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Paralysis of Choice and
the Action of Paradox
The Age of Eco-Anxiety
Dr Verity Jones
Senior Lecturer
@VerityJones_Edu
Verity6.jones@uwe.ac.uk
13th Nov 2019
“It is time to be terrified,
enraged, heartbroken,
grief-stricken, radical.
It is time to act.”
Hannah Laga Abram, student protestor, February 2019
"When I put it out there, I didn’t expect 15-
year-olds in schools in Indonesia to be
reading it with their teachers."
Profound uncertainty
Multi-
dimensional
Multiple
stakeholders
Multiple causes
Multiple solutions
Constantly
evolving
Socially complexInvolves changing
behaviour
School as a site for social
change
 Social norms are practiced and policy is mediated
(McIntosh, Edmond and Punch 2010)
 A space where habits can be changed and influenced
(McKindrick 2004)
 Relationships constantly shift and are continually
redefined and contested
(Pike 2010)
Calls to Action …
2004 – 2010
The Travelling to School Initiative (TTSI)
£155 million for capital investment and staffing
VEXo
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Paralysis of Choice and the Action Paradox - Verity Jones

  • 1. Paralysis of Choice and the Action of Paradox The Age of Eco-Anxiety Dr Verity Jones Senior Lecturer @VerityJones_Edu Verity6.jones@uwe.ac.uk 13th Nov 2019
  • 2. “It is time to be terrified, enraged, heartbroken, grief-stricken, radical. It is time to act.” Hannah Laga Abram, student protestor, February 2019
  • 3. "When I put it out there, I didn’t expect 15- year-olds in schools in Indonesia to be reading it with their teachers."
  • 4. Profound uncertainty Multi- dimensional Multiple stakeholders Multiple causes Multiple solutions Constantly evolving Socially complexInvolves changing behaviour
  • 5. School as a site for social change  Social norms are practiced and policy is mediated (McIntosh, Edmond and Punch 2010)  A space where habits can be changed and influenced (McKindrick 2004)  Relationships constantly shift and are continually redefined and contested (Pike 2010)
  • 6. Calls to Action … 2004 – 2010 The Travelling to School Initiative (TTSI) £155 million for capital investment and staffing
  • 7.

Editor's Notes

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  4. WHO 2013 – need more research to support the West in developing a taste for entomophagy