Reducing Restaurant Food Waste

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Julie Cook Kitchener Sep 1, 2025 12:38 pm
Hi all,   According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), at least one-third of food produced globally is wasted. In China, a staggering 349 million tons …

Shifting to plant-based diets

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Julie Cook Kitchener May 5, 2025 12:40 pm
Hi all,    When I was a student in university, I took a course on Mahatma Gandhi. I was awestruck by how this great man lived by his principles, including the principle of non-vio…

Reducing contamination in composting

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Julie Cook Kitchener Apr 14, 2025 12:44 pm
Hi all,    How can we reduce contamination in community compost bins? The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) sought to tackle this question in its latest webinar on the topi…

Cape Town’s water crisis to redemption story

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Julie Cook Kitchener Oct 21, 2024 13:36 pm
Hi all,  You may know about Cape Town, South Africa’s struggles with water shortages several years ago. You may be less familiar with how cleverly they used behavioral science to…

Tricks to Trashcans: Preventing Littering in Orange County, California

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Julie Cook Kitchener Oct 7, 2024 12:42 pm
Hi all,   I’ve got an example for you of a high-quality littering prevention campaign in California. Action Research partnered with the Orange County Stormwater Program (h20c.org)…

Inspiring workplace safety through intrinsic motivation

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Julie Cook Kitchener May 6, 2024 12:56 pm
Hi all,    Imagine you’re an investor sitting in a fancy hotel ballroom around the corner from Wall Street, waiting to hear a speech from the new CEO of the aluminum company you’v…

Changing social norms around native plants in your area

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Julie Cook Kitchener Apr 15, 2024 13:11 pm
Hi all,   Those of you who are interested in encouraging native plant gardens in your region might find some inspiration in World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) “In the Zone” program. The …

What Can We Learn from Failed Attempts to Change People's Behaviour?

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Julie Cook Kitchener Nov 4, 2020 22:35 pm
Hi everyone, A new article was published recently in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, which catalogues different types of failures in behaviour change programs as well as backfiring…

Behavior Change for Nature: A Behavioral Science Toolkit for Practitioners

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Julie Cook Kitchener Oct 21, 2020 18:04 pm
Hi all, I just lectured about biodiversity loss at the University of Waterloo, and have recently come across a fabulous behaviour change toolkit for practitioners working in the …

Behavioural Science Toolkit for Physical Distancing and People Movement

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Liz Foote Maui Sep 2, 2020 2:41 am
As described in this article, the firm The Behavioural Architects has released a free resource to help with physical distancing and people movement, specifically the behaviors of …

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