8 Strategies for Pro-Environmental Shifts

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction: The Human Brain and Climate Change 1
5. Part 1: Neural Origins
6. 1 Brain Evolution and the Anthropocene 13
7. 2 Brain Rewards as a Design for Learning 24
8. 3 The Universe of Human Rewards 55
9. 4 Biophilia and the Brain 76
10. Part 2: The Twenty-First- Century Brain
11. 5 An Acceleration of Consumption 97
12. 6 Which Behaviors Matter Most 121
13. Part 3: Changing the Brain
14. 7 Behaviors That Are Easy and Hard to Change 149
15. 8 Strategies for Pro-Environmental Shifts 164
16. 9 The Green Children’s Hospital 205
17. Conclusion: A Sustainable Brain 237
18. Notes 249
19. Acknowledgments 305
20. Index 307