A Conservation Psychology with Heart

According to Saunders, conservation psychology (CP) seeks to “conduct psychological research that is directly oriented toward the goal of environmental sustainability.” Such research, writes Saunders, will be centered around “two broad outcome areas: a) motivating people to act in more environmentally-friendly ways, and b) encouraging people to care about the natural world and their role in it.” In this commentary, I add to Saunders’ The Emerging Field of Conservation Psychology in three areas: 1) ecopsychology, 2) research paradigms and methods, and 3) spirituality.