Facts, Feelings and Stories: How to Motivate Action on Climate Change | Shahzeen Attari
An environmental researcher examines perceptions of energy use & conservation and asks how we can inspire behavioral change and policy support in individuals and the public at large. With a background in environmental engineering and training in cognitive science, Dr. Attari searches for the narratives that can help us improve our environmental decision-making. Shahzeen Attari: www.szattari.com/ works on environmental decision-making at the individual level, looking at biases that shape people’s judgments and decisions about resource use, especially use of energy and water. She is an Associate Professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University: spea.indiana.edu/faculty-research/directory/profiles/faculty/full-time/attari-shahzeen.html. She holds a joint PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering & Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon, as well as a BS in Engineering Physics from the University of Illinois: illinois.edu/. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Earth Institute and the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED): cred.columbia.edu/ at Columbia University. Dr Attari is a 02017-18 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences: casbs.stanford.edu/ (CASBS) at Stanford University (co-producers of this talk) and a 02018 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. "Facts, Feelings and Stories: How to Motivate Action on Climate Change" was given on June 26, 02018 as part of The Long Now Foundation's “Conversations at The Interval” Salon Talks. These hour long talks are recorded live at The Interval, our bar, cafe, & museum in San Francisco. Since 02014 this series has presented artists, authors, entrepreneurs, scientists (and more) taking a long-term perspective on subjects like art, design, history, nature, technology, and time. To follow the talks, you can: Subscribe to our podcasts: longnow.org/seminars/podcast Explore the full series: theinterval.org/salon-talks More ideas on long-term thinking: blog.longnow.org The Long Now Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to fostering long-term thinking and responsibility. Our projects include a 10,000 Year Clock, endangered language preservation, thousand year+ data storage, and Long Bets, an arena for accountable predictions. Become a Long Now member to support this series, join our community, and connect with our ongoing work to explore and deepen long-term thinking: longnow.org/membership Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/longnow Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/longnow Subscribe to our channel: www.youtube.com/longnow
