Where Does It Fit in Psychology in 2009?

it fit in psychology ” at the annual psychology conference at Malaspina University College. I posted the paper on my website and, somewhat to my surprise, it has proven to be quite popular. There have been frequent hits and downloads and it has been posted on other websites, assigned as reading in university courses, and cited in bibliographies. Since 1999 there have been significant changes in our perception of the environmental crisis, notably the increasing salience of climate change and a major increase in public concern about the environment. At the same time, there have been a number of more recent publications related to ecopsychology. As I continue my studies, there has been a growth in my knowledge and understanding and my personal view of ecopsychology has evolved and developed. In the light of all these changes, I have revised and updated the earlier paper. Human economic activity is rapidly changing the atmosphere, soil, and water of the earth in ways that are harmful to other species and may be disastrous for us or our descendants.1 Ecopsychology explores connections between this ecological crisis and the spiritual or psychological crises resulting from our increasing experience of separation from the more-than-human world. Ecopsychology looks for the roots of environmental problems in human psychology and society and for the roots of some personal and social problems in our dysfunctional relationship to the natural world. It is an explicitly moral psychology with the goal of discovering how people can connect with John Scull, PhD, is a naturalist and land trust worker living on Vancouver Island. He is retired from a career in clinical psychology and teaching and has a continuing interest in ecopsychology