In this study the stories of Unisa academic employees and fashion models were explored. The aim was to understand the nature of place-identity at work and to also look at what impact do changes to these working environments have on place-identity. Another aim of this study was to compare these two work contexts. The data was collected through interviews combined with an auto-ethnographic approach. The study suggested that people form an identity towards their places of work and also that changes within the workplace can be perceived as a threat. The study also showed that there are similarities between Unisa and the catwalk as contexts of place-identity. / Psychology / M.A.(Psychology))

Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Humanity‘s growing separation from nature is central to the convergent social and ecological crises facing earth. This is both a psychological (e.g. perceptual, emotional) and physical (e.g. experiential) disconnect and is therefore better understood as a crisis in consciousness. This research arises out of an intense interest in how to alleviate humanity‘s fading connectedness with nature and, specifically, if meaningful nature experience is capable of healing the divisive ways in which humans tend to think, see and act in the world. This study brings together four core themes: connectedness with nature (CWN), invasive alien species (IAS), and education for sustainability (EfS); each of which are explored around - and in relationship to - the core concept of meaningful nature experience (MNE).1 In doing so, this transdisciplinary research utilizes a theory of complexity to integrate diverse disciplinary perspectives by drawing upon: (conservation) ecology; (environmental-/eco-) psychology; (sustainability) education; and phenomenology as a guiding philosophy. Adopting an interpretivist and pragmatic approach, this research employs mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative/phenomenological analysis) to, firstly, uncover the essences which help describe what MNE feels like (how it appears in consciousness) and that which makes MNE what it is. Secondly, the study explores the relationship between MNE and CWN; the extent to which MNE is perceived to influence attitudes and environmentally responsible behaviour (ERB); and whether ecological change as experienced through IAS may affect MNE or, in turn, how MNE and CWN influence perceptions on IAS. Thirdly, the research examines the implications of the above for EfS: is there merit for integrating MNE and CWN in EfS? What would such a process look like and how can it be applied in a way which revitalizes EfS? Finally, as a form of heuristic inquiry, this study represents my process of conscious transformative learning. Reflective narratives are dispersed throughout this dissertation to capture this enriching personal journey. Research findings draw on over 200 unique accounts of MNEs which were elicited from: online and public questionnaires; in-depth interviews, email submissions and complemented by in-situ field observation and participation. The questionnaires and in-depth interviews also elicited responses on CWN, IAS and EfS. The research finds that a MNE is triggered by an unexpected encounter with the 'non-ordinary‘ in nature. It is characterized by heightened sensory awareness (e.g. the beauty and detail of natural phenomena arrest our attention), intensified emotional (e.g. awe, amazement) and physiological responses (e.g. a 'rush‘). If an animal is involved, close proximity, extended length of time and reciprocity are key themes. For a MNE not involving an animal, perceived aliveness, vibrancy and energy pervading the land-/ sea-/ sky-scape is primary. As mind meets matter, one feels interrelatedness and a diminished sense of self. The privilege to commune with an 'other‘ (re)defines a person‘s being and belonging in the world. Synchronicity as a MNE is distinctive as an uncanny (e.g. numinous) experience of: insight; flow; guidance; a 'knowing‘; and interconnectedness. Respondents who have had a MNE exhibit a higher CWN; a positive correlation exists between frequency of MNE (fMNE) and CWN. Stronger correlations with CWN were found when a wild animal was involved in the MNE. Spiritual / religious practices positively correlate with fMNE and CWN with regular displays of gratitude toward nature returning slightly stronger correlations with CWN. Strongest correlations were found between the experience of synchronicity and CWN. A qualitative analysis of respondents‘ MNEs and their responses on how they perceive their MNE(s) to have changed them, found multiple and diverse mention of (newfound) appreciations of (inter)connectedness. This suggests that MNE acts as a conduit for CWN: one powerful MNE may be sufficient to catalyse the process; however, a higher fMNE increases the likelihood for