Five Walks to Save the World: How Psychogeography Can Help you Confront the Climate Crisis

PHILIPPA HOLLOWAY

Five Walks to Save the World: How Psychogeography Can Help you Confront the Climate Crisis

PHILIPPA HOLLOWAY

Graduate School

Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article (specialist)

Abstract

Waking can be a powerful way of reconnecting with the natural world within our towns and cities, and of recognising our relationship to climate change. this article explores ways looking anew at familiar spaces can contribute to awareness of the human impact on climate change.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 24 Mar 2022

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

Psychogeography
local
climate change
Walking

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https://theconversation.com/five-walks-to-save-the-world-how-psychogeography-can-help-you-confront-the-climate-crisis-178239#:~:text=Walking%20mindfully%20%E2%80%93%20taking%20time%20to,to%20protect%20them%20in%20turn.

1 Chapter
1 Foreword/postscript
1 Article (specialist)

Returning to Nature: Humanity, Environment and Creative Writing
HOLLOWAY, P. & Jordan-Baker, C., 4 Feb 2026, Empathy in Creative Writing: Ethics, Diversity and Communication: Ethics, Diversity and Communication. Harper, G. (ed.). 1st ed. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 27-39 12 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Introduction
Holloway, P. & Jordan-Baker, C., 31 May 2024, Writing Landscape and Setting in the Anthropocene: Britain and Beyond. Holloway, P. & Jordan-Baker, C. (eds.). Springer International Publishing Switzerland, p. 1-27 27 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript
Walking in Imaginary Shoes: Psychogeographic Approaches for Fiction Writing
HOLLOWAY, P., 1 Jan 2021, Writing in Practice: The Journal of Creative Writing Research, p. 74-89 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article (specialist)

Open Access

Borderlands: A Novel and Poetics
HOLLOWAY, P. (Author), GLASS, R. (Director of Studies) & BYRNE, J. (Supervisor), 5 Nov 2019
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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Five Walks to Save the World: How Psychogeography Can Help you Confront the Climate Crisis

Abstract

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Research output

Returning to Nature: Humanity, Environment and Creative Writing

Introduction

Walking in Imaginary Shoes: Psychogeographic Approaches for Fiction Writing

Student theses

Borderlands: A Novel and Poetics

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