EMOTIONS AS A BASIS FOR ECOLOGICAL BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE

The question is urgent: emotions about climate change do not directly lead to behavioral change, what is needed? Yesterday de Volkskrant published an interview with Martha Nussbaum, following her latest book ‘Justice for animals: our collective responsibility.’ I really want to share the last paragraph of the interview with you:
“Making people feel guilty is not the way to bring about positive behavioural change. There are three emotions that I think do take this issue forward. The first is wonder at the complexity and beauty of animals. That prompts us to protect them. The second is compassion for the predicament they are in and that we have caused. That situation leads us to the third emotion, a specific kind of anger, which I call transitional rage. You look at the past, look away from it, and think: that shouldn’t happen in the future. That’s the emotion I feel most often, and that I try to cultivate.’
A new valuable starting point for planetary citizenship in education.
Full interview: https://lnkd.in/egCuEBUC.