heightened CWN. Such results affirm the idea that MNEs facilitate a relational worldview necessary for a consciousness attuned to CWN. CWN is considered to be a reliable predictor for ERB. Over 90% agreement was found between respondents on the positive impact of MNEs in: shaping their views on nature and biodiversity; influencing their current behaviour and actions toward nature and the environment; and heavily influencing, changing or transforming their outlooks on life. The most common themes to emerge on how MNE was perceived to have changed respondents related to understanding of (inter)connectedness/interdependence; career choice; respect for nature / life; and new ways of seeing the world. This supports the premise that, by affectively bonding with nature, MNEs can motivate: ERB; life paths into conservation-minded careers; and serve as catalysts for personal growth and transformation, particularly when complemented with reflection, social (guided) facilitation and ecological literacy. The presence of IAS in landscape is likely to adversely affect MNE for stated reasons of ecological impacts, diminished 'naturalness‘, destructiveness and reduced diversity. Those viewing IAS as potentially enhancing their MNEs cite reasons of beauty, novelty and enjoyment. Respondents‘ CWN does not appear to affect perceptions of IAS; however, elevated CWN may invoke empathy, a sense of relatedness and appreciation of their intrinsic value as 'life‘. IAS may also feature in MNEs and, through experiential and metaphorical insight, can deliver newfound understandings of social and ecological connections as they relate to IAS. Respondents concur that today‘s education does not prepare society to learn from MNE: overwhelming agreement was found on the societal and ecological benefits of an education that promotes understanding of MNE through a blend of intellectual concepts; experiential activities; values and ethics; and integrated learning approaches. Experiential nature-based activities were encouraged as vital EfS vehicles for enhancing sensory awareness; respect for nature; ecological knowledge and encountering connectedness. In-depth interviewees saw future EfS opportunities and solutions as focusing more on: participating with nature; bridging spirituality and science; facilitating 'openness‘ and shared experience; instilling values reflecting an interconnected reality; mentoring; contemporary rites of passage; and simply learning to live better. The essence of this research is an expanded appreciation of connectedness - embodying Nature, Community, Self, Source - and the manifold ways it is encountered through MNE. Revitalized EfS (realized through Theory edU) invites a consciousness that attends to an enlivening process of connecting, harmonizing and becoming. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie bring vier kern temas na vore: verbintenis met die natuur (VMN), indringende uitheemse spesies (IUS), en opvoeding vir volhoubaarheid (OVV); waarvan elk verken is rondom – en in verhouding is tot die kern konsep van betekenisvolle natuur ervaring 2 (BNE). Deur dit te doen, wend hierdie transdisiplinêre studie 'n teorie van kompleksiteit aan om diverse dissiplinêre perspektiewe te integreer deur gebruik te maak van: bewarings ekologie; omgewings-/eko- sielkunde; onderwys; en femenologie as 'n rigtinggewende filosofie. Deur 'n interpretatiewe en pragmatiese benadering aan te neem, is gemengde metodes (kwantitatief en kwalitatief / femenologiese analise) gebruik om eerstens die essensies wat help om te beskryf hoe BNE voel (hoe dit in die bewussyn voorkom) en dit wat BNE maak wat dit is, te ontbloot. Tweedens verken die studie die verhouding tussen BNE en VMN; die mate waartoe BNE beskou word om houdings en omgewings verantwoordelike gedragte beïnvloed (OVG); en of ekologiese verandering soos deur IUS ervaar word BNE kan affekteer, of, op sy beurt, hoe BNE en VMN persepsies van IUS kan beïnvloed. Derdens bestudeer die navorsing implikasies van die bogenoemde vir OVV: is daar meriete vir die integrasie van BNE en VMN in OVV? Hoe sal so 'n proses lyk en hoe kan dit toegepas word op 'n manier wat OVV weer nuwe lewe sal gee? Ten einde, as 'n vorm van heuristiese ondersoek, stel hierdie studie my proses van bewuste transformatiewe leer voor. Reflektiewe narratiewe is regdeur die proefskrif versprei om hierdie verrykende persoonlike reis vas te lê. Navorsing bevindinge gebruik meer as 200 unieke verklarings van BNE‘s wat aan die lig gebring is deur: aanlyn en publieke vraelyste; in-diepte onderhoude, e-pos indienings en dit is gekomplementeer deur in-situ veld observasie en deelname. Die vraelyste en in-diepte onderhoude het ook reaksies op VMN, IUS en OVV ontlok. Die navorsing het bevind dat 'n BNE word veroorsaak deur 'n onverwagste ontmoeting met die 'nie-gewone‘ in die natuur. Dit word gekarakteriseer deur verhoogde sensoriese bewustheid (bv. die prag en besonderhede van natuurlike verskynsels beset ons aandag), versterkde emosionele (bv. verwondering en verbasing) en psigologiese reaksies (bv. 