ArticleSustainability2016
Mindful Climate Action: Health and Environmental Co-Benefits from Mindfulness-Based Behavioral Training.
Article in Sustainability, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03007901 (Mindful Climate Action), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers.
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Mindful Climate Action: Improving Health While Reducing Carbon Footprint: A Pilot Study
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19 citing papers in PubMed.
- Making sense of healthy and sustainable food: adolescents' voices on what it means, why it matters, and future change.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- The Interplay Between Mindful Eating, Climate Change Awareness, and Psychological Well-Being: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Conceptual frameworks, competencies, contents and teaching methods in planetary health education for health students and professionals: a global systematic scoping review.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- How does meditation relate to quality of life, positive lifestyle habits and carbon footprint?Heliyon · 2025Article
- MINDhEARTH: a school-based intervention to improve personal well-being, mindfulness and connectedness to nature in adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- How Western Buddhist climate activists negotiate climate emotions.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Does meditation training promote pro-environmental behavior? A cross-sectional comparison and a randomized controlled trial.Journal of environmental psychology · 2022Article
- Health and sustainability co-benefits of eating behaviors: Towards a science of dietary eco-wellness.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Review
- Sustainable Food Support during an Ultra-Endurance and Mindfulness Event: A Case Study in Spain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Is mindful eating sustainable and healthy? A focus on nutritional intake, food consumption, and plant-based dietary patterns among lean and normal-weight female university students in Japan.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
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- Practice Matters: Pro-environmental Motivations and Diet-Related Impact Vary With Meditation Experience.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Integrative Medicine Is a Good Prescription for Patients and Planet.Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2019Article
- Mindfulness and Climate Change Action: A Feasibility Study.Sustainability · 2018Article
- Mindfulness in sustainability science, practice, and teaching.Sustainability science · 2018Article
- Mindfully GreenFrontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- Adaptation and mitigation for the planetary health crisis: A scoping review from the perspective of primary health care providers.The journal of climate change and healthArticle
- Eco-anxiety, climate concern, and fatalistic outlooks: Insights from U.S. crisis text conversations on climate distress.The journal of climate change and healthArticle
- Mindful Eco-Wellness: Steps Toward Personal and Planetary Health.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
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Abstract
Greenhouse gases from human activities are causing climate change, creating risks for people around the globe. Behaviors involving transportation, diet, energy use, and purchasing drive greenhouse gas emissions, but are also related to health and well-being, providing opportunity for co-benefits. Replacing shorter automobile trips with walking or cycling, or eating plants rather than animals, for example, may increase personal health, while also reducing environmental impact. Mindfulness-based practices have been shown to enhance a variety of health outcomes, but have not been adapted towards environmental purposes. We designed the Mindful Climate Action (MCA) curriculum to help people improve their health while simultaneously lowering their carbon footprints. Combining mindfulness-based practices with the Stages of Change theory, the MCA program aims to: (1) improve personal health and well-being; (2) decrease energy use; (3) reduce automobile use; (4) increase active transport; (5) shift diet towards plant-based foods; and (6) reduce unnecessary purchasing. Mindfulness practices will foster attentional awareness, openness, and response flexibility, supporting positive behavior change. We plan to test MCA in a randomized controlled trial, with rigorous assessment of targeted outcomes. Our long-term goal is to refine and adapt the MCA program to a variety of audiences, in order to enhance public health and environmental sustainability.
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