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Date Presentor Seminar title Abstract Presentation
17 February 2010 Mary Corin, rValue Resource Development Consultancy

Can we get things in perspective, please!

16 February 2010 Erik Assadourian, World Watch Institute State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures from Consumerism to Sustainability Click to open PDF of this seminar
19 January 2010 Simon Retallack, Institute for Public Policy Research

How an understanding of psychological motivations can help us mainstream lower-carbon behaviour

14 December 2009 Bastien Girod, Swiss National Council and EPA Commission

How storylines and a household-based approach can improve future (IPCC) emission scenarios

7 December 2009 Ruth Rettie and Kevin Burchell, Kingston University London

CHARM: Applying the Social Norm Approach to Sustainability Practices

11 November 2009 Judith de Groot, Bournemouth University Values in Environmental Research
22 September 2009 Elpida Makriyannis, The Open University

Engaging individuals and communities:
Tools to capture and share our collective intelligence

23 July 2009 Terry Newholm, The University of Manchester

Sustainable Living: working towards attractive alternatives

23 June 2009 Vincent Carragher, University of Limerick, Ireland Sustainable Change, Behaviour Change and its Drivers at the Household Level
6 May 2009 Dana Abi Ghanem, , University of Manchester

Solar power, homes and lifestyles: exploring the co-construction of users and photovoltaics in the domestic sector

23 April 2009 Tara Garnett, Food Climate Research Network

The World on a Plate: Food, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and our Changing Climate

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16 March 2009 Linda Steg, University of Groningen, Netherlands

Encouraging pro-environmental behaviour

13 March 2009 Peter Victor, York University, Canada

Managing without Growth. Slower by Design, not Disaster

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18 February 2009 Helen Perkins, Griffith University, Australia

The Influence of an Ecological Worldview on Consumers’ Pro-environmental Attitudes, Behaviours and Choices: What’s Love Got to Do with It?

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21 January 2009 Ann Phoenix, Institute of Education '"I shop, therefore I am?" The interlinking of identities and consumption for young people'
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11 November 2008

Bronwyn Hayward, Visiting Researcher to the University of Surrey from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Growing Greens? Children's attitudes to citizenship, environment and climate change: The New Zealand experience.

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21 October 2008 Jim Watson, University of Sussex Micro-generation: An energy revolution? Click to open PDF of this seminar Click to open PDF of this seminar
3 September 2008 Diana Verde Nieto, Clownfish

Avoiding Greenwash - How to Align your Communications with Sustainable Principles and Practice

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21 July 2008 Claudia Kuss-Tenzer, Waste Watch Waste behaviour change – Linking theory and practice Click to open PDF of this seminar Click to open PDF of this seminar
25 June 2008 Julie Newton, Cardiff University

Wellbeing and the Natural Environment: The impact of green spaces on wellbeing
Wellbeing and the Natural Environment: A brief overview of the evidence

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19 May 2008 Trewin Restorick, Global Action Plan Delivering Sustainable Lifestyles Click to open PDF of this seminar Click to open the PPT presentations
16 April 2008 Nora Räthzel, Umeå University, Sweden Resolving the enigma of sustainable development Click to open PDF of this seminar Click to open the PPT presentations
31 March 2008 Andrew Fearne,
Kent University
In pursuit of sustainable consumption - insights from supermarket loyalty data Click to open PDF of this seminar Click to open the PPT presentations
12 Feb 2008 Tom Crompton, WWF

Do we still need environmental NGOs?

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23 Jan 2008 Dan van der Horst, University of Birmingham Social Enterprise and Renewable Energy Click to open PDF of this seminar Click to open the PPT presentations
28 Nov 2007 Tim Kasser,
Knox College, USA
A Revolution of Values: Psychological Research on Materialism and its Alternatives Click to open PDF of this seminar Click to open the PPT presentations
25 Oct 2007 Thomas Henfrey Managing behaviour for sustainability: lessons from traditional resource use Click to open PDF of this seminar Click to open the PPT presentations
12 July 2007 Rachel Muckle, Defra An overview of Defra's SCP programme Click to open PDF of this seminar Click to open the PPT presentations
19 June 2007 Jim Skea,
UK ERC
From Laboratory to Society: Research Integration at the UK Energy Research Centre Click to open PDF of this seminar Click to open the PPT presentations
21 Mar 2007 Nick Carter,
NPC Solar
From the Belly of the Beast: 10 years of Greening America Click to open PDF of this seminar
15 Feb 2007 Tracey Bedford,
Visiting Researcher, University of Surrey
Ethical consumerism:everyday negotiations in the construction of an ethical self Click to open PDF of this seminar Click to open the PPT presentations
26 Sept 2006 Laurie Michaelis,
Living Witness Project
Community, Reflexivity and Consumption Click to open PDF of this seminar Click to open the PPT presentations
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