'n stormloop). Indien 'n dier betrokke is, is nabyheid, verlengde duur van tyd en wederkerigheid sleutel temas. Vir 'n BNE wat nie 'n dier insluit nie, is waarneembare lewendigheid, dinamiek en energie wat die landskap / see / luglandskap deurdring primêr. Soos wat die gees die stof ontmoet, voel 'n mens 'n onderlinge verband en 'n verminderde sin van die self. Die voorreg om in noue aanraking met 'n 'ander‘ te kan wees (her)definieër 'n persoon se wese en behoort in die wêreld. 'Synchronicity‘ as 'n BNE is kenmerkend as 'n ongelooflike (bv. numineuse) ervaring van: insig, vloei, leiding; 'n 'wete‘; en onderlinge verbintenis. Respondente wat 'n BNE gehad het, het 'n hoër VMN getoon; 'n positiewe korrelasie bestaan tussen die frekwensie van BNE (fBNE) en VMN. Sterker korrelasies met VMN was gevind in die geval waar 'n wilde dier in die BNE betrokke was. Geestelike / religieuse praktyke korreleer positief met fBNE en VMN waar gewone openbarings van dankbaarheid tot die natuur effens sterker korrelasies met VMN terugbring. Die sterkste korrelasies was gevind tussen die ervaring van 'synchronicity‘ en VMN. 'n Kwalitatiewe analise van respondente se BNE‘s en hul response van hoe hulle hul BNE(s) as dit wat hul verander het, beskou, het veelvoudige en diverse antwoorde van (nuutgevonde) erkennings van (onderlinge) verbintenis navore gebring. Dit dui daarop dat BNE as 'n toevoerbuis vir VMN optree: een kragtige BNE mag voldoende wees om die proses te kataliseer; aan die anderkant verhoog 'n hoër fBNE die waarskynlikheid vir verhoogde VMN. Sulke resultate bevestig die idee dat BNEs 'n relasionele wêreldbeskouing is wat nodig is vir 'n bewustheid wat ingestel is vir VMN. VMN word as 'n betroubare voorspelling vir OVG beskou. Meer as 90% van respondente was in ooreenstemming ten opsigte van die positiewe impak van BNEs in: die vorming van hul beskouings van die natuur, biodiversiteit; beïnvloeding van hul huidige gedrag en aksies tot die natuur en die omgewing; en hoe dit hul vooruitsigte op die lewe hewig beïnvloed, verander of transformeer. Die meesal gemene temas wat ontluik het, was oor die beskouing van hoe BNE respondente se verstaan aangaande (onderlinge)verbintenis / onafhanklikheid; beroepskeuse; respek vir die natuur / lewe; en nuwe maniere om na die wêreld te kyk, verander het. Dit ondersteun die uitgangspunt, dat deur affektiewelik met die natuur in verbinding te tree, BNEs gemotiveer kan word: OVG; lewens paaie tot bewaring-gesinde beroepe; en as katalisators dien vir persoonlike groei en transformasie, veral as dit met refleksie, sosiale (begeleide) fassilitering en ekologiese geletterdheid gekomplimenteer word. Die teenwoordigheid van IUS in 'n landskap kan waarskynlik BNE nadelig affekteer weens verklaarbare redes van ekologiese impakte, afneembare 'natuurlikheid', verwoestendheid en verminderde diversiteit. Diegene wat IUS as iets positief tot hul ervaring beskou, verskaf redes soos skoonheid, nuutheid en genot. Dit wil voorkom of deelnemers se VMN nie algemene persepsies van IUS affekteer nie; alhoewel, verhoogde VMN empatie, verwantskap en waardering vir hul intrinsieke waarde as 'lewe' mag oproep. IUS mag ook in BNE vertoon en deur ervarings- en metaforiese insig, kan dit waardevolle nuut-bevinde begrippe van sosiale en ekologiese verbande soos wat hulle aansluit by die probleem van IUS, lewer. Respondente is dit eens dat vandag se onderwys nie die samelewing voorberei om te leer van BNE nie: oorweldigende ooreenstemming was gevind aangaande die maatskaplike en ekologiese voordele van onderwys wat die verstaan van BNE bevorder deur middel van 'n vermenging van intellektuele konsepte; ervarings leeraktiwiteite; waardes en etiek; en geïntegreerde leer benaderings. Ervarings leer natuur-gebaseerde aktiwiteite was aangemoedig as essensiële middels vir OVV vir die verhoging van sensoriese bewussyn; respek vir die natuur, ekologiese kennis en die teëkoming van verbintenis. In-diepte ondervraagdes het geleenthede en oplossings vir toekomstige OVV gesien in terme van 'n groter fokus op: deelname aan die natuur; die orbruging van spiritualiteit en wetenskap; fassilitering van 'oopheid‘ en gedeelde ervaring; vestiging van waardes wat 'n onderlinge verbonde realiteit reflekteer; mentorskap; kontemporêre deurgangsrites; en om eenvoudig te leer om beter te lewe. Die kern van hierdie navorsing behels 'n toenemende waardering van verbintenis – beliggaming van die Natuur, Gemeenskap, Self, Bron – en die menigvuldige maniere waar op dit deur BNE ondervind is. Hernude OVV (soos ontdek deur Theory edU) nooi 'n bewustheid uit wat aandag skenk aan 'n verlewendige proses van verbintenis, harmonisering en wording.

