Welcome

Welcome to the website of the Ecopsychology Research and Information Network (ERIN). We are a diverse group of researchers, practioners and other people with an interest in ecopsychology. Our aims are to promote academic research and practise ino ecopsychology and make available information about this fast-growing and (we think!) important field.

Anyone with an interest in ecopsychology is welcome to join the Network. SImply click on the registration link on the left and enter your details. You will then be able to log on to the site and join in any discussions.(Note: apologies to anyone who has recently tried to register but then did not receive a confirmation email. Due to some technical problems with our server provider, it seems emails were not being sent out!)

What is Ecopsychology?

Not always an easy question as it has come to mean many things to many different people. The term came into widespread use after its appearance in Theodore Roszak's 1992 book The Voice of the Earth, which he describes as "...an essay in ecopsychology. Its goal is to bridge our culture's long-standing, historical gulf between the psychological and the ecological, to see the needs of the planet and the person as a continuum". In general, ecopsychology is seen as a synthesis of ideas from ecology and psychology. Ecopsychology may thus be defined as "The study of the interrelationships between the environment and human mental processes and/or behaviour". Or, perhaps more simply, as the study of the psychological interdependence and interconnectedness of life.