many psychologists see the impact that this crisis will have on their areas of work, their families, communities, and the wider world. There is no simple psychological fix. But as national and international governments fail to push forward with meaningful, timely, concrete actions – psychologists are taking a stand and joining this movement for change.
What we do
In the spirit of XR we aim to do what is necessary to awaken government, media, communities and ourselves to the scale of the Climate and Ecological Emergency and it’s impact on emotional health and well-being and trauma.
Actions
Teaching
We have been doing some teaching on the CEE with trainee psychologists. Content coming soon when one of us has had their arm twisted…! In the mean time get in touch if you want to know more.
Care for COP: Four Trimesters project
Here are just three stories of many…
Story 001: Fear
‘…I feel sad sometimes to miss out on the joys, tears and tantrums pioneers face in their day to day striving. I also know I could never risk gestating a new world….’
Story 002: Love
‘…My partner wept with thoughts of tenderness for the vulnerability of this unknown future that we were nurturing into being….’
Poem 003: Truth
‘…And by some strange magic
I managed to keep the vision
of a better future
safe for many years ….’