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Protect Yourself from the Negative Consequences of Negative News Bias
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Protect Yourself from the Negative Consequences of Negative News Bias

written by Henry Edwards

Do you keep up with the news? There’s certainly a lot of drama on the air, in the newspapers, and on Twitter. How does the news make you feel? If you’re like me, you may find that your well-being takes a nosedive after a dose of the news. Nonetheless, I don’t think we should avoid it. A strong democracy requires us to be informed citizens. What can we do to keep informed without a major cost to our well-being?

Questioning the Content of the News

Reading the paper

People rarely question the content of the news, but they should. What we see on TV, in the papers, and on social media does not tell the whole story of the world.

Life has been getting better, not worse, for nearly everyone.

According to scholars like Steven Pinker at Harvard and Max Roser at Oxford, we live in the best time in history. Just as crime has fallen, so too have rates of HIV infection, homelessness, extreme poverty, war, murder, youth drug use, underage drinking, smoking, air pollution, and hunger.

At the same time, many of the good things in life have been on the rise, including longevity, high school graduation rates, educational attainment, vaccination rates, access to mobile phones, democracy, transportation, and human rights.

But we still seem to think the world’s going to hell in a handcart. The Center for Media found that during the 1990s, network evening news shows in the US tripled their coverage of crime, especially murders. The 1990s were also a time when the murder rate plummeted 42%. The gap between the way the world is reported and the statistical evidence that paints a picture of progress is stark. In 2015, despite the roll call of human progress noted above, a YouGov poll found that only 6% of Americans believed the future was going to be better.

Negative News

The news media is certainly one culprit for our pessimism about the world, but some of the blame lies in our psychological makeup. Researchers have found that we all are subject to negative biases. In their own research and review of the literature, Paul Rozin and Edward Royzman note that “negative events are more salient, potent, dominant in combinations, and generally efficacious than positive ones.”

Negative information grabs our attention more strongly than positive information. When people form impressions from a mix of positive and negative information, the negative dominates. When they consider negative information, people think more about and sift through the nuances of it more than when the information is positive. Negative memories form more quickly and remain in memory longer than positive ones.

Tied up in news knots 

These biases mean that we tend to see threats faster than opportunities and dwell on problems more than solutions. These biases affect journalists and editors no less than news consumers. Remember the trope, “If it bleeds it leads,” which reflects the negative biases of journalists and news consumers alike.

While much of the blame of news negativity lies in human psychology, it also lies in the news gathering and publication process. For a start, news doesn’t just exist out there in the world. It’s constructed. Journalists and editors determine what will be considered the news. Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw have called this the agenda-setting function of journalism.

Another important media effect is framing. Framing is the way a story is told. It affects whether or not consumers will keep reading or stay tuned. If we report that 95 people miraculously survived a plane crash, news consumers will likely find it less compelling than if we report that 5 people were killed. Journalists often frame stories negatively to get more attention.

Reporter

In an experiment that captured subjects’ psychophysiological responses to real news stories, Stuart Soroka and Stephen McAdams found that negative news caused stronger and more sustained reactions than positive news. In another experiment conducted by Marc Trussler and Soroka, subjects claimed to prefer positive stories, but eye movements showed preference for the negative, especially by participants who expressed interest in current affairs.

So what? Maybe negative news isn’t so bad.

Unfortunately, negatively biased news is both inaccurate and detrimental for well-being. Many studies demonstrate the negative psychological effects of negative news. Wendy Johnston and Graham Davey found that those exposed to negative news were sadder and more anxious. They also found that the negative news group obsessed more about their problems. In another study, Attila Szabo and Katey Hopkinson found “that watching the news on television triggers persisting negative psychological feelings that could not be buffered by attention-diverting distraction (i.e., lecture), but only by a directed psychological intervention such as progressive relaxation.”

Television news

In a 2014 poll conducted by National Public Radio, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health, a quarter of respondents said that the news was one of their biggest daily stressors. In a 2001 study, Mary McNaughton-Cassill found that exposure to the news was directly related to anxiety. When hearing negative news, consumers feel less emotionally stable and more fearful about possible harm to themselves than when exposed to positive news.

