{"id":8323,"date":"2025-04-03T13:30:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T11:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/?p=8323"},"modified":"2025-07-03T13:42:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:42:35","slug":"polarization-identity-and-sustainability-an-evolutionary-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/polarization-identity-and-sustainability-an-evolutionary-puzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"Polarization, Identity, and Sustainability: An Evolutionary Puzzle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Welcome to our new Reimagining Sustainability podcast series!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sustainability is more than just making greener choices\u2014it\u2019s deeply tied to identity and societal divides. Why do behaviors like reducing meat consumption or switching to eco-friendly transport remain so challenging to scale?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this series, we speak with experts to uncover the cultural and psychological barriers to change. In our first episode, Professor Charles Efferson explores how polarization shapes sustainable behaviors and whether technology can help bridge these divides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on identity, influence, and the future of sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Polarization, Identity, and Sustainability: An Evolutionary Puzzle with Prof. Charles Efferson\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/7CTfPIqOdvRXkwcTlclSut?si=f79b686ba7504c43&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our new Reimagining Sustainability podcast series! Sustainability is more than just making greener choices\u2014it\u2019s deeply tied to identity and societal divides. Why do behaviors like reducing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002935,"featured_media":8329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[933,936,935,929],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy-and-society","8":"category-esg","9":"category-leadership-behavior-and-hr","10":"category-research"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002935"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8323"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8335,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8323\/revisions\/8335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/hecoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}