The meaning of a first impression is a thesis that aims to create a design for a hotel lobby, which can accommodate the needs of both the guests and the personnel in the best way possible. This study is based at the Scandic Park hotel in central Stockholm, were the lobby today appears to lack function. The desired effect of the design is to make the lobby area more enjoyable for the guest, and at the same time improve the flow of people through it. A detailed and thorough study of the lobby over different times and with different techniques suggests that the lobby is not a place where the guest wants to spend more time than necessary, it’s main function today appears to be as a transit hallway from the entrance of the hotel to the hotel rooms. The results of this study are used to create a design for an improved environment that not only welcomes the guest but that also shows them the identity that the Scandic Park’s management wishes to communicate. The creation and development of this design is also based on a study of relevant literature that includes, among others, theories of Spatial Design, Environmental Psychology, Servicescapes and Cognitive Psychology. The empirical data and the theories have helped me to create a design proposal that I believe conveys what Scandic Park stands for, while at the same time helping the guest to perceive and utilize an increased functionality in the lobby area. Hopefully this design will better accommodate the needs and wants that appear to be missing today, and at the same time promote the accessibility and the flow through the lobby.

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A Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil de 1988, seguindo os passos da Organização Internacional do Trabalho, elevou a saúde do trabalhador e o meio ambiente do trabalho equilibrado ao patamar de direitos humanos, reconhecendo-o como uma manifestação particular ambiental indispensável ao desenvolvimento e à condição humana. A noção de meio ambiente do trabalho não pode ser imutável e deve refletir a sua natureza multidimensional e interdependente, considerando tanto as constantes evoluções técnicas e sua indissociabilidade dos sistemas econômico, social, político, cultural e jurídico nos quais é envolto, como a inter-relação trabalhador-ambiente. O trabalhador também integra o meio ambiente do trabalho, pois não existe trabalhador sem meio ambiente do trabalho, tampouco meio ambiente do trabalho sem trabalhador. Compreender essa complexa e dinâmica interação é o primeiro passo para se buscar o equilíbrio de um meio que não é apenas influenciado por fatores ambientais (geográficos, arquitetural-tecnológicos, organizacionais e culturais), mas também por fatores pessoais (biogenéticos, psicológicos e comportamentais) e contextos correlatos que estabelecem padrões para as estruturas e atividades ocorridas no plano laboral, de modo a repercutir na saúde do trabalhador. Considerando a inter-relação pessoa-ambiente e a interdependência entre contextos ambientais, o presente estudo teve como objetivo sistematizar os fatores e aspectos que compõem o meio ambiente do trabalho e demonstrar a influência da estrutura socioeconômica consumerista no seu equilíbrio e na saúde do trabalhador. Por ser tratar de um campo de estudo indiscutivelmente multidisciplinar, sendo diversas as ciências que o tomam como objeto, o referencial teórico proposto compreende uma intersecção entre Direito do Trabalho e Psicologia Ambiental. Quanto ao método, trata-se de uma abordagem multimetodológica qualitativa pautada na pesquisa bibliográfica, na análise de conteúdo e no método de caso, por meio do qual buscou-se analisar o fenômeno investigado tendo como pano de fundo a atividade de telemarketing. Concluiu-se pela necessidade de harmonização das políticas e normas trabalhistas e consumeristas, seja por meio da sistematização do ordenamento jurídico, da função integradora dos princípios jurídicos ou da efetiva atuação integrada dos diversos atores sociais, devendo-se lembrar que o equilíbrio do meio ambiente do trabalho, um dos pilares do direito à saúde, ao trabalho e à dignidade humana, é interdependente das manifestações macrossistêmicas dos sistemas social, econômico, político, cultural e jurídico, os quais estabelecem padrões para as estruturas e atividades que ocorrem no contexto laboral (CNPq). / The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil in 1988, following the footsteps of the International Labour Organization, raised worker health and the work environment levelheaded to the level of human rights, recognizing it as a particular environmental manifestation indispensable for the development and the human condition. The sense of working environment cannot be immutable and must reflect the multidimensional and interdependent nature, considering both the constant technical developments and their inseparability of economic, social, political, cultural and legal systems, in which is wrapped, as the interrelationship worker-environment. The worker also integrates the working environment, because there is no worker without work environment, neither work environment without worker. Understanding this complex and dynamic interaction is the first step to search balance in an environment that is not only influenced by environmental factors (geographical, architectural-technological, organizational and cultural), but also by personal factors (biogenetic, psychological and behavioral) and related contexts, which establish standards for structures and activities that have occurred in labor plan, to impact on workers\' health. Considering the inter relationship person-environment