School Of EducationEcopsychologyWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101262.1
Discipline: PSYCHOLOGY
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
SE302A - Ecopsychology 2, 100253 - Ecospirituality, 100252 - Ecopyshcology
About this Unit
Ecopsychology explores the relationships between humans, human consciousness, life on earth and the "environmental crisis", both in terms of personal experience and cultural change. In ecopsychological terms the symptoms of planetary ecological crisis are regarded as reflective of a fundamental split between nature and psyche. Ecopsychology is concerned with exposing the factors that contribute to this fundamental disconnection, and most importantly, with imagining and articulating personal and cultural processes that can enable a healing re-connection. This unit will employ experiential methods and critical inquiry to explore rich possibilities for psychological re-engagement with nature and implications for cultural change.