How prominent is industrial and organizational psychology in the environmental/climate change field?
To the best of my knowledge, our profession is not at all prominent or even visible. What we did, in essence, in Westport was to practice some organizational psychology, more artfully than scientifically, as a blunt instrument. (4) Could it be more so? Yes. For example, I did have a chance to repeat something like this in California recently, although on a smaller scale. In this case, my only role was to coach the persons interested in blocking loggers from clear cutting a large area in a national park area. The park service wanted the clear cutting to prevent possible fires in the adjacent residential community. Many people in the community thought that the certain huge environmental impact of clear cutting would be far worse than the risk of fire. This application involved recommendations on how to communicate their position persuasively to local citizens, the park service, and a congresswoman. Although the logging had been set to begin shortly, the community group opposing it was su
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