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How do we find the courage to act together against the climate crisis? This book weaves together real-life findings and examples from the social-ecological movement with psychological research to show how motivation for collective climate action can be built.

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How do we find the courage to act together against the climate crisis? This book weaves together real-life findings and examples from the social-ecological movement with psychological research to show how motivation for collective climate action can be built.

The book addresses two key questions: how can individuals be motivated to participate in collective climate action, and how can climate groups become resilient and effective? Specifically, it explores how individuals can foster their identification with climate action groups and, the belief in their joint efficacy. It touches on a wide range of topics, covering anger, moral considerations, activist burnout, and the perception of protests, as well as general theories of socio-ecological change.

This book is for anyone who is seeking the courage to act together and is curious about psychological insights. It will be essential reading for climate and environmental practitioners, climate activists and campaigners, climate change communicators, and anyone involved in socio-ecological change. It will also be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of environmental psychology, climate change, collective action, and political psychology.

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

              Climate courage and the aims of this book

              Who this book is for

              The story behind this book

              Defining ?we?

              A quick bit about Wandelwerk

              Our Author Team

              Two core questions

              Building a bridge between science and practice

              Critically reflecting on findings

              What you will and will not find in this book

              References Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Overview of the Psychological Model

Defining collective climate action

              Examples of collective climate action

Differentiating between collective and private climate action

The Social Identity Model of Collective Action

The structure of this book

References Chapter 1

Part 1: Motivating for collective climate action

Chapter 2: Social Identification

Defining social identification

From social identification to collective climate action

How we can strengthen identification with climate action groups

              Focus 1: Highlighting the connection to climate action groups

              Focus 1 ? Strategy 1: Identifying common fates and traits

              Focus 1 ? Strategy 2: Linking with pre-existing social identities

Focus 1 ? Strategy 3: Redefining group norms

Focus 1 ? Strategy 4: Creating a shared group identity

Focus 2: Creating climate action groups that meet people?s needs

Focus 2 ? Strategy 1: Fostering a sense of belonging

Focus 2 ? Strategy 2: Making members feel good about the group

Focus 2 ? Strategy 3: Helping to establish clear meaning and purpose

                             Focus 2 ? Strategy 4: Establishing a sense of control

Discovering your social identification

References Chapter 2

Chapter 3: Moral Beliefs and Emotions

              Defining moral beliefs

                            Core values

              From moral beliefs and emotions to collective climate action

                            Guilt

                             Anger

How we can use moral beliefs and emotions as tools for effecting collective climate action

                             Focus 1: Create anger-eliciting situations

Focus 1 ? Strategy 1: Drawing attention to injustice and who?s responsible for it

Focus 1 ? Strategy 2: Communicating others? outrage

                             Focus 2: Using moral beliefs and anger to build external support

Focus 2 ? Strategy 1: Narrowing the moral-empathy gap with direct contact

Focus 2 ? Strategy 2: Challenging, not threatening others? self-image

Focus 2 ? Strategy 3: Balancing public perception and media attention in the activist?s dilemma

Focus 2 ? Strategy 4: Considering the impacts of a radical flank

Focus 2 ? Strategy 5: Using constructive disruption to reduce resistance to climate goals

Focus 2 ? Strategy 6: Ensuring that a climate action is seen as legitimate, relatable, and effective

Discovering your value basis          

References Chapter 3

Chapter 4: Framing Climate Action

Defining framing

Challenging existing frames

How we can create frames for collective climate action

Considering target audiences in framing decisions

References Chapter 4

Chapter 5: Efficacy Beliefs

              Defining efficacy beliefs

                             Collective efficacy

                             Participative efficacy

              From efficacy beliefs to collective climate action

                             Building efficacy beliefs

                             Maintaining efficacy beliefs

              How we can foster efficacy beliefs

                             Focus 1: Accentuating positive changes

                             Focus 1 ? Strategy 1: Highlighting success and efficacy

                             Focus 1 ? Strategy 2: Emphasizing that many others are involved

                             Focus 1 ? Strategy 3: Eliciting positive feelings and hope

                             Focus 1 ? Strategy 4: Envisioning a better socio-ecological future

                             Focus 2: Designing group contexts that nurture efficacy

                             Focus 2 ? Strategy 1: Considering diverse motivations and group sizes

                             Focus 2 ? Strategy 2: Choosing goals and actions wisely

                             Focus 2 ? Strategy 3: Highlighting and building skills

                             Focus 2 ? Strategy 4: Distributing roles

Discovering your efficacy beliefs

              References Chapter 5

Chapter 6: Psychological Effects of Collective Climate Action

Action first, motivation second

Effects of an action?s success or failure

Strategies for coping with failure

              Social strategies (a social and shared mindset)

              Reframing strategies (another perspective)

              Distancing strategies (another focus)

              Changing strategies (another action)

The spillover effect between private behaviors and collective action

References Chapter 6

Chapter 7: Summary of the Model

Applying the pillars of motivation to drive collective climate action

References Chapter 7

Part 2: Cultivating resilient and effective collective climate action

Chapter 8: Resilient Collective Action and Activist Burnout

              Don?t underestimate activist burnout

              Defining activist burnout

              Causes of activist burnout

                             Personal and psychological factors

                             Group norms fueling burnout

                             Problems within groups kindling burnout

              Building resilient climate action groups

                             Group-focused strategies for resilient collective climate action

                             Individual-focused strategies for resilient collective climate action

              Group exercise for assessing activist burnout

References Chapter 8

Chapter 9: Socio-ecological Transformation

Looking at the bigger picture

Defining socio-ecological transformation

The Multi-Level Perspective

              Three levels of change

              The theory of change for the Multi-Level Perspective

The Social Tipping Point Concept

              The theory of change for the Social Tipping Points

              The Three Strategies of Transformation

                             Circumstances of transformation

                             The theory of change for the Three Strategies of Transformation

              The Movement Action Plan

                             Four roles within social change

                             The theory of change for the Movement Action Plan

                             Take-aways

              Common features of theories of change

              Your take on socio-ecological change           

References Chapter 9

Chapter 10: Effective Goals for Climate Groups

Picking your battles: goals and target groups

Target group descriptions

Strategies for achieving target group goals

              How to achieve these goals using SOCIAL IDENTITY (Chapter 2)

              How to achieve these goals using MORAL BELIEFS (Chapter 3)

              How to achieve these goals using FRAMING (Chapter 4)

              How to achieve these goals using EFFICACY BELIEFS (Chapter 5)

              How to achieve these goals using COLLECTIVE ACTION (Chapter 6)

              How to achieve these goals using RESILIENCE STRATEGIES (Chapter 8)

Defining your goals and strategies

References Chapter 10

Chapter 11: Conclusion, Recommendations, and Further Ideas

Final Words

Recommended books and videos to explore

Research areas in need of addressing

References Chapter 11

Appendix: Overview of Research Designs

              Quantitative research

              Qualitative research

              Individual experiences

              References Appendix