Reconnection: Meeting the Climate Crisis Inside Out - Couverture souple

Bristow, Jamie; Bell, Rosie; Wamsler, Christine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1913353060 ISBN 13 : 9781913353063

Editeur : Mindfulness Initiative, 2022

Synopsis

Climate change is a physical reality, demanding political and practical solutions. But its inner dimension, overlooked entirely by mainstream approaches, is a human crisis of relationship. Reconnection: Meeting the Climate Crisis Inside Out outlines the relevance of mindfulness and compassion practices in addressing the endemic disconnection from self, others and nature at the root of the climate crisis.

We explore the cognitive and emotional foundations of conscious connection and discuss the potential for mindfulness and compassion practices to be developed into powerful enablers of reconnection, fostering both greater resilience and more appropriate responses to global sustainability crises.

Written by Jamie Bristow, Rosie Bell and Professor Christine Wamsler (LUCSUS), the report follows a research collaboration between the Mindfulness Initiative and the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, including 25 in-depth interviews with national and transnational politicians and policymakers, and a large-scale consultation with leading experts working on linking 'inner' and 'outer' aspects of the climate crisis. We draw upon the emerging evidence base linking internal transformation to sustainability, and broader academic literature on the prosocial impact of mindfulness and compassion training.

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À propos des auteurs

Jamie Bristow is Co-Director of The Mindfulness Initiative, a policy institute that grew out of a programme of mindfulness teaching for politicians in the UK Parliament. After supporting politicians to form the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mindfulness and conduct a policy inquiry throughout 2014, Jamie took over as Director in 2015 to launch the seminal Mindful Nation UK report. He has since grown the Mindfulness Initiative into an influential think tank, authoring and producing a series of publications and working with decision-makers around the world to integrate inner capacities and contemplative practice into the public policy landscape. Jamie was formerly Business Development Director for Headspace and has a background in psychology, climate change campaign communications and advertising. A teacher of insight meditation, his mentors have included Rob Burbea, Stephen Batchelor and Christina Feldman.

Rosie Bell is a writer and communications advisor, and frequent collaborator with the Mindfulness Initiative. With an academic background in philosophy & literature and MA in International Public and Political Communication, her work is currently focused upon public narratives surrounding the climate movement, and the role of inner capacities in societal change. Alongside training as a mindfulness teacher, Rosie brings a background in performance to her decade of creative work with NGOs, social change initiatives and wellbeing innovators.

Christine Wamsler is Professor of Sustainability Science at Lund University Centre For Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) and director of the Contemplative Sustainable Futures Program. She is an internationally-renowned expert in sustainable development and associated (material and cognitive) transformation processes with 25 years of experience, both in theory and practice. Her work has shaped international debates and increased knowledge on personal, collective, institutional and policy transformations in a context of climate change. She has written more than 200 papers, chapters and reports on these issues. Her publications are regularly cited and used for practice, theory and policy development, including by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mindfulness Initiative
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1913353060
• ISBN 13: 9781913353063
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 88
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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