Environmental crises are among humanity’s greatest challenges. Evidence-based interventions are urgently required that will support wellbeing of working-age adults and facilitate pro-environmental behaviour change.
Previous research indicates that information campaigns or rewarding certain behaviors are not sufficient. Rather, a therapeutic and social support approach for coping with emotions is needed.
The aim of this project is to deepen understanding regarding the (longitudinal) development of and relationship between coping with environment-related emotions, nature connectedness and pro-environmental behaviour.
Based on this, we aim to develop - in collaboration with multidisciplinary scientists - and test a nature-based group intervention programme (Act with Nature; AWN) to support behavior change. We compare findings between Finland and the United Kingdom.
Our framework builds on a novel, nature-based approach and we aim to create long-term impacts on well-being of human and non-human nature.
Project group
Kalevi Korpela, Kirsi Salonen, Jane-Veera Paakkolanvaara
Funding
Co-operators
Docent Katriina Hyvönen (Jamk University of Applied Sciences), Dr. Eleanor Ratcliffe (University of Surrey, UK)
Contact persons
Kalevi Korpela
Professor, psykologia
Kalevi Korpela