Going Green Working Group

The Going Green Working Group facilitates, encourages and generates research and sharing of best practice on changing people’s attitudes and behaviours around environmental issues, both as employees in workplaces and as consumers.

We do this by bringing together a community of Occupational Psychology researchers and practitioners that have an interest in how occupational psychology can impact environmental issues. We also highlight the contributions from a range of professionals and academics to sustainability and environmental issues, particularly to changing people’s behaviour and attitudes around ‘going green’.

The GGWG provides a sought-after community of interest where one can go on a regular basis, to discuss cutting-edge research and practice. Individuals can learn and network from others: psychologists, practitioners, academics, students, consultants, sustainability leaders and political leaders.

Get in touch

To join the Going Green email list, please send an email to: subscribe-dop-going-green-announcements@lists.bps.org.uk

If you would like to get in contact directly with Anna Kane, the convenor of the group, click here.

Dates for your diary

Sustainable Decision Making 11thn June 1:30pm - 5pm

This workshop will be an explanation of the consensus decision making process, along with some information about the project, and a chance to try group consensus decision making for your selves. It will be lead by Jan Maskell, an Occupational Psychologist, the Director of Process at Lancaster Cohousing and member of the Forge Bank project.

1.30 for 2pm start. 5pm finish, with the usual drinks in the pub across the road after.

Venue: BPS, 30 Tabernacle Street, London EC2A 4UE

Click here to register

Recent events

The Christmas Social! 12th December 6pm - 9pm

A break from our usual ‘network and learn’ events. The usual speaker/workshop format will be replaced with an evening of relaxed networking where we can get to know each other a bit better and take a break from the ever increasing commercial Christmas activities in a central London family run pub.

Venue: The Sun, 21 Drury Lane, Covent Garden, London, WC2B 5RH

Pop it in your diary.

Network and Learn (free event) - 28th February 2012

Using Personal Construct Psychology (PCP) to manage "Resistance to Change" in the context of promoting greener behaviour

This workshop will be highly interactive and participants will have the opportunity to practice a range of PCP techniques and explore their own construing about change and the things that can make sometimes make change so challenging. No previous knowledge of PCP is required to attend this workshop and all are welcome.

The workshop leader is Nick Reed. Nick is Director of the Centre for Personal Construct Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK.

1.30 for 2pm start. 5pm finish, with the usual drinks in the pub across the road after.

Venue: BPS, 30 Tabernacle Street, London EC2A 4UE

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Publications

The GGWG have produced an edited volume which draws together into a single volume some of the interesting work which is taking place in areas connected with the main themes from the symposium held in April 2010.

Going Green: The Psychology of Sustainability in the Workplace

Dr Lara Zibbaras & Catrin Ballinger surveyed UK organisations and this report presents the key findings, exploring the approaches that companies take to encourage pro-environmental behaviour among their employees.

Pro-environmental behaviour - a survey of UK organisations

Previous Events

• Going Green Sustainability at Work Conference - October 2011
• Going Green Working Group quarterly meeting: The value of Ecopsychology - 13th April 2011
• Going Green Working Group quarterly meeting - 28th January 2011
• Going Green in the Workplace: Changing Employee Attitudes & Behaviours - 26th April 2010

Commissioned research