Clearly the news is biased toward the negative, and negative news has negative consequences.

Workshop to Combat Negative Biases in the News

As part of my work as a positive psychology masters student at the University of Pennsylvania, I developed a half-day workshop meant to combat negative biases in the news by training attendees in relevant strategies.

A healthy diet

First attendees explore their own news diet, which I define as a person’s daily intake of local, regional, national, and international news from print and digital media sources.

After assessing their own news diet, attendees learn about negative biases both in themselves and in the news they consume. They next learn about Barbara Fredrickson’s theory of positivity, that positive emotions can cause upward spirals via positive feedback loops of positive emotion, creativity, and physical health. They learn about cultivating and savoring positive emotions.

The next step is to learn about how news is constructed and framed by journalists. Consumers can then get their news from news sources that frame stories in broader, less narrowly negative, frames. Thus, consumers can create their own healthier news diet that is both more accurate and more positive.  Several examples of more constructively framed news sources are listed in my capstone on pages 55 and 56.

Summary

While not all news is negatively biased, much of it is.

Biased news is inaccurate.

Negatively biased news is detrimental to well-being. There are alternatives for those looking for a healthy news diet.

 

 

Sources

Edwards, H. (2017). From negative biases to Positive News: Resetting and reframing news consumption for a better life and a better world. MAPP capstone, University of Pennsylvania.

Center for Media and Public Affairs. (1997). In 1990s TV news turns to violence and show biz. Pess release, Washington, DC.

Gyldensted, C. (2011). Innovating news journalism through positive psychology. MAPP capstone, University of Pennsylvania.

Gyldensted, C. (2015). From Mirrors to Movers: Five Elements of Positive Psychology in Constructive Journalism.

McCombs, M. E., & Shaw, D. L. (1972). The agenda-setting function of mass media. Public Opinion Quarterly, 36(2), 176-187.

McNaughton-Cassill, M. (2001). News media and psychological distress. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 14, 193-211. Abstract.

Pinker, S. (2012). The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Penguin Books.

Roser, M. (2017). Our world in data.

Rozin, P., & Royzman, E. B. (2001). Negativity bias, negativity dominance, and contagion. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 5(4), 296-320. Abstract.

Soroka, S., & McAdams, S. (2015). News, politics, and negativity. Political Communication, 32(1), 1-22.

Szabo, A. & Hopkinson, K. (2007). Negative psychological effects of watching the news in the television: Relaxation or another intervention may be needed to buffer them!. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 14, 57-62. DOI: 10.1007/BF03004169.

Trussler, M., & Soroka, S. (2013, June). Consumer demand for negative and cynical news frames. In annual conference of the Political Science Association, Victoria, BC.

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Three-in-One: 9th European Conference on Positive Psychology
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Three-in-One: 9th European Conference on Positive Psychology

written by Attila Oláh

You are invited to the 9th European Conference on Positive Psychology and preceding events, June 26–30, 2018, in Budapest, Hungary. The conference theme is “Positive psychology for a flourishing Europe in times of transition.” ECPP2018 will cover three main aspects of Positive Psychology: theory
and basic research, applied research, and practice including a number of subthemes, such as education, lifespan development, biological aspects, health, coaching, work/organizations, sports/physical exercise, and social policies.

Early bird registration ends on March 31.

Screencap of participant map: Click to see live map.

We currently have more than 700 registered participants from more than 350 different cities across the globe, from Australia through South Africa and South-East Asia, all of Europe, the Middle East, even the Americas. The numbers are growing every day.

This is a 3-in-1 package: 3 scientific events, all located in Budapest from June 26-30.

  1. Positive education pre-conference meeting: Engaging Education – Let’s make it happen!. Held on Tuesday through mid-day Wednesday, June 26 – June 27, this is a twin meeting with the IPEN Conference that will be happening at the same time in Dallas, Texas.
  2. Pre-conference workshops held Tuesday June 26 and Wednesday June 27. Some are half-day, others full-day.
  3. ECPP2018: the conference itself. Starts Wednesday June 27 at 15:45 and ends at 16:00 on Saturday, June 30.

