MSc(c) Behavioural Sustainability @UBCIRES | Researching #ClimateChange Communication | Teaching Fellow in #ResearchMethods & Behav. #DataAnalysis @UBCPsych
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@UBCstudentlife's Jordan Johnston asked Atlanta-Marinna Grant (@ubcires), @AddyeSusnick (@UBCPoliSci), & me for our take on what @UBC undergrads can do to take #ClimateActionNow 🌎
Our answers had a lot in common 🌿🌊🥗✈️
#climatejustice #everydayclimatechange #thereisnoplanetb
😟 Worried about climate change? Not sure what to do in response?
✨ Two IRES grad students have some answers. IRES's Atlanta Grant & @NigelCDeans spoke with @UBCstudentlife about tips for taking #ClimateAction as an #undergrad.
✨ Learn more! students.ubc.ca/ubclife/taki…
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Struggling to include climate change & sustainability in your curriculum? Check out this @UBC_CTLT Winter Institute event from @sustainUBC! I'll be sharing a recent collaboration as a guest lecturer with the CTC—one of the most rewarding experiences of my time at @UBC & @ubcires.
Learn about 3 ways to engage with sustainability and climate education support offered at UBC: community engaged learning, applied sustainability projects (SEEDS) & coordinated guest lectures (Climate Teaching Connector).
December 9 | 9–10:30 am | Register bit.ly/3nXJNMX
ALT UBCV campus with a canada flag waving in the wind
Struggling to include climate change & sustainability in your curriculum? Check out this @UBC_CTLT Winter Institute event from @sustainUBC! I'll be sharing a recent collaboration as a guest lecturer with the CTC—one of the most rewarding experiences of my time at @UBC & @ubcires.
Learn about 3 ways to engage with sustainability and climate education support offered at UBC: community engaged learning, applied sustainability projects (SEEDS) & coordinated guest lectures (Climate Teaching Connector).
December 9 | 9–10:30 am | Register bit.ly/3nXJNMX
ALT UBCV campus with a canada flag waving in the wind
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Tonight at 5pm AEDT!
Calling all health / medical students! Come along to learn how to have effective #climatehealth convos with your family, colleagues, friends, people on the street ... anyone!
Register at caha.org.au/convos
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Up to $5,000 available to UBC Vancouver faculty members to incorporate climate change content and teaching approaches into existing undergraduate and graduate courses. Find out more and apply by December 17, 2021 at sustain.ubc.ca/CEG.
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♻️ Next week, IRES/@UBCPsych prof Dr. @jiayingzhao will be discussing behavioral barriers and solutions to plastic pollution.
🕚 Thursday, December 9, 11-12:30 PST
🔗 Register here: eventbrite.com/e/social-aspe…
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Our new Impakter article offering a social diffusion approach to encourage climate action and COVID-19 vaccination using different interventions tailored to distinct segments of the population, led by @NigelCDeans @rumisen & Yu Luo impakter.com/the-science-beh…
#ClimateAction requires a whole-of-society approach that considers the unique characteristics of different segments of #society - this is what underlies the "social diffusion" process.
Read the study on IMPAKTER 👇
impakter.com/the-science-beh…
How do we create the social climate for change? 🌎Dr. @jiayingzhao proposes a new model for sustainable behavioural and societal change: tailoring interventions to different social segments.
Recording & other talks at #UBCClimateChange Research Symposium: bit.ly/UBCCliSy
ALT Graphic of the "Social Diffusion of Climate Action" Model proposed by Dr. Jiaying Zhao and the Behavioural Sustainability Lab (to be released shortly!
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🌟VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: How can UBC researchers impact climate change through research and innovation?
⭐️IRES's Drs. @mKandlikar, Hadi Dowlatabadi, @ecohydrologist, @jiayingzhao, @simondonner, @SREnvironment & @HWittmanUBC are among the featured speakers.
The UBC Climate Change Research Symposium will bring together climate researchers from multiple faculties on our Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. Join us on October 13 & 14. bit.ly/2YgGlnG
Feeling a little starstruck 🤩 My supervisor @jiayingzhao just interviewed @kahneman_daniel, a founding father of behavioural science and author of "Thinking Fast and Slow" & "Noise" (not to mention one of my personal heroes!)
