PEAs: Psychologists for Environmental Action

04/05/2022

Our very own PEA Jack Hughes will be talking at the Palace of Science in Newcastle in June!

03/05/2022

We had an amazing litterpick in collaboration with the Durham Hedgehog Friendly Campus Society this Sunday. We walked along the river and gathered masses of litter! Thanks so much to everyone who came along and supported us.

21/03/2022

Durham University has a goal to recycle 70% of waste, which would be a massive improvement on the current level of 44%. Find out more about the project here: https://sway.office.com/dgMrJCoJQwxQH8eK?ref=Link

14/03/2022

Our last PEA talk of the term is happening this Wednesday at 4!

Jo Hale, who leads behaviour change research for environmental sustainability at UCL will be talking to us about what influences pro-environmental behaviours.

Sign up at the link below!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pea-talk-influencing-pro-environmental-behaviour-with-jo-hale-tickets-225292484887

14/02/2022

We have an exciting new announcement 🥳 Today we are launching the EarthWalk Challenge.

Thats right the PEAs are trying to walk around the world! 🤯 First stop, Paris!

To be a part of it is easy and simple, just join the world walking app on your phone or click the link here for your computer: https://worldwalking.org/login
Join the EarthWalk challenge group and then join the walk in the group. Then simply input the amount of steps you have walked each day.
You can do this daily, weekly, monthly or however you like, simple check your pedometer app for your step count and add those steps to the challenge.

03/02/2022

Hi PEAs!
Our next talk will be happening on the 16th of February and be with Jo Hale from UCL!

Jo is a Senior Research Associate at the UCL Centre for Behaviour change, and she'll be talking to us about the three factors that influence behaviour: capability, opportunity and motivation, and introduce us to the COM-B model of behaviour.

Sign up for tickets here:

What influences pro-environmental behaviours? Capability, opportunity and motivation

24/01/2022

Thank you so much to everyone who came to our incredible PEA Talk on Wednesday. It was truly a fascinating discussion and our audience (you guys!) had some amazing questions and engagement for Dr Allison Leach. It was truly an inspiring evening.

But don't worry we aren't just saying this to brag, those of you who were unable to make it can now watch the recording on the PEAs YouTube Channel! It is premiering at the moment and is available for anyone to watch, so please feel free to share it if you think it might be of interest to anyone you know.
https://youtu.be/3qmq0ET4CcE

Hope that we will see you again at the next PEA Talks in February. Tickets are available from our Eventbrite page.

Today the PEAs welcome Dr Allison Leach. Alley’s research explores how changes in human consumption patterns impact nitrogen pollution by developing nitrogen...

18/01/2022

Don't forget to sign up for our first PEA Talk of 2021 happening tomorrow at 4pm!

Food labels: The Carbon Footprint with Allison Leach

Register for your ticket here:

Food labels: The carbon, nitrogen, and water footprints. The mechanisms, feasibility and implementation.

12/01/2022

Do you have any ideas for how Durham University can do more to combat climate change?

Use the link here to take our survey and have your say: https://bit.ly/3zRD3FF

11/01/2022

Check out the new My Greenspace app and get rewarded for being green 😁🌳🌿

07/01/2022

Happy New Year everyone! Here's hoping this year will be greener than ever!

With that in mind, we're kicking off our PEA talks for 2022 on the 19th of January at 16:00 with a talk from Allison Leach entitled "Food labels: The Carbon Footprint".

Alley’s research explores how changes in human consumption patterns impact nitrogen pollution by developing nitrogen footprint models. She led the development of nitrogen footprint tools for individual consumers in over a dozen countries, and she currently manages research and development for an integrated tool for campuses to calculate their carbon and nitrogen footprint together (unhsimap.org).

Sign up for tickets with the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pea-talk-food-labels-the-carbon-footprint-with-allison-leach-tickets-225291180987

Food labels: The carbon, nitrogen, and water footprints. The mechanisms, feasibility and implementation.