Mon May 27

Comic: how to have better arguments about the environment (or anything else)

Written by Jutta Beher, Spatial analyst in conservation and ecology, University of Melbourne

From climate change to armed conflict, our world is struggling with urgent global issues. But disagreements about how to solve them can spiral out of control.

The only way to resolve intractable conflicts is to overcome desire to talk to allies more often than opponents. Here, a social psychologist, two ecologists and a cartoonist explain the toolbox of communication we need to resolve difficult issues.

Darren Fisher/Jutta Beher, CC BY-ND Comic: how to have better arguments about the environment (or anything else)

Darren Fisher/Jutta Beher, CC BY-SA Comic: how to have better arguments about the environment (or anything else)

Darren Fisher/Jutta Beher, CC BY-ND Comic: how to have better arguments about the environment (or anything else)

Darren Fisher/Jutta Beher, CC BY-ND

Authors: Jutta Beher, Spatial analyst in conservation and ecology, University of Melbourne

Comic: how to have better arguments about the environment (or anything else)

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