Curious? There’s a little more detail below, but more can be found in the ECPP Flyer and at the conference website.

ECPP Conference

From the opening ceremony at 15:45 on Wednesday June 27 through the closing ceremony and farewell drinks starting at 15:00 on Saturday June 30, this conference involves many experts in various aspects of positive psychology from around the world.

European keynote speakers include:

  • Itai Itzvan, University of East London (UK)
  • Hans Henrik Knoop, Aarhus University (Denmark)
  • Wilmar Schaufeli, Utrecht University (The Netherlands)
  • Tamas Freund, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Medicine (Hungary)
  • Antonella Delle Fave, Universita degli Studi di Milano (Italy)
  • Kate Hefferon, University of East London (UK)

Visiting keynote speakers include:

  • Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Jeanne Nakamura, Claremont Graduate University (USA)
  • Barbara Fredrickson, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (USA)
  • Ryan Niemiec, Values in Action Institute (USA)

There will also be workshops, symposia, many opportunities to network, and chances to sightsee.

Budapest

Pre-conference Meeting on Education

This meeting will involve both speakers and working discussions. Tuesday will end with a PERMA speed-dating networking event. For more information, check out the following resources:

 

Pre-conference Workshops
Topics include:

Register now to join us for one, two, or all three events in Budapest at the end of June.

 

 
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Towards a Common Consciousness
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Towards a Common Consciousness

written by Homaira Kabir

Back in July, I listened to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s keynote address at the 5th World Congress of the International Positive Psychology Association titled Towards a Planetary Consciousness. In a brief 20 minutes or so, he seemed to address Gauguin’s famous questions: Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?

His speech really struck a chord with me. I’ve often thought about these questions in the silence of the night or the wee hours of the morning, when the world comes to a stand-still and the soul, like a wild animal, seems to make its fleeting appearance. I’ve thought about it from a personal perspective of my own self-discovery and purpose in life, but also from a collective perspective of us as a species, interconnected, and yet sometimes divided in our common trajectory.

I believe that there are two reasons I reflect on this often. The first is my exposure to cultures around the world, not only growing up as the daughter of a diplomat, but also currently living an expatriate life. The second is my academic interest in the area of optimal self-esteem, a construct defined by Kernis as “the operation of one’s core, true, authentic self as a source of input to behavioral choices,” a quality comprising the two components of belonging and mastery.

Family closeness

Belonging

Both in my country of origin and also where I currently live, as in most collectivist cultures, belonging is evident in daily life. Family, friends, traditions, and celebrations form the common thread that binds the fabric of society, and everything else is structured around it. People have space in their hearts and in their lives to give their time away to others, a cultural practice similar to the gift of time intervention in positive psychology. Elders are given a special status in society, one of deep regard and reverence, and valued as sources of guidance and wisdom. Robert Kegan, developmental psychologist and professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education until 2016, who has also developed a theory of adult development based on meaning-making, would describe such societies as being in the 3rd order of consciousness, in their interpersonal and intrapersonal development.

Nobel Peace Prize ceremony 2015

Mastery

In the West, we seem to be in the 4th order of consciousness, where we shift from dependence to self-formation and autonomy, and begin to see ourselves as the authors of our own lives. This is evident in the individualized societies we’ve created, resulting in incredible feats and amazing discoveries that have contributed to human progress.

But somewhere along the line, we’ve also lost something valuable and are experiencing the emptiness of solitary pursuits and the disillusionment that comes from not achieving our (sometimes unrealistic) goals. The alarming rates of depression and an ever-growing self-help industry are signs of something amiss.

Coming together

Both are IndispensableWhat’s Next?

As societies, we can build this sense of belonging by connecting to our past and to the ancestral stories that define us. We can connect to the diversity of race, gender, and religions without the need to prove ourselves right or superior. We can connect to the suffering in the world with a deep desire and a comprehensive plan to reduce it. That’s what Kegan’s 5th order of consciousness looks like: We’re able to hold onto multiple perspectives at the same time, bound together by common questions, not letting ourselves be not thrown apart in the search of common answers.

