Lisa Bennett
Lisa Bennett is a Bay Area writer focused on solutions to climate change. She is the coauthor of Ecoliterate: How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence. Follow her on Twitter @LisaPBennett
The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2014
The most surprising, provocative, and inspiring findings published this past year.
Optimism for Me, Pessimism for We
New research explains why we tend to think we're all doomed, even as we hope for a better personal future. Can we close that gap between private…
Can Empathy Help Stop Climate Change?
What would make you more likely to reduce your carbon footprint: Knowing that climate change is a threat to people—or to birds? New research has…
Five Ways to Develop “Ecoliteracy”
Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett, and Zenobia Barlow explain how we can teach kids to care deeply about the environment.
The Hot Spot
Climate scientists wonder why people don’t do more about global warming. Social scientists have some troubling answers.
The Heroine with 1,000 Faces
We tend to think of the hero as a man in a dramatic situation, running into a burning building to save someone. But what does the heroism of women…
