Dr. Philip Zimbardo - EVERYDAY HEROES to Lead a Community Lecture at Green School Bali

Bali, Indonesia, October 26, 2015 (Newswire.com) -
DR PHILIP ZIMBARDO TO ADDRESS EVERYDAY HEROES
Author of Stanford Prison Experiment to lead a Community Lecture
at Green School Bali

On Thursday, 12 November, Dr. Philip Zimbardo - famed social psychologist and well-known researcher of the Stanford Prison Experiment - will lead a Community Lecture on "Transforming Evil to Heroic Goodness". The Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Stanford University, Dr. Zimbardo, will present his most recent project on how ordinary people find the hero within. The lecture is a free event, open for island-wide audience.

"When I visited Bali last spring, on family vacation, I was told by several psychologists that I met about the remarkable educational programs being created and delivered by the Green School 'in the jungle' I am also interested in developing new lessons in our Heroic Imagination Project on Sustainability and Conservation, and I was told they were core interests of Green School teachers and students. So I made a one day visit and was delighted to discover: some of my research was being taught in a psychology course, that ​one of my former Stanford students, Chris Thompson, was a director there, and that there was an enormous amount of creative energy and ideas spilling all over among both teachers and the diverse student body. I vowed to return again- on business, and I am delighted to have been so invited to teach and to learn more in my November 2015 visit." - stated Dr. Zimbardo.

Dr. Philip Zimbardo, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University

Who : Dr. Philip Zimbardo

What : Community Lecture “Transforming Evil to Heroic Goodness”

When : Thursday, 12 November 2015 | 0600pm

Where : Sangkep, Green School Bali – Jalan Raya Sibang Kaja, Abiansemal, Badung, Bali

Dr. Zimbardo has served as the president of the American Psychology Association, designed and hosted a PBS series called ‘Discovering Psychology,’ and authored many seminal texts on the study of psychology, including notable texts such as The Time Paradox, The Lucifer Effect, and The Time Cure. His areas of focus have included time perspective, shyness, terrorism, madness, and evil. His research into the psychology of evil has now led him in the direction of promoting goodness and heroic action as an antidote to evil through his Heroic Imagination Project.

“When I visited Bali last spring, on family vacation, I was told by several psychologists that I met about the remarkable educational programs being created and delivered by the Green School 'in the jungle' I am also interested in developing new lessons in our Heroic Imagination Project on Sustainability and Conservation, and I was told they were core interests of Green School teachers and students. So I made a one day visit and was delighted to discover: some of my research was being taught in a psychology course, that ​one of my former Stanford students, Chris Thompson, was a director there, and that there was an enormous amount of creative energy and ideas spilling all over among both teachers and the diverse student body. I vowed to return again– on business, and I am delighted to have been so invited to teach and to learn more in my November 2015 visit.” - stated Dr. Zimbardo.

For additional information on Dr. Philip Zimbardo's Community Lecture at Green School Bali, contact Irma Sitompul at irma [at] greenschool [dot] org

About Green School Bali

Green School is an international school in Bali, Indonesia whose mission is to be the #1 model of sustainability education in the world. Awarded as the “2012 Greenest School on Earth” by the Center for Green Schools at the United States Green Building Council, this “destination school” has attracted over 360 pre-school through high school students from more than 30 countries seeking a unique, nature-based, student-centered education. The school believes in three simple values underlying every decision: be local, let your environment be your guide and envisage how your grandchildren will be affected by your actions.

Green School was founded in 2008 by John and Cynthia Hardy who recognized a unique opportunity to create something truly inspiring and outside of the structural, conceptual, and physical limitations of most traditional schools. Its curriculum combines the academic rigour expected of schools and institutions of higher learning with hands-on experiential learning.

About Heroic Imagination Project

Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the Heroic Imagination Project was founded by Dr. Philip Zimbardo.  His work has studied the psychological foundations of negative forms of social influence (such as conformity, obedience, and the bystander effect) and is now refocused on understanding the nature of everyday heroism and the psychology of personal and social growth.

HIP is a research-based organization, which provides knowledge, tools, strategies, and exercises to individuals and groups to help them to overcome the social and psychological forces that can keep people from taking effective action at crucial moments in their lives.