Given the challenges we face in the world, the timing couldn’t be more right.
 

 

References:

Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2017). Toward a Planetary Consciousness. IPPA speech. Available to IPPA members.

Kegan, R. (1998). In Over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life. Harvard University Press.

Kernis, M. (2003). Toward a Conceptualization of Optimal Self-Esteem.. Psychological Inquiry, 4(1), 1-26.

Kernis, M. & Goldman, B. (2006). A Multicomponent Conceptualization of Authenticity: Theory and Research. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 38, 283-357.

Niemiec, R. (2012). 7 New Exercises to Boost Happiness. Psychology Today Online. One of the exercises is the gift of time.

Smith, E. E. (2017). The Power of Meaning: Finding Fulfillment in a World Obsessed with Happiness. New York: Broadway Books.

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Never Split the Difference! (Watermark Event with Chris Voss)
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Never Split the Difference! (Watermark Event with Chris Voss)

written by Editor S.M.

What should you write in an email if you want a response within minutes? Why is it a good strategy to get your negotiation counterpart to say “No”? These are two of the questions that Chris Voss addressed to a standing-room-only audience at a Watermark event on June 30, 2016. Watermark is the largest women’s membership organization in the Bay Area in California.

Who is Chris Voss?

Chris Voss is a former FBI hostage negotiator. In his new book, Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It, he proposes techniques that lead Wharton professor Adam Grant to say, “This book blew my mind.”

In the Watermark talk, Voss offered several counterintuitive techniques for negotiation. He backed them up with examples from negotiating for hostage release as well as with personal examples that were usually funny and unexpected. While Voss didn’t highlight the research angle in his talk, his book generally backs up his techniques with thorough support from psychological research.

What were his counterintuitive techniques?

Here’s a sampler of the techniques he discussed:

  1. Get your counterpart to say “No.”
     

     

    Voss recommends the negotiations technique of getting your counterpart to say “No.” Voss cautions that as people who want a positive interaction, many of us want to get our counterpart to say “Yes.” Voss points out that saying “Yes” is often a way to express fake agreement. While we might want the other side to agree with us, Voss cautions that Yes-type agreement is usually superficial and not long-lasting.

    On the contrary, Voss recommends rephrasing key statements to instigate a “No” answer. Voss once asked Jack Welch, “Would it be ridiculous to ask you to come speak to my MBA negotiations class?” because he believed it was likely to produce better results than a question like “Would you please come speak to my class?” Jack Welch said, “No,” and subsequently spoke to the class.

    What is going on? Why would Voss’s technique work? When we go back to Ryan and Deci’s work on autonomy, we find that autonomy, being able to make our own decisions, is a key influencer of how motivated we’ll be to carry out an activity. Allowing a person to say “No,” leads to a greater exercise of autonomy than a superficial “Yes.” Voss believes that putting someone into that state of control and autonomy is vital. It enables the person to present his or her authentic self in the negotiation, and thus to come eventually to an agreement that the naysayer can fully support.

  2. Write emails to get an immediate response.

    Voss proposes that we tend to be agreement-seeking in our emails, and it often doesn’t evoke a response. Voss gave a personal example of a time when a particular person hadn’t finalized a contract with him as expected. Voss had two choices. He could send nag-like reminder emails. Or he could send an email with the question, “Have you given up on this contract?”

    Then he waited. By previous attempts, he expected to get a response back within 3-5 minutes. He didn’t get any response for hours. But when he did get a response, it was the revised contract.

    The psychology behind his email language? People want to match their ideal selves. When an email such as the above makes it to one’s Inbox, a receiver does a double-take, perceiving a gap between what they’ve done and what they want to have done. The receiver in this case took action to avoid embarrassment and to look like someone who doesn’t give up and wo is willing to do the work.

