ArticleSustainability2018
Mindfulness and Climate Change Action: A Feasibility Study.
Article in Sustainability, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Promising behavior change techniques for climate-friendly behavior change - a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- The Interplay Between Mindful Eating, Climate Change Awareness, and Psychological Well-Being: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Food science & nutrition · 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
- Mindfulness training reduces the preference for proenvironmental outcomes.Scientific reports · 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
- The portfolio effect in a small-scale fishery reduces catch and fishing income variability in a highly dynamic ecosystem.PloS one · 2022Article
- Role of Health Professionals Regarding the Impact of Climate Change on Health-An Exploratory Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Practice Matters: Pro-environmental Motivations and Diet-Related Impact Vary With Meditation Experience.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Mindful Eco-Wellness: Steps Toward Personal and Planetary Health.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
- 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
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Abstract
Pro-environmental behaviors and the cultural shifts that can accompany these may offer solutions to the consequences of a changing climate. Mindfulness has been proposed as a strategy to initiate these types of behaviors. In 2017, we pilot-tested Mindful Climate Action (MCA), an eight-week adult education program that delivers energy use, climate change, and sustainability content in combination with training in mindfulness meditation, to 16 individuals living in Madison, WI. At baseline and at different times across the study period, we collected data regarding participants, household energy use, transportation, diet, and health and happiness. This pilot study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of the various MCA study practices including measurement tools, outcome assessment, curriculum and related educational materials, and especially the mindfulness-based climate action trainings. MCA was well-received by participants as evidenced by high adherence rate, high measures of participant satisfaction, and high participant response rate for surveys. In addition, we successfully demonstrated feasibility of the MCA program, and have estimated participant's individual carbon footprints related to diet, transportation, and household energy.
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