and interdependence between environmental contexts, this study aimed to systematize the factors and aspects that make up the working environment and to demonstrate the influence of consumerist socioeconomic structure in its balance and worker health. Because it is an undoubtly multidisciplinary field of study, and several sciences that take as object, the theoretical framework proposed comprises an intersection between Labour Law and Environmental Psychology. About the method, it is a qualitative multi methodological approach guided by the literature search, the content analysis and case method, whereby we attempted to analyze the phenomenon under investigation having as background the telemarketing activity. It was concluded by the need for harmonization of politics and consumerists and labor standards, or by the systematization of the legal system, the integrative function of legal principles or the effective integrated performance of various social actors, we should remember that the balance of the work environment, one of the pillars of the right to health, work and human dignity, is interdependent of macro systemic manifestations of social, economic, political, cultural and legal systems, which establish standards for structures and activities that occur in the labour context (CNPq).

Esta tese apresenta os resultados de um estudo sobre o surgimento de atitudes pró-ambiente, num quadro de inter-relação entre Educação Ambiental e Ecoturismo. Mostra-se aqui que o contato com a natureza é efetivo em gerar atitudes e motivações ambientalistas. A experiência obtida em 16 anos e 107 viagens de Ecoturismo ao Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira - PETAR, com grupos de participantes de atividades dirigidas serviu de ponto de partida para a presente pesquisa. Em estudos iniciais, foram feitas entrevistas com visitantes de 10 áreas naturais do Brasil, visando avaliar suas principais motivações para as visitas a essas localidades e foram aplicados questionários a diversos profissionais de Educação Ambiental a respeito de suas motivações pessoais e estratégias mais eficientes para mudanças de atitudes ambientalistas. A principal motivação apontada pelos visitantes foi de ordem afetiva (\"contemplação ou contado com a natureza\", \"repouso ou fuga da rotina\"). Apesar de ser muito marcante na sua vida, os profissionais de Educação Ambiental atribuíram uma importância relativamente menor ao contato com a natureza. Num estudo experimental, em duas replicações, foram comparados grupos que tiveram um contato dirigido com a natureza (em viagem ao PETAR) a outros que serviram de controle, verificando-se possíveis mudanças de conhecimentos, sentimentos, valores, atitudes e vieses paradigmáticos. A visita dirigida gerou mudanças significativas no sentido de uma transformação dos conhecimentos, valores e atitudes em direção a um comportamento pró-ambiente. As viagens dirigidas à natureza, entretanto, não foram suficientes para gerar percepções diferentes em relação aos paradigmas de Desenvolvimento Sustentável e de Sociedades Sustentáveis. Conclui-se que a concepção do Ecoturismo como um \"turismo de destino\" (a natureza) deve ser substituída por uma \"forma de fazer turismo\", na qual o papel do profissional condutor não se resume a \"levar\", mas sim a \"fazer perceber\". Ao promover afetos especiais no contato com a natureza, o Ecoturismo pode gerar mudanças motivacionais significativas para a constituição de atitudes e valores pró-ambiente. / This thesis presents the results of a study on the rising of pro-environmental attitudes, in an interrelation between Environmental Education and Ecotourism. In this paper, it\'s shown that the contact with nature is effective in generating environmentalist attitudes and motivations. The experience acquired in 16 years and 107 ecotourist trips to Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira - PETAR (Alto Ribeira Turistic State Park) with groups of participants in directed activities was the starting point for the current research. In initial studies, interviews were conducted with visitors of 10 natural areas in Brazil, focusing on the assessment of their main reasons to visit those places, and surveys were carried out with several Environmental Education professionals aiming at their personal reasons and more efficient strategies for changes in the attitude towards the environment. The main reason pointed out by the visitors was of emotional nature (contemplation or contact with nature, relaxation or an escape from routine). Although the contact with nature is outstanding in Environmental Education professionals´ lives, they gave a relatively smaller importance to it. In an experimental study, in two applications, two groups were compared: one which had a directed contact with nature (in trips to PETAR) and a control group, verifying possible changes of knowledge, feelings, values, attitudes and paradigms. The directed visit generated many meaningful changes in what regards knowledge, value and attitude towards a pro-environmental behavior change. The directed trips to the nature, however, were not enough to create different perceptions of Sustainable Development and Sustainable Societies paradigms. The conclusion reached is that the conception of Ecotourism as \"destination tourism\" (to nature) must be substituted by a \"way of making tourism\", in which the role of the leading professional is not only \"guiding\", but \"making the traveler understand\". When boosting special emotions out of the contact with nature, Ecotourism can generate meaningful motivational changes for the construction of proenvironmental attitudes and values.