Even Chris Does Not Find This Instinctive

Despite the fact that the standing-room-only audience nodded and agreed, Voss himself didn’t use his own technique at the end of his talk. He invited people to buy his book. Several audience members called out statements such as, “Don’t you mean, ‘Is it a crazy idea for you to buy my book at the end of this talk?'”

Author’s Note: Watermark is based in the Bay Area in California and runs events such as the Watermark Conference, the Watermark Leadership conference this coming Friday, and others. Additionally, Watermark runs many webinars and virtual events for women across the globe all throughout the year. Here’s a link to the upcoming webinar schedule.

 

 
Reference

Voss, C. (2016). Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It. New York: HarperCollins.

Voss, C. (2016). Never split the difference: A talk at Google.

Chin, E. (2008). Don’t push the river: Autonomy and healthy development. Positive Psychology News.

Douglass, G. (2013). Intrinsic Motivation or Purpose Pursuit: Which matters most?. Positive Psychology News.

Gunay, I. (2013). Actual self vs. best self. Positive Psychology News.

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Big Vision Drives Big Action
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Big Vision Drives Big Action

written by Elaine O'Brien

“A person’s image of the future is what guides his current actions and behavior.” (p. 74).
“There is a strong connection between positive image and positive action,” (p. 130).
~ Appreciative Coaching

Kunal Sood sees himself as a curator of the future. Getting to know Kunal has expanded my own sense of what’s possible for humans to achieve.

Kunal’s goal is to transform the lives of a billion people in the world leveraging technological innovation and entrepreneurship. He has worked with under-served populations in the slums of Mumbai, and collaborated with the United Nations and Rotary International’s End Polio Campaign. Kunal is the founder of the X Fellows Initiative, a highly curated group of deeply committed global citizens that focus on solving the world’s most urgent problems. Their tagline is “unlocking exponential potential.”

Kunal Sood Graduation

Kunal Sood MAPP Graduation; shown with Martin Seligman and James Pawelski

Last year Kunal also co-founded NOVUS, which he describes as “a media platform for the future of humanity; (it’s about) bridging all the generations to unite in action and focus on inner transformation and positive impact bringing voices, music, and wisdom into one space.” NOVUS is coming to the UN in the summer and fall of 2016.

“Novus started out with reimagining the American Dream for a better world, a way to create a new breed of citizenry where we are focused on giving and serving, and is fully aligned with the United Nations 17 Global Goals. My dream is to use all of my gifts to live a life of service that is filled with abundance and gratitude in order to help both people and organizations unlock their exponential potential. In order for us to really achieve our full potential and realize these 17 global goals we must develop the moral courage and compassion to do the right thing when the time is at hand.” ~ Kunal Sood

His journey has taken him to the United Nations where he served as the executive producer of TEDxUNPlaza at the United Nations. He was a Center for Compassion and Altruism Research (CCARE) Fellow at Stanford University working directly under Dr. James Doty curating events hosting His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, and many other compassionate luminaries.

Kunal believes that exponential technologies hold the key towards helping humanity flourish. He puts these beliefs to work as EXO consultant at ExO Works and as a Strategic Alliance Director at HaloDrop. Kunal is also a champion of women’s empowerment and gender equality. He is the Chairman of the WED Fellows Accelerator at Women’s Entrepreneurship Day. This global program promotes women entrepreneurs and innovators who are pioneers in their fields of excellence.

One of Kunal Sood’s hopes is in making NOVUS a portal for positive storytelling focused on the 17 United Nations Sustainable Goals. He lives his life by the following motto:

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the judgment that something else, like love and compassion is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all” ~ Meg Cabot

How Will We Leave the World?

The United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals aim to eliminate a multitude of social ills by 2030. They remind us to consider our legacy by investing now, today, in the future we want. These goals are one answer to the question, “How will we leave the world?”

These goals are drawn along social, economic, and environmental dimensions that contribute to peace, justice, and effective institutions in both developed and developing countries. For each of the 17 specific goals listed below, one or more words serve as a link to the UN discussion of the goal, including progress that has already been made and priorities for future action.

