For the second issue in our series, we consider how “listening” and “familiarity” are important elements of SEE.

02 SEE Themes Across the Domains

We start a new mini-series based on a series of essays written by our co-founder Rachel Kaplan, which explore elements of SEE that do not fit neatly into a single domain. First up, we explore how participation, feedback, and small experiments relate to meaningful engagement.

01 SEE Themes Across the Domains

reDirect is thrilled to announce that Paige Porter has been promoted to be our new Executive Director! Also in this issue, we share a few exciting things coming up in 2026, review highlights from the past year, and share a couple of book recommendations.

We share a new video in which Anne Kearney explains how living in Barcelona is impacting her journey to learn Spanish.

Meredith King, one of our 2025 fellows, shares how she used SEE to help create a community engagement plan for the City of Ann Arbor, turning a mobile nano-grid into a learning lab where citizens can learn to live more sustainably.

We look at the role of rewards and positive reinforcement in habit formation as we learn how to optimize our external conditions—our environments—to support us on our way.

08 Willpower, Motivation, and Habits

We share a little story of an aspiring writer who experimented with adding structure to his environment to build a new habit.

07 Willpower, Motivation, and Habits

We look at four crucial elements that psychologists have identified in how we make new habits.

06 Willpower, Motivation, and Habits

We share a short 8-minute video from author and speaker James Clear about how to design our physical environments to better support our goals.

05 Willpower, Motivation, and Habits

We take a beat to talk about the reasons why we may feel unmotivated. Are we bored, or do we need a break to restore our mental bandwidth?

04 Willpower, Motivation, and Habits

In this issue we consider what to do when we feel unmotivated. Is waiting around for the feeling to “strike” the best approach?

03 Willpower, Motivation, and Habits

We often think that we just need more willpower to shift our habits and achieve our aims. We uncover what psychological research has to say about it.

02 Willpower, Motivation, and Habits

In this newsletter, we go into some of the science of how habits are made, as we begin a series exploring the connection between habits, environments, and willpower.

01 Willpower, Motivation, and Habits

Anne is a visual artist and environmental psychologist with a knack for bringing SEE to life. Follow along this year as she shares stories from the crossroads of art, life, and environmental psychology.

We share an NYT article and some small experiments that can help us recognize our current technology habits and adjust our behaviors to better align with our goals.