With around 168 million tonnes of food lost in North America annually, and food waste a key contributor to climate change, reducing it is a critical priority. The good news is tha…
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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…
Chicago was the first U.S. city to require building owners to prominently post a building’s energy performance rating, and to share that that rating with potential buyers and/or r…
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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…
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If you’re looking for a compelling behaviour change program related to safety, check out the “Wear it” campaign run by the U.S. coast guard. Though it is American-based,…
Smart Cities have risen in popularity in the past several years. As sustainability professionals, many of whom work for municipalities, you may have come across or be working towa…
Since 1995, Seattle Children’s Hospital has run a trip reduction program designed to reduce the number of employees driving alone to work to just 30% of trips by 2030. In the init…
In 2014, Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAA) conducted a pilot with its captains to determine how monitoring, performance information, personal targets, and prosocial incentives would i…
Several decades ago, the city of Cape Town, South Africa predicted severe water shortages as a result of rapid urbanization and high per capita water consumption. In 2018, as the …
In 2009, Pathfinder International and its partners implemented the Strengthening Communities through Integrated Programming (SCIP) project in Nampula province, Mozambique with a g…