  1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
     
  2. Improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture; alleviate hunger and food security concerns.
     
  3. Promote health, ensuring healthy lives and the promotion of well-being for all at all ages.
     
  4. Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning.
     
  5. Achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment. Provide equal opportunities and access for girls.
     
  6. Ensure access of water and sanitation for all.
     
  7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all.
     
  8. Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all.
     
  9. Build a resilient, sustainable infrastructure, industrialization and foster innovation.
     
  10. Reduce inequality within and among countries.
     
  11. Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
     
  12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
     
  13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
     
  14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine life.
     
  15. Biodiversity, forests, and desertification – halt biodiversity loss, manage forests, and combat desertification.
     
  16. Promote peace and justice, as well as inclusive societies.
     
  17. Revitalize global partnerships for sustainable development.

Responses to the 17 UN Goals

“We won the struggle against slavery and then against apartheid, both of which seemed insurmountable at the time. The next big war is the one against poverty and we have to win this for the sake of humanity and our collective future.” ~ Nelson Mandela

David Cooperrider believes that the 2030 Sustainable Goals may well be one of the defining issues of the 21st century. He advocates finding converging energy in direct proportion to the turbulence, crises, and the issues of our times.

The UN Development Goals grew out of the earlier Millenium goals and subsequent discussions such as the 4th Appreciative Inquiry Summit, Imagine Nepal, in 2009. Two of the key appreciative questions at Imagine Nepal were,

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  • “Can we find better ways to create the vibrant, peaceful, sustainable, and flourishing communities we all want?”
     
  • “How can we link the power of Appreciative Inquiry and other strengths-based approaches to the most pressing issues of a global change agenda, from improving health and education to creating sustainable communities and deeper personal development?”

 
Women’s Leadership

Kunal, Elaine, and Johannes Eichstaedt at the Power of Collaboration congress at the UN, Spring 2016

Kunal, Elaine, and
Johannes Eichstaedt at UN Summit

Kunal and I participated in the 3rd annual Power of Collaboration Summit at the United Nations in February 2016. The conference goal was, “Turning Conversations into Action.” IMPACT Leadership 21 hosted the event.

Janet Salazar, founder of Impact Leadership 21, said, “In order for economies and global leadership to be sustainable, it is imperative that those who are in top leadership positions in both public and private commit to a political will and a conscious effort to make women’s leadership equality at the top a normal, daily aspect of every institution in our society.” Further, she added, ” We are at a tipping point of global leadership transformation, and women are ready and equipped for the much needed re-balance.”

Climate Action

When my husband and I traveled to Ireland earlier this year, we witnessed firsthand the devastation of record flooding. France is experiencing similar damage to lives and property in floods right now. During the Ireland trip, we watched an amazing rock concert supporting the UN Sustainable Goals with real passion. Part of the concert note, was that the year 2015 was the hottest year on record. During last year’s UN Climate Conference (COP21) in Paris, a decisive step forward marked an international agreement in setting a framework for a transition toward resilient, low-carbon societies and economies.

“Nature should never be abused
And we much use it intelligently and in such a way
That everyone benefits. – From the book, Blue and Beautiful, Planet Earth, Our Home

Visit The lazy person’s guide to saving the planet to find fun, easy, and practical actions you can take in your everyday life to help humanity move toward sustainability and flourishing around climate change. The actions around the 17 goals that I’ve taken personally are to be more mindful in my intentions and actions, to strive to eat low on the food chain, to raise up the education, health, and empowerment of women, and to love people, our environment, and our world.

 

 
Works Cited:

Orem, S., Binchert, J. & Clancy, A. (2007). Appreciative Coaching: A Positive Process for Change (Jossey-Bass Business & Management). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

Impact Leadership 21: Leadership Solutions that Drive Change

Rocha, R. & Roth, O. (1990). Blue and Beautiful: Planet Earth, Our Home. United Nations Publishers.

WED: Women’s Entrepreneur Day

Halodrop (2016). Nepal: Crises and Incident Response.

United Nations (n. d.). The lazy person’s guide to saving the planet.

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