Ecopsychology

[Image] Ecopsychology relies upon observing people in their ordinary surroundings. It studies the relationship between humans and nature by integrating ecology and psychology. The planet's ecological health is directly related to the mental health of its inhabitants. This field is attempting to heal the planet and its inhabitants by delving deeply into the core personality issues in an attempt to understand environmental behavior.

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 in the future. Ecopsychologists believe that our destructive environmental behaviors stem from our sense of disconnection from the natural world. Ecopsychologists argue that our culture is very growth oriented and addicted to consuming. The problem is that individuals do no think about the relationship between their consumer choices and ecological destruction. Neither the earth's problems nor humanity's problems can resolved without taking full account of this interaction. Ecopsychology seeks to establish a healthy relationship between the two.

Ecopsychology looks for the roots of these problems in human psychology and society. It is an explicitly moral psychology with the goal of discovering how people can connect with the natural world in ways that are healthy and sustainable both for people and for the planet.