The practice of yoga is an increasingly popularized movement within the West that incorporates the desire for physical fitness, spiritual consciousness, and environmentalism. Emanating from the New Age movement, the popularity of yoga has proliferated as a subculture that seeks to encourage mind–body wellbeing while representing an ethos that assumes environmental responsibility. This thesis examines the techniques of modern yoga and the influence that asana (posture) and meditational relaxation have on the senses and subsequently on environmental awareness and activism. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-04-18T11:34:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Débora de Mello e Souza.pdf: 3462299 bytes, checksum: 9c389758d2831db3a9f7e44d3f4b1b6c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-18T11:34:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Débora de Mello e Souza.pdf: 3462299 bytes, checksum: 9c389758d2831db3a9f7e44d3f4b1b6c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-05 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This study investigated the narrative of sustainability leaders, working in organizational contexts, and identified the interaction and variation of their choices in assessing sustainability issues, at first, in the role of leader and then in other roles of their lives. We used the qualitative approach, based on concepts of environmental psychology to analyze the descriptive contents narrated by the participants, articulating to these concepts the Role Theory, proposed by Jacob Levy Moreno. Twelve leaders, high level occupants (presidents, vice presidents and directors) were interviewed in different economic sectors in the Southeastern and Southern regions of Brazil. The inclusion and exclusion criteria took into account participants who are active in sustainability initiatives in their organizations. The general analysis of the data enabled us to construct a collective case study, as recommended by Stake (1995), based on the in-­ depth analysis of the data of four participants: two women and two men. The research method included firstly a semistructured interview, based on sociopsychodramatic perspective, in which the participants reported the development of their role as leaders for sustainability, as well as the proposal to reflect on a set of numbered cards and the application of an instrument, called “Approach Map” in association with a adapted scale called EFA-­A, both instruments specifically developed for this study, based on sustainable development goals (ONU, 2015). The procedure establishment allowed an analysis of variations in answers for each one of the participants when they took on different roles. Conclusions indicated an important relationship among roles, behavior and decision-­making processes regarding sustainability, reinforcing viability and contribution of the designed method in new interventions focused on actions for sustainability / Este estudo investigou a narrativa de líderes para sustentabilidade, atuantes em contextos organizacionais, e identificou a interação e variação de suas escolhas ao avaliarem temas de sustentabilidade, em um primeiro momento, no papel de líder e, na sequência, em outros papéis de suas vidas. Utilizamos a abordagem qualitativa, com base em conceitos da psicologia ambiental para análise dos conteúdos descritivos narrados pelos participantes, articulando-­se a esses conceitos a teoria de papéis, proposta por Jacob Levy Moreno. Foram entrevistados 12 líderes, ocupantes de cargos de alto nível (presidentes, vice-­presidentes e diretores), em diferentes setores econômicos nas regiões Sudeste e Sul do Brasil. O critério de inclusão e exclusão levou em conta participantes atuantes em iniciativas de sustentabilidade em suas organizações. A análise geral dos dados possibilitou-­nos construir um estudo de caso coletivo, conforme preconiza Stake (1995), com base na análise em profundidade dos dados de quatro participantes: duas mulheres e dois homens. O método de pesquisa incluiu, em primeiro lugar, uma entrevista semiestruturada, baseada na perspectiva sociopsicodramática, em que os participantes relataram o desenvolvimento de seu papel como líderes para a sustentabilidade, bem como a proposta de refletir sobre um conjunto de cartões numerados e a aplicação de um instrumento, chamado "Mapa de Aproximação", em associação com uma escala adaptada chamada EFA-­A, ambos instrumentos especificamente desenvolvidos para este estudo, com base em objetivos de desenvolvimento sustentável (ONU, 2015). O estabelecimento do procedimento permitiu uma análise das variações nas respostas para cada um dos participantes quando assumiram diferentes papéis. As conclusões indicaram uma relação importante entre os papéis, o comportamento e os processos de tomada de decisão em matéria de sustentabilidade, reforçando a viabilidade e a contribuição do método projetado em novas intervenções voltadas para ações de sustentabilidade

