Motivating individuals for social transition: The 2-pathway model and experiential strategies for pro-environmental behaviour

Thiermann, Ute B.; Sheate, William R.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106668

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“…The two-pathway model of pro-environmental behaviours (Fig. 4) builds a bridge between the two, by reinforcing how mindfulness could serve as an experiential strategy that strengthens both the normative as well as the relational aspects of pro-environmental behaviours (Thiermann and Sheate 2020).…”

Section: Individual Behaviour Changementioning

confidence: 98%

“…Note: subject-relevant articles were selected manually and the numbers for 2020 (light grey) reflect publications up to April 2020 realization that also can be observed in academic circles: for a successful transition towards a sustainable society, it is crucial to encourage transformation of the inner dimensions of individuals (O'Brien 2018;Wamsler 2018Wamsler , 2019Ives et al 2019). This includes the restoration of the relational capacities inherent to human nature, which also extend to the relatedness with the natural environment (Thiermann and Sheate 2020).…”

Section: Theoretical Foundationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The ability to connect with others and to extend feelings of empathy and compassion to far-away communities and nun-human life is therefore assumed to be an important predictor for more ecological lifestyles (Tam 2013;Pfattheicher et al 2016). Several authors have hypothesized that mindfulness might be associated with improved PEB because it strengthens pro-social tendencies such as empathy, compassion and altruism (Ericson et al 2014;Fischer et al 2017;Thiermann and Sheate 2020).…”

Section: Pro-sociality: Altruism Compassion and Empathymentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Way Forward in Mindfulness and Sustainability: a Critical Review and Research Agenda

Thiermann

Sheate

2020

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The ecological crisis demands new strategies to rapidly transform our society into a more sustainable one. A growing amount of research points towards the potential of mindfulness to help transform people's motivations for sustainability. This article reviews 30 years of research in mindfulness and sustainability and disentangles theoretical knowledge from empirical evidence. We identified six leading theoretical links between mindfulness and sustainability which find backing in empirical work: reduced automaticity, enhanced health and subjective well-being, greater connectedness with nature, improved pro-sociality, recognition of intrinsic values and openness to new experiences. Many of the studies involve considerable methodological caveats, most importantly a lack of mindfulness practice indicators and environmental impact measures. To reach the point where policy makers could embrace mindfulness-based policies to promote societal well-being and sustainability, the research must go beyond the present focus on correlative research. The proof of causality posits the greatest challenge for the next decade of research. Inspired by principles from policy evaluation, we propose a research agenda that offers direction for collaborative efforts and innovative interdisciplinary study designs in a logical model: (how) does the practice of mindfulness contribute to individual behaviour change and (how) does this individual change translate into societal change?

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Section: Individual Behaviour Changementioning

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The Way Forward in Mindfulness and Sustainability: a Critical Review and Research Agenda

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Sheate

2020

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“…environmental motivation that has been gaining attraction in mainstream environmental psychology (Thiermann and Sheate, 2020a). Self-determination theorists distinguish between intrinsic motivation and self-determined extrinsic motivation (such as integrated and identified motivation).…”

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“…With data obtained from an online survey of 300 adults in the United Kingdom, we investigated how different levels of meditation experience are related to animal-protein intake. We also tested core assumptions of the theoretical framework for this study, the two-pathway model of PEB ( Thiermann and Sheate, 2020a ).…”

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Practice Matters: Pro-environmental Motivations and Diet-Related Impact Vary With Meditation Experience

2020

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Mindfulness has emerged as a potential motivator for sustainable lifestyles, yet few studies provide insight into the relationship between mindfulness practice levels and individual engagement in pro-environmental behaviors. We also lack information about the significance of meditators’ behavioral differences in terms of their measurable environmental impact and the motivational processes underlying these differences in pro-environmental performance. We classified 300 individuals in three groups with varying meditation experience and compared their pro-environmental motivations and levels of animal protein consumption. Exceeding prior attempts to compare high-impact behaviors of mindfulness practitioners and non-practitioners, we created the most detailed classification of practice engagement by assessing frequency, experience and type of meditation practice. This nuanced view on mindfulness practice reveals that advanced meditators, who reported high levels of connectedness with nature (CWN), subjective happiness and dispositional mindfulness showed significantly more concern for the environment. They also demonstrated the lowest levels of greenhouse gas emissions, land occupation and water use related to their animal-protein consumption. This study is the first to follow a self-determination theory perspective to deepen our understanding of the motivational differences between meditator groups. We revealed that advanced meditators reported significantly more integrated motivation toward the environment than non-meditators. We also provided preliminary evidence for a new theoretical framework suggesting that experiential strategies such as mindfulness practices could strengthen the relational pathway of pro-environmental behaviors. Using sequential mediation analysis, we confirmed that the negative effect of mindful compassion practice on greenhouse gas emissions from animal-protein consumption is partially mediated by CWN and integrated motivation toward the environment. While our study does not support assumptions of causality, it shows that much can be learned by studying the motivations of advanced meditators for maintaining high levels of pro-environmental behavior.

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Sustainable development in nature‐based destinations. The social dilemma of an environmental policy

Rodríguez

Tussyadiah

2021

Sustainable Development

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Drawing on value-belief-norm theory and the perspective-taking approach, this paper aims to explain the attitude-behaviour dilemma facing the implementation a proenvironmental action in a nature-based tourist destination. This research seeks to provide a better understanding of the patterns behind a behaviour intention, by focusing on value orientations and awareness of the adverse environmental consequences. Based on a specific pro-environmental policy to foster tourism in the Gili Islands, Indonesia, participants were randomly exposed to three scenarios that might affect their behaviour intention with the destination. The findings revealed that differences can be found in their environmental concern and awareness of adverse environmental consequences as well as in their behaviour intentions subsequent to exposure to different scenarios. The study contributes to the extant literature on identifying cognitive and affective mechanisms that affect behaviour intentions and provides relevant insights for governments and Destination Marketing Organisations to promote a tourist destination implementing a pro-environmental action for a sustainable tourism.

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Motivating individuals for social transition: The 2-pathway model and experiential strategies for pro-environmental behaviour

Cited by 57 publications

References 157 publications

The Way Forward in Mindfulness and Sustainability: a Critical Review and Research Agenda

The Way Forward in Mindfulness and Sustainability: a Critical Review and Research Agenda

Practice Matters: Pro-environmental Motivations and Diet-Related Impact Vary With Meditation Experience

Sustainable development in nature‐based destinations. The social dilemma of an environmental policy

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