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Recycling Requirements & Disposal Bans

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Ron Jones Olympia May 3, 2010 11:46 am
Hello, I am seeking information about the effectiveness of recycling requirements and disposal bans. 1. Do they really increase recycling and diversion rates? 2. Is there …

New Blog Post: Commitment

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Ken Donnelly Halifax May 2, 2010 21:13 pm
I have just published a new blog post about commitment strategies at http://www.beyondattitude.com. For the next few posts I am going to explore commitment strategies, their use…

Descriptive Social Norms as Underappreciated Sources of Social Control

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Cialdini, R. (2007). Descriptive social norms as underappreciated sources of social control. Psychometrika, 72(2), 263-268.
Böckenholt and van der Heijden's results regarding compliance with insurance regulations--that the enforcement activities of a regulatory agency were relatively unpredictive of co…

Using Community-Based Social Marketing Techniques to Enhance Environmental Regulation

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Kennedy, A. (2010). Using Community-Based Social Marketing Techniques to Enhance Environmental Regulation. Sustainability, 2(4), 1138-1160
This article explores how environmental regulation may be improved through the use of community-based social marketing techniques. While regulation is an important tool of sustain…

Successful Childhood Obesity Programmes

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Janet MacDonald Edinburgh May 1, 2010 16:25 pm
I am undertaking some preliminary research looking for examples of successful childhood obesity prevention and reduction programme. Of particular interest are programmes which w…

CBSM in Developing Communities

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Morgan Keil San Juan Comalapa May 1, 2010 15:41 pm
I am currently working with a community of 30 families (11 are participating) to reduce litter and increase recycling. However, they are in a rural and underdeveloped area in the…

Reducing Fertilizer Use

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Jenna Halsey Corvallis Apr 30, 2010 14:41 pm
Greetings fellow sustainable minds, I am a graduate student at Oregon State University and I'm working on a program with the City of Corvallis' Stormwater Program to reduce fert…

The Motives for Accepting or Rejecting Waste Infrastructure Facilities: Shifting the Focus from the Planners Perspective to Fairness and Community Commitment

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The Motives for Accepting or Rejecting Waste Infrastructure Facilities: Shifting the Focus from the Planners Perspective to Fairness and Community Commitment.
In environmental planning, decision making on land use for infrastructure increasingly causes conflicts, particularly with regard to contested waste facilities. Risk management an…

Using Commitments to Drive Consistency: Enhancing the Effectiveness of Cause-Related Marketing Communications

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Vaidyanathan, R., & Aggarwal, P. (2005). Using commitments to drive consistency: Enhancing the effectiveness of cause-related marketing communications. Journal of Marketing Communications 11(4), 231-246.
Research has consistently found that, despite a high degree of expressed concern about the environment, few individuals are willing to follow-up this concern with behavioural acti…

Effects of Complaining Versus Negative Word of Mouth on Subsequent Changes in Satisfaction: The Role of Public Commitment

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Nyer, P., & Gopinath, M. (2005). Effects of complaining versus negative word of mouth on subsequent changes in satisfaction: The role of public commitment. Psychology and Marketing, 22(12), 937-953.
This research reviews the motivation for voice behavior by dissatisfied consumers and demonstrates that facilitating complaining behavior results in reduced levels of negative wor…

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