📽️ Recording @UBCPsych: bit.ly/KahnemanUBC
ALT Still of Daniel Kahneman and Jiaying Zhao
Super excited to interview Daniel Kahneman on his new book Noise at 12pm PT 9/29! It's a free event open to anyone. RSVP & submit your questions here: psych.ubc.ca/events/event/on… @UBCPsych @UBCSauderSchool @ubcVSE
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Great to see @jiayingzhao #FoundationForSocialChange work featured by @wef ! @UofT_BEAR @m_sendhil @cbcgeek @DunnHappyLab @dhardisty
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Based on analysis from a survey of 300+ individuals, the four grad students offer recommendations for organizations looking to help consumers align their behaviors with their values:
👉 Involve consumers
👉 Consider potential harms
👉 Provide educational content
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🥑🥩🥤 Food choices are one of the most impactful ways we can individually tackle climate change.
🎥 IRES's Annie Lalande, Brynley Hanson-Wright, Jack Durant, and @NigelCDeans examined ethically, respectfully incentivizing consumer food choices:
youtube.com/watch?v=qwhcnnMG…
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I sent an email to @ubcprez this morning supporting the review of the honorary degree given to Bishop O'Grady in 1986 by UBC, and to support UBC in rescinding the degree. @UBC President Ono's email address is [email protected] if you would like to join!
So, turns out there's a vaccine for misinfo💉🙊
Exciting research from @STWorg, @Sander_vdLinden, & @johnfocook on day 5 of @iscuqam2021!
📚Resources on pre- & debunking: bit.ly/4Cguides
🎯Prefer your (mis)info gamified?
crankyuncle.com, goviralgame.com
ALT Screenshot of Dr. John Cook sharing a slide featuring five common elements of science denial: Fake experts, Logical fallacies, Impossible expectations, Cherry-picking, and Conspiracy theories.
Such a privilege to hear @NaomiOreskes' words of wisdom on communicating #climatescience at
@iscuqam2021!
Takeaways:
🧑🔬 Trust in science is high globally
💭 Sometimes imagined implications of evidence spark denial
👯 Feature scientists w/ whom ppl identify (like @KHayhoe!)
ALT Screenshot of a slide from Dr. Naomi Oreskes' keynote presentation; the slide covers three takeaways from the presentation: 1) "For the vast majority of Americans who do trust science, facts do count! (Especially: teachers.)," 2) "It behooves the scientific community to provide good quality information in formats that non-experts can understand," and 3) "But for the minority who are motivated by non-empirical concerns, outreach must recognize those concerns, particularly insofar as they may be valid (I don't want the government telling me what to do, either!)."
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Curious about the efficacy of pro-sustainability Twitter campaigns?
Dr. @KaiChanUBC makes the point that targeted campaigns against single companies that don't highlight systematic problems can disincentivize these organizations from being transparent.
nationalobserver.com/2021/05…
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WOW
The @IEA just published a new forecast for renewable growth
It is…
* 25% higher than Nov20 forecast
* 40% above May 2020
The IEA says it's "exceptional" – but also the "new normal"
It means renewables will account for 90% of *all* new capacity
carbonbrief.org/exceptional-…
Excellent new evidence-informed #ClimateAction communication resource for #healthprofessionals from Australia’s @healthy_climate.
“Every major public health victory of the last century has had effective communication at its heart.”
— Dr. @MaibachEd, Director, @Mason4C
ALT Text from report reading “This is your opportunity to help tackle climate change and its health consequences, promote actions that deliver immediate health benefits, and reduce costs to health systems and communities.”
🌟 Today, we are proud to launch "Real, Urgent & Now: Communicating the Health Impacts of Climate Change" 🌟
Health professionals know that effective communication is one of the most powerful tools they have to protect and promote public health.
Guide: caha.org.au/communicate
Can't think of a better #EarthDay2021 activity than opening night of #banffscicomm2021 🌍🧑🔬📣
The entire thing was one giant best practice (and it's only day 1), but @AnthonyMxSE's opening message was a definite highlight. Thank you @NSERC_CRSNG, @GenomeAlberta, & @TELUS_Spark!
ALT Screenshot of a slide from Anthony’s presentation that says: “A good thinker can laugh at others' bad ideas... A better one can laugh at their own."
So many wonderful, beautiful faces kicking off #banffscicomm2021! Happy to have you all! 🚀
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PS Thank you @mKandlikar for passing along the application for this program! Three of us here representing @ubcires!
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