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Re: Target Behaviors for Energy Efficiency in Businesses
2012-11-05 18:57:01 UTC
Any detailed research in this area is likely to be industry specific, so it might help if you narrowed your search.
You'll come across some useful guides and research on http://www.eecabusiness.govt.nz/
in particular, you may also find this guide of use:
http://www.eecabusiness.govt.nz/energyspot/episode-13/involving-staff-in-saving-energy
If you can find some industry specific data on the main energy wastages, you should then be able to identify if it has a technical or behaviour change solution, and prioritise from there.
Karyn Owen
Project Co-ordinator
Venture Southland
New Zealand -
Re: Promoting Community Watershed Awareness
2011-03-02 17:31:47 UTC
You might find this campaign in Christchurch of interest:
http://ecan.govt.nz/news-and-notices/news/Pages/change-our-ways-change-our-waterways-christchurch.aspx
I understand a series of billboards were used, the images from these are the images you see on the banner on the project website:
http://www.cleanwaterways.org.nz/
Karyn Owen
Project Co-ordinator
Venture Southland
New Zealand -
Re: Script for Smoke-Free Campus Message
2011-01-19 15:58:15 UTC
Hi Belinda,
You might get some inspiration for 'script' from this NZ smokefree campaign "Not our Future". http://www.notourfuture.co.nz/
Karyn Owen
Project Co-ordinator
Venture Southland
New Zealand -
Re: Grant Scheme: Pro-Environmental Behaviour Change
2011-01-11 15:36:16 UTC
Hi,
Some behaviour change projects have been funded in New Zealand through the Ministry for the Environment's Community Environment Fund and their now defunct Sustainable Management Fund. Their funding process has been reviewed a number of times, and seems to be streamlined quite nicely now - in terms of not too much work involved for the applicant until the project is pretty certain to get funding, and then a Ministry staff member "Funding Advisor" works with the applicant to prepare a detailed project plan (at which point they provide useful guidance documents on behaviour change programmes, milestone deliverables etc.), and can also put them in touch with previous fund recipients for advice.
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/withyou/funding/
Karyn Owen
Venture Southland
New Zealand
Karyn Owen
Project Co-ordinator
Venture Southland
New Zealand -
Use of Satellite Imagery for Projects
2010-12-06 17:27:35 UTC
We are trying to identify potential projects that may be assisted by satellite imagery of our local area. These images can be images down to 0.6m accuracy daily. I am trying to find examples of projects which have used satelite or aerial images successfully.
Kind regards,
Karyn Owen
Venture Southland, New Zealand
[email protected]
Karyn Owen
Project Co-ordinator
Venture Southland
New Zealand -
Re: CBD stormwater and native fish
2010-09-29 16:13:28 UTC
Hi Frances,
I believe that education alone will not solve the problem, although it is definately part of the solution. I'd recommend beginning with identifying the desired behaviour change. I think it is unlikely that the council would be able to change the social behaviour of the binge drinking that goes on in Wellington, I think this would be a big ask for your education programme. I lived in Majorca in Spain, a party town for many from the UK when they had a change in council and tried to change peoples behaviour - a major task which they didnt achieve in my time there.
I'd suggest you engage with the nightclubs, pubs and restaurants about getting ideas for where you would like them to vomit! Begin by educating a group of managers/staff on the environmental issues, and then engage a few passionate ones to help trial some solutions for encouraging alternative behaviour. Make sure you get some insight from the bouncers, these are the people who see your problem every night and will know what will/won't work.
Even if this approach doesn't succeed, in the process you will have gained the sympathy of the club managers, who might be more willing to reduce their detergent use for a more natural alternative, or even consider putting in swales on the drains by their property (if this would help your situation).
Karyn Owen
Venture Southland
Invercargill
Southland, NZ
Karyn Owen
Project Co-ordinator
Venture Southland
New Zealand
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