Psicologia e Ecologia são duas áreas onde se expressa com a qualidade de vida do ser humano. O processo de degradação ambiental com o uso irracional dos recursos não renováveis é uma preocupação crescente da população mundial. A busca de um meio ambiente saudável para todos é perpassado por processos de aprendizagem e construção de identidade dos indivíduos. A psicologia busca alternativas para auxiliar nesta conquista através de muitas áreas, como a psicologia ambiental, psicologia social entre outras. Neste trabalho proponho a análise da ecologia nos processos de defesa ambiental através da Psicologia Moral. É importante para a psicologia moral estender seu campo de análise a áreas fundamentais da necessidade e relações humanas, e nesta relação com a ecologia as pesquisas são incipientes. A tese que se apresenta é de que a ecologia é moral. Líderes ambientais do estado de Rondônia, selecionados através do método de Bom Meihy (1996) para a construção de redes, ao falar de suas atividades na defesa ambiental, descrever o histórico através do qual construíram uma consciência ecológica, apresentar um juízo moral através de dilemas e entrevistas inquérito, corroboram a tese, demonstrando a existência de uma personalidade moral ecológica, baseada na análise subjetiva da justiça e princípios éticos universais. Os líderes apresentam também uma ética ecológica, uma ética verde, baseada na sustentabilidade. São referenciais teóricos da psicologia moral, Kant (1785/1936), Piaget (1932), Kohlberg (1955) e Puig (1998). O trabalho apresenta ainda as áreas da ecopedagogia, ecofilosofia, ecopsicologia e psicologia ambiental e debate a problemática ambiental contemporânea. / Psychology and Ecology are two areas on which it is linked with quality of life. The process of environmental degradation due to the irrational use of non renewable resources is a great concern all over the world. The search for a healthy environment for everyone is followed by the learning process and the formation of individual character. Psychology seeks alternatives such as environmental psychology, social psychology and others in order to give support on that issue. The following paper proposes the analyses of ecology based on the environmental defense process using the Moral Psychology. It’s important to the Moral psychology to broaden its analytical field to fundamental areas linked to human needs and based on this same relation with ecology, as far as it concerns, the researches can be considered incipient. The following thesis support the argument that ecology is moral Environmental liders from Rondonia, selected by the Bom Meihy’s Methody for the formation of nets; when questioned about their activities concerning environmental defense, the historical process on which it was built on ecological concern to present a moral judge based on dilemmas and interviews, corrobate the thesis, showing a moral environment personality existence based on the subjective analyses of justice and ethical principles. The liders also present an ecological ethic, a “green" ethic based on sustainability. It can be mentioned important references from the Moral Psychology, as it follows. Kant (1785, 1936), Piaget, Kolberg (1955) and Puig (1998). This paper also presents studies that join Ecology to Education, Philosophy, Psychology and Environmental Psychology and it discuss the current problems of our environment.

Para sistematizar a produção, majorar a produtividade, suprimir gastos e economizar tempo, empresas aderiram ao telemarketing, principal atividade terceirizada no Brasil e uma das maiores empregadoras do país (665 mil teleoperadores). Todavia, doenças desencadeadas pela atividade laboral são freqüentes em teleoperadores, fato que tem motivado empresas a buscarem recursos no próprio ambiente laboral, como a implementação de uma sala de descanso para seus funcionários, para atender ao recém aprovado Anexo II, da Norma Regulamentadora 17, que instituiu a obrigatoriedade da realização do intervalo para refeição/descanso fora do posto de trabalho. O presente trabalho teve por objetivo verificar, junto a teleoperadores e supervisores de telemarketing, o uso da sala de descanso implementada na empresa e suas opiniões sobre a relação entre uso e afastamentos por motivo de saúde, promovendo uma intersecção entre Psicologia Ambiental e Direito Ambiental do Trabalho. Realizou-se, primeiramente, um estudo piloto com 15 teleoperadores (10 mulheres e 5 homens) e 1 advogado da empresa, resultando em algumas alterações no questionário para teleoperadores. Participaram da pesquisa, fora do ambiente e expediente de trabalho: 80 teleoperadores (48 mulheres e 32 homens), 56% entre 18-25 anos; 73% solteiros; 59% do turno manhã/manhã-tarde; 74% sem ou cursando nível superior, sendo 39% de indicações de ensino médio completo e 35% de ensino superior incompleto; 56% iniciaram na atividade de telemarketing entre 2004-2007 e, nesse mesmo período, 60% ingressaram nessa empresa em que atualmente trabalham; e três supervisores de telemarketing do sexo masculino, entre 26-28 anos, nível superior