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Mindful Climate Action: Improving Health While Reducing Carbon Footprint

NCT03007901 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 16

Last updated 2019-01-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To work with community partners to pilot test a mindfulness-based behavioral program aimed at: (a) enhancement of health and well-being, and (b) reduction in carbon footprint; (2) to develop, implement, and refine methods for assessing carbon footprint at the individual level; and (3) to work with pilot participants and community partners to carry out a proof-of-concept research study to assess impact on health, well-being, and carbon footprint.

Conditions

  • Health Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindful Climate Action

Educational and Behavioral Training Curriculum: An article describing our proposed program was recently published in Sustainability (1) and is summarized here. Experienced instructors from the UW Integrative Medicine Mindfulness Program will teach the 8-week program. Classes will meet weekly for 2½ hours, with a 6 hour weekend retreat. Twenty to 45 minutes of daily home practice will be guided by audio recordings leading participants through body scan, sitting meditations, breath awareness, and mindful movement. Each of the 2½ hour weekly classes includes topics (\~30 min) relating to climate change, energy use, and carbon footprint.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bruce Barrett, MD PhD · University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-09-15
Completion
2017-09-15

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