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Giorgio Bertini
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The Effects of an Ecological Diversifying Experience on Creativity
Sometimes, life houses rare and unexpected events, such as moving abroad or meeting a special person unexpectedly. Recently, these situations have been indicated as “diversifying experiences” (DEs), defined as unusual and unexpected events that drag people outside their daily routine … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Ecology, Ecopsychology
Tagged Creativity, ecology, Ecopsychology
Ecology and Architecture: the Design of the Environment for Human Survival
Ecological problems of civilization have not lost their relevance since the twentieth century. Methods of their solution is limited to a one-sided view of the situation, which does not allow changing it radically. Consideration of the system of knowledge in the context of the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Ecology
Tagged architecture, ecology
Native Knowledge: What Ecologists Are Learning from Indigenous People
From Alaska to Australia, scientists are turning to the knowledge of traditional people for a deeper understanding of the natural world. What they are learning is helping them discover more about everything from melting Arctic ice, to protecting fish stocks, … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Indigenous knowledge
Tagged ecology, indigenous knowledge
Awash in Sea of Data, Ecologists Turn to Open Access Tools
When marine ecologists released the Ocean Health Index (OHI) for the first time in 2012, it was a majestically ambitious achievement. The index, born of a collaboration among dozens of scientists, economists and environmental managers at the National Center for … Continue reading
Healing Ourselves and the Earth with Ecopsychology
“The Earth’s cry for rescue from the punishing weight of the industrial system we have created is our own cry for a scale and quality of life that will free each of us to become the complete person we know … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Ecopsychology, Psychology
Tagged ecology, Ecopsychology, Psychology
Ecological Systems as Complex Systems: Challenges for an Emerging Science
Complex systems science has contributed to our understanding of ecology in important areas such as food webs, patch dynamics and population fluctuations. This has been achieved through the use of simple measures that can capture the difference between order and … Continue reading
Critical Transtions in Ecology
In complex systems the degree of homogeneity (vs. Heterogeneity) and connectivity (vs. Modularity) determines whether or not there is a phase transition from one state to another. These are called critical transitions, and there are current efforts to understand both … Continue reading
