Mind, Brain and Planet
The investigations of neuroscientist and psychologist Prof Paul Howard-Jones as he explores how our minds and brains are responding to climate change and environmental issues.
Mind, Brain and Planet
Latest Episodes
S2 EP9: God, Money and Water in the Sahara
In this final podcast of the season, Paul discovers that religion can have an important influence in how we use natural resources. He continues his journey South, finally reaching the Sahara Desert. At a well frequented by nomads, local guide Z...
S2 EP8: Water commons in the Draa Valley - how do you share a precious resource?
The Draa valley in Southern Morocco is one of the driest places on Earth and getting drier. Paul talks to local residents and farmers about a system of sharing water that has been operating for over 500 years - a longstanding example of a...
S2 EP7: UK to Sahara by public transport - can a train take you further (mentally) than a plane?
Paul explores how surface travel may effect the brain in different ways compared to flying. Could the sciences of mind and brain help reduce carbon emissions due to flying? Paul spends 3 days travelling from Bristol to the Sahara desert by publ...
S2 EP6: Is climate activism good for the activist?
What's it like to be a climate activist and can it be good for you? Protest and civil disobedience have won many of the benefits and freedoms we enjoy today, but what about the activists themselves? Is it all about hardship, risk and stre...
S2 EP5: Why do people become climate activists?
Why invest all that time, energy and emotions – even risk your personal freedom – when the impact of your efforts on the earth’s temperature will be, at best, invisibly small? Paul interviews climate protester Rosie about her motivation to take...