George Marshall is the founder of England’s Climate Outreach Information Network. He  is author of the book, “Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change”.

 

The Melbourne-based organizations, Psychology of a Safe Climate and the Sustainable Living Festival brought George to Australia in 201.  But it was George himself who agreed to add another event to his already busy agenda and visit Shepparton on February 16 2015. 

 

He explained to his Shepparton audience,  that when confronted with something that offends our values or is likely to disrupt our lives, we deny it or rationalise it away, or don’t even think about it. His research explains why that is so,  and why problems associated with human induced climate change are so difficult to communicate, and  denied by many people.

 

George says climate change is the most pressing problem humanity has ever faced and needs to be discussed rather than ignored, and so he encourages others to supress their biases to accept and address this reality, and talk about it.  To contcat George go to -  http://www.climateconviction.org/about.html