— “But everyone else is doing it, too! Whether I do it or don’t, doesn’t change a thing!”

— Well, if you stop doing it and then communicate that and why you stopped doing it, that might make others think — and possibly change their behaviour, too. This is true for any action, be it flying, owning a car, buying fast fashion, or using to-go cups with plastic lids.

Every personal decision to do better might set off a ripple effect that might lead to change on a societal, even global scale.

(This is not to say that we could possibly save the world with personal actions alone; that requires political decisions above all. But these are based on the overall public sentiment, which in turn can be influenced by each of us.)

#LittleSteps #OneStepAtATime #SetAnExample #BehaviouralChange #Change #ButterflyEffect #RippleEffect #StopFlying #StopDrivingCars #ReducePlastic #ReduceWaste #ReduceImpact #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #SaveThePlanet #NoPlanetB #StopCapitalism #EndCapitalism

As with #COVID, there is a lot of #BehaviouralChange #Psychology associated with the adoption of #HeatPumps. In terms of the normalisation aspect, I can report that my first winter heated by an #ASHP was lovely and warm.

https://theconversation.com/why-so-few-uk-homes-are-installing-air-source-heat-pumps-and-how-to-encourage-takeup-201125

People tend to avoid information that causes unpleasant feelings. For example, research about traffic pollution doesn't tend to be popular.

"The American Psychological Association defines cognitive dissonance as "an unpleasant psychological state resulting from inconsistency between two or more elements in a cognitive system."
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-cognitive-dissonance-2795012

#SocialPsychology #CognitiveDissonance
#BehaviouralChange
#ClimateChange

Just finished reading Seeing Systems by Barry Oshry. Excited, feels like a useful & powerful framework to approach #organisational (and general life) interactions. #OD #BehaviouralChange