Launched in 2002 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, VERB was a ‘for-kids-by-kids’ multicultural campaign aimed at increasing and maintaining physical activity amon…
In 2007, a Health and Lifestyle survey in Hull, UK showed a high prevalence of overweight and obese individuals in the adult population. While weight management services were avai…
Deliver Life was a campaign implemented in Malawi to emphasize the importance of practicing and sustaining good hygiene practices like hand washing with soap, using latrines prope…
In an attempt to combat vehicle idling, Toronto instated an Anti-Idling Bylaw limiting vehicle idling to three minutes. However, because enforcement proved difficult, the bylaw al…
The GCC Active and Safe Routes to School program was brought to life by Greenest City, a Toronto-based non-profit known for addressing a variety of environmental issues through lo…
Medicine Hat, a city in western Canada with a municipally owned utility, was interested in exploring how consumers would respond to receiving information on their home’s heat loss…
Vancouver’s Employee Trip Reduction Program was launched by the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) to reduce single-occupant vehicle commuter travel among its employees, p…
In response to low cancer screening rates in the United States, New York State’s Cancer Services Program (CSP) was created in an attempt to increase screening rates among the stat…
First implemented in 1991, the Calgary Commuter Challenge was designed to encourage commuters to explore alternative transportation options as part of National Environment Week. I…
Developed in the Region of Peel, Ontario, Stepping It Up was a program designed to reduce car traffic and increase walking and cycling to school by working with elementary school …
