Our Lives Matter S1E44: Mental Obstacles within the Environmental Movement

Our Lives Matter

Sep 26 2024 | 00:18:34

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Show Notes

Why are some environmental activists opposed to science? We can use the Web of Human Behavior as a map to follow people’s motivations. Why do people become environmental activists? And how do those motivations lead many activists toward environmental science, but lead others away from it? ACT I Scene 1 [104 bpm] We know about the religious, economic, and political opposition to climate science and environmental activism. But there are a couple others that I’ve encountered in my years of activism, which no one seems to want to talk about much. One is anti-science attitudes among…

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