Eco-Psychotherapy

Creative processes for climate engagement

We are saturated with expert knowledge of energy problems and solutions. This presentation suggests that moving to a deeper engagement with climate action involves combining the external landscapes of science and politics with people’s emotional worlds and inner narratives. Drawing on research with a community based arts and climate change project in South Wales, we will explore the roles played by creative processes in achieving pro-environmental attitudes and behavior change, and offer suggestions for how creative processes can be incorporated into energy engagement at a community level.