completo, turno M/M-T, dois solteiros e um casado, contratados entre 2000-2001. Evidenciou-se que: (1) tanto teleoperadores (97%) como supervisores (100%) consideram a atividade parcialmente ou plenamente estressante; (2) durante as curtas pausas, a maioria freqüentemente permanece no refeitório (teleoperadores 71%, supervisores 100%); (3) seja antes (50%), durante (43%) ou após o expediente de trabalho (74%), a maioria nunca utiliza a sala de descanso; (4) relaxamento (41%) e interação (teleoperadores 31%, supervisores 100%) são as atividades mais realizadas pelos teleoperadores, quando do uso da sala; (5) cerca da metade dos teleoperadores (53%) nunca se afastaram, embora 75% dos supervisores indicassem certa freqüência de afastamentos na empresa, porém 60% dos participantes entraram na empresa entre 2004-2007; (6) a maioria atribui fatores positivos à sala (76%) e acredita em sua influência na saúde e bem-estar (teleoperadores 84%, supervisores 75%); (7) 67% dos teleoperadores e 100% dos supervisores julgam necessário ou relevante a implementação de políticas de saúde na empresa, para estimular o uso da sala de descanso e reduzir afastamentos por doenças ocupacionais. Em suma, os resultados evidenciaram o não uso dessa sala de descanso por diversos fatores (ambientais, cultuais, sociais e econômicos), embora os participantes a considerem relevante para a questão da saúde do trabalhador, sugerindo a necessidade de se repensar este espaço, bem como a organização do trabalho, observando-se as sugestões dos participantes apontadas neste estudo, como recreação e interação, atividades que se contrapõem às características rígidas e penosas do telemarketing. (CAPES/CNPq) / To systematize the production, increase productivity, eliminate costs and save time, companies has joined to telemarketing, the main activity outsourced in Brazil and one of the largest employers in the country (665 thousand teleoperators). However, occupational diseases are common in this context, motivating firms to seek resources in this own workplace, such as the implementation of a quiet room for its employees, to mut the newly approved Anexo II, of the Norma Regulamentadora 17 (rule), wich established the obligatory completion of break for meal/rest off workplace. This study aimed to check, next to the teleoperators and supervisors of telemarketing, the use, for teleoperators, of the quiet room implemented in the company and its opinions about relation between use and removal for reason of health, proposing an intersection between Environmental Psychology and Enviromental Labour Law. There was a pilot study with 15 teleoperators (ten women and five men) and a lawyer of the company, resulting in some changes in the final questionnaire for teleoperators. Participated on the survey, out of the company and expediency of work, 80 teleoperators: 48 women and 32 men; 56% between 18-25 years; 73% single; 59% of the turn morning/morning-late; 74% without or taking higher level, with 39% of indications of complete average education and 35% of incomplete higher education; between 2004-2007, 56% had started in the activity of telemarketing and 60% joined the company in wich they work. Three male supervisors had also participated, between 26-28 years, higher level complete, turn morning/late-morning, two singles and one married, recruited between 2000-2001. The results showed no significant differences between the teleoperators (sex/shift of work) and had showed that: (1) 97% of the teleoperators and all the three supervisors had considered the activity partially or fully shessful; (2) during short breaks, 71% of the teleoperators had indicated the frequent use of the cafeteria, also indicated for the three supervisors; (3) the majority of the teleoperators never uses the quiet room, either before (50%), during (43%) or after hours of work expedient (74%); (4) when the use of the room, activities were held more relaxing (indicated by 40% of the teleoperators) and interaction (indicated by 29% of the teleoperators and two supervisors); (5) 54% of the teleoperators has never moved away for health reason, however two supervisors had indicated frequent removals and one, sometimes; (6) 84% of the teleoperators and two supervisors had indicated the influence of the use of the quiet room in health; (7) 67% of the teleoperators and all the supervisors had judged necessary or relevant the implementation of politics of health in the company, to stimulate use of the quiet room and reduce injuries by occupational diseases. In conclusion, although the results showing the non-use by teleoperators of the quiet room, which had the many factors (environmental, personal, cultural, social, economic, etc.), the participants had considered it excellent for the health of the worker, suggesting the need to reflect about this space and the organization of the work, in compliance with the suggestions of participants, such as the need for recreation and interaction, activities no common on the rigid and heavy context of telemarketing. (CAPES/CNPq)