ABSTRACT
Within that overall context the process of Humanistic Psychology must be one of reflection leading to the deconstruction of any residual defences at the heart of its own collusional dynamics. In May 2005, the 'severe crisis' was spelled out in the virally circulated 'Global Warning'. It identified three issues: the collision between exponential consumerism and limited global resources; the environmental implosion threatened by accelerating global warming; and the predictable social disruption from the unleashed response of psychotic social defences against anxiety. Within just over a year the author took up responsibility for 'The Manhattan Project of Climate Science', quickly re-named the 'Apollo-Gaia Project'. The research agenda was concentrated on the most critically important 'known unknown', namely the amount by which the complex feedback dynamics of the global climate system would amplify the impact of the increasing concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
