It has been a pleasure to receive the confirmation that my paper, titled “The role of grassroots innovations in promoting local sustainable consumption. Motivations, values and learning outcomes within the “Galician network of conscious and responsible consumption” has been accepted to be presented at the International Conference on Environmental Psychology: “Theories of change and social innovation in transitions towards sustainability” to be held in A Coruña (Spain), next 30th ,31st of August and 1st of September ,2017.
Beyond my session, I would like to mention that the programme of the conference includes 23 Symposia, more than 170 paper presentations and 44 posters. Besides, a remarkable representation of the best researchers and experts in environmental psychology will participate in the different sessions to be held during the conference.
The ICEP 2017 will start on wednesday 30th August with the introductory talk “Promoting sustainable lifestyles, social innovation and wellbeing in Europe: lessons from three large-scale interdisciplinary projects” by Prof. Ricardo Garcia-Mira & Dr. Adina Dumitru.
The conference has also invited to a number of excelent keynotes:
- Immo Fritsche. Lecture: Collective Problems Require Collective Answers: A Social Identity Model of Pro-Environmental Action
- Winnifred R. Louis. Lecture: Unprecedented Disasters and Environmental Emergencies: What the Rise of Right-wing Populism Means for Transitions towards Sustainability, and What We Should Do Next
- Linda Steg. Lecture: Understanding intrinsic motivation to engage in pro-environmental actions
- Enric Pol. Lecture: Sustainability, learned helplessness and empowerment. Revisiting the challenges for environmental psychology
- Richard Wener. Lecture: Can Detention Be Humane and Sustainable?
If anyone is interested in consulting the preliminary version of the Program, this is available at the website www.icep2017.org
If anyone is interested in attending the conference, information about the incription can be checked here: http://icep2017.serglo.es/?fwp=6&fwl=2
This international symposium is being organized by the IAAP (International Association of Applied Psychology), Division of Environmental Psychology with the collaboration of the People Environment Research Group – Department of Psychology. University of A Coruña (Spain).
