[Commpsych] PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE - WORKSHOP THIS SAT 5TH MAY 12.30-4.30 PARKVILLE

[Heather Gridley]

APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTINGS, BUT IN CASE YOU MISSED THE FIRST
NOTICE....
IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER FOR THIS EXCITING WORKSHOP 

PSYCHOLOGY IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST* presents

PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE:
HELPING PEOPLE RESPOND TO CLIMATE CHANGE
AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS

FACILITATORS:  Penny Evans, Carol Ride, Susie Burke & Heather Gridley

WHEN?	Saturday 5th May - 12.30-4.30pm

WHERE? 	Grigg Theatre, Mervyn Himbury Conference Centre 
		Whitley College 50 The Avenue, Parkville

COST		APS members $40; non-members $50
		Students/unwaged $20

In the face of unprecedented media attention, public debate and recent
direct experience of the imminent dramatic effects of overheating in the
earth's biosphere, a number of APS members have called for Psychology to
show its hand as a contributor to the search for sustainable solutions.
This PD event aims to educate, inspire and equip psychologists in how to
participate in debates and action around climate change and other
environmental challenges. A group of local practitioners has put
together a presentation to activate professionals wanting to contribute
to solutions to climate change threats.  This will be followed by a
workshop facilitated by Psychology in the Public Interest to:
* prepare psychologists for how to communicate effectively with others
about environmental threats
* help professionals to develop their own personal, organizational or
community-based projects for promoting sustainable behaviour 
* consider the potential contribution of psychological science to
workable long-term changes in the collective impact of human behaviour
on the planet

The workshop is designed to meet the professional development needs of
psychologists in their workplaces and practice settings. The workshops
is for: 
* Community psychologists with an interest in environmental impact
assessment and the promotion of individual and communal conservation
behaviours
* Health psychologists concerned with promoting healthy environments and
environmentally salutogenic behaviours
* Organisational psychologists looking to be at the cutting edge of
organizational and systems-level responses to climate change 
* Any psychologists working with people who are likely to be affected by
the impact of climate change and other environmental issues

*The APS Psychology in the Public Interest section works to encourage
the generation and application of psychological knowledge on issues
important to community wellbeing.

Further inquiries, or to register, contact Susie Burke Ph.: 8662 3371 
Email: s.burke at psychology.org.au, or mail cheques to Susie Burke, 
Australian Psychological Society, PO Box 38, Flinders Lane PO, Melbourne
VIC 8009.




Heather Gridley
School of Psychology 
Footscray Park Campus (Monday, Tuesday & Friday only)
Victoria University
PO Box 14428
Melbourne
VIC 8001
Australia

TEL +61 3 9919 5224
FAX +61 3 9919 4324
MOBILE: 0419 113 731

Email: heather.gridley at vu.edu.au


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