{"id":5448,"date":"2023-10-02T12:09:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T10:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insights.ieseg.fr\/?p=5448"},"modified":"2023-11-21T11:11:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T10:11:12","slug":"research-in-brief-exploring-the-link-between-mindfulness-and-environmental-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insights.ieseg.fr\/en\/resource-center\/research-in-brief-exploring-the-link-between-mindfulness-and-environmental-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"Research in brief: exploring the link between mindfulness and environmental behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The research team decided to study one potential way of reducing this gap \u2013 namely mindfulness meditation practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRecent studies have explored how mindfulness \u2013 the state of being aware or conscious – can foster attitude changes toward climate change and have demonstrated a positive correlation in terms of intentions for more environmentally-friendly behavior,\u201d explains Julie BAYLE-CORDIER, professor of ethics and mindfulness at I\u00c9SEG and one of the co-authors of the study. \u201cOne of the key issues, however, is now understanding the mechanisms for reducing the gap between what we intend to do, and what we actually do in practice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, the team studied the role mindfulness training in reducing this \u2018green gap\u2019 to see if it could potentially influence people\u2019s willingness to adopt more sustainable behaviors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through an online survey, they assessed the role of three different types of mindfulness interventions on a group of 1,000 participants: walking meditation, loving-kindness meditation,   and breath meditation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three ways interventions can influence behavior<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results demonstrated that individuals who were more \u2018mindful\u2019 tended to be more supportive of different policies to mitigate climate change and therefore were more willing to adopt environmentally friendly behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As individuals become more aware, they found that interventions can foster three elements which are important for influencing behavior: compassion, our connections with nature, and our openness to new experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But do people actually go through with their intentions?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, while all three meditation practices can indirectly foster sustainable behavior, the walking meditation stands out from the others as this was the only meditation to impact environmental attitude and climate policy support directly. \u00a0\u201cMeasuring actual participant behavior was an important part of the study as we sought to go beyond simple intentionality by measuring participants’ decision to donate money to an NGO (in this case, to the World Wildlife Fund)\u201d explains Professor Julie BAYLE-CORDIER.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applications and future avenues to explore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the study, these results are encouraging given the need for behavior change to address the ongoing climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur study contributes to show how mindfulness may be a pathway for individuals to embark on the necessary paradigm shift to fight climate change on multiple levels,\u201d \u00a0explains co-author, Professor Loic BERGER, a researcher at CNRS and the\u00a0director of the I\u00c9SEG research center on risk and uncertainty (iRisk)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the researchers also point to the importance of considering more regular and long-term mindfulness training initiatives \u2013 as the study shows that the effects of short-term interventions are only temporary. \u201cYet it\u2019s incredible to see that just ten minutes of mindfulness meditation can already impact sustainable behavior. Imagine what a regular mindfulness practice could do for tackling climate change. The possibilities are endless,\u201d explains Professor BAYLE-CORDIER.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information is available in the full study:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Breath, love, walk? The impact of mindfulness interventions on climate policy support and environmental attitudes. Sustainability (2023), Julie BAYLE-CORDIER (I\u00c9SEG School of Management), Loic BERGER (CNRS, I\u00c9SEG, UMR-9221-LEM), Rayan ELATMANI<\/em> (I\u00c9SEG), Massimo TAVONI<\/em><\/em> (RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment & Politecnico di Milano).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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