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View article: Operationalizing accessibility in environmental sustainability efforts: Challenges, barriers, and opportunities
Operationalizing accessibility in environmental sustainability efforts: Challenges, barriers, and opportunities Open
There is growing recognition of the need to move towards climate justice in response to the climate crisis; that is, ensuring mitigation and adaptation responses centre equity, and promote the inclusion of marginalized or otherwise ‘equity…
View article: Systemic Management Practices—Enabling Local Governments to Adapt in Response to Complexity
Systemic Management Practices—Enabling Local Governments to Adapt in Response to Complexity Open
Local governments are increasingly navigating accelerating change and escalating complexity caused by interconnected crises, commonly referred to as a global polycrisis. These crises, including climate change, lack of affordable housing, d…
View article: Organizational journeys toward strong cultures of sustainability: a qualitative inquiry
Organizational journeys toward strong cultures of sustainability: a qualitative inquiry Open
Introduction There is widespread belief that organizational culture plays a crucial role in transitioning organizations for sustainability, but we currently lack understanding of how supportive cultures develop. The goal of this study is t…
View article: Operationalizing accessibility in environmental sustainability efforts: Challenges, barriers, and opportunities
Operationalizing accessibility in environmental sustainability efforts: Challenges, barriers, and opportunities Open
There is growing recognition of the need to move towards climate justice in response to the climate crisis; that is, ensuring mitigation and adaptation responses centre equity, and promote the inclusion of marginalized or otherwise ‘equity…
View article: Influence of Digital Open Innovation Platforms on Power Differentials within Municipalities
Influence of Digital Open Innovation Platforms on Power Differentials within Municipalities Open
Many municipalities are striving to increase citizen involvement in local decision-making processes, particularly those implementing smart city initiatives. These efforts often involve the introduction of digital open innovation platforms …
View article: Contributions, missed opportunities, and future directions: A critical reflection on global climate change and environmental sustainability in <i>AJCP</i> over five decades
Contributions, missed opportunities, and future directions: A critical reflection on global climate change and environmental sustainability in <i>AJCP</i> over five decades Open
In this contribution to the 50th Anniversary Special Issue, the authors consider how global climate change and environmental sustainability have been addressed in the American Journal of Community Psychology ( AJCP ) over the last five dec…
View article: Closing the equity deficit: Sustainability justice in municipal climate action planning in Waterloo region
Closing the equity deficit: Sustainability justice in municipal climate action planning in Waterloo region Open
There is growing recognition that often well‐intended climate action solutions perpetuate and exacerbate manifestations of colonialism and racism due to the lack of equity and justice considerations in designing and implementing these solu…
View article: Breaking the Walls of Complex Systems Change in Cities: A Service Ecosystems and Psychological Perspective
Breaking the Walls of Complex Systems Change in Cities: A Service Ecosystems and Psychological Perspective Open
To meet the targets of the Paris Climate Agreement, municipalities must facilitate transformational change at a local level. From a city perspective, the climate crisis intersects with many other complex challenges; therefore, transformati…
View article: Co-creating cultures of sustainability and co-imagining the teaching green building: the use of a participatory Photovoice process in a HPGB context
Co-creating cultures of sustainability and co-imagining the teaching green building: the use of a participatory Photovoice process in a HPGB context Open
Despite understanding the severity of the climate crisis, global action remains highly insufficient to address this challenge. Buildings are significant contributors to climate change due to their substantial global emissions, but can also…
View article: Co-Creating Cultures of Sustainability and Co-Imagining the Teaching Green Building: The Use of a Participatory Photovoice Process in a HPGB Context
Co-Creating Cultures of Sustainability and Co-Imagining the Teaching Green Building: The Use of a Participatory Photovoice Process in a HPGB Context Open
Despite understanding the severity of the climate crisis, global action remains highly insufficient to address this challenge. Buildings are significant contributors to climate change due to their substantial global emissions, but can also…
View article: Antibiotics for the treatment of COVID-19
Antibiotics for the treatment of COVID-19 Open
We are certain that risk of death in hospitalised COVID-19 patients is not reduced by treatment with azithromycin after 28 days. Further, based on moderate-certainty evidence, patients in the inpatient setting with moderate and severe dise…
View article: Fostering Cultures of Sustainability in a Multi-Unit Office Building: A Theory of Change
Fostering Cultures of Sustainability in a Multi-Unit Office Building: A Theory of Change Open
Psychological approaches to fostering sustainability are heavily focused on individual behaviors and often insufficiently address the physical and social contexts individuals are embedded in. This limits the ability to create meaningful, l…
View article: Reducing the risks of extreme heat for seniors: communicating risks and building resilience
Reducing the risks of extreme heat for seniors: communicating risks and building resilience Open
Introduction As the global climate changes, heat waves are having a disproportionate impact on seniors and other socially vulnerable groups. In order to mitigate the threats of extreme heat, it is critical to develop and promote resources…
View article: Beyond Exposure to Outdoor Nature: Exploration of the Benefits of a Green Building’s Indoor Environment on Wellbeing
Beyond Exposure to Outdoor Nature: Exploration of the Benefits of a Green Building’s Indoor Environment on Wellbeing Open
Most research exploring the psychological benefits of the natural environment has focused on direct exposure to the outdoors. However, people spend most of their time indoors, particularly in office buildings. Poor employee mental health h…