Changing Residential Irrigation Behaviour

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Andre Boerema Parramatta Nov 8, 2005 23:31 pm
Sydney Water (Australia) is reaching the final stages of developing a landscape assessment program whereby individual residential landscapes are assessed to determine their irriga…

Programs to Promote Householders Retrofitting Rain Sensors

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Unknown Sep 12, 2006 4:41 am
I am looking for research that has identified the perceived barriers and benefits to householders retrofitting their sprinkler system so that it includes a rain sensor that monito…

How to Measure Residential Outdoor Water Use and Reductions

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lbbudd Jul 12, 2008 10:45 am
A lady in Canada asked about this. Here is how we compute outdoor water use on a mixed meter, before and after xeriscape conversion. If there is a winterseason, take the average…

Environmental Beliefs and Endorsement of Sustainable Development Principles in Water Conservation: Toward a New Human Interdependence Paradigm Scale

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Corral-Verdugo, V., Carrus, G., Bonnes, M., Moser, G., & Sinha, J. (2008). Environmental beliefs and endorsement of sustainable development principles in water conservation: Toward a New Human Interdependence Paradigm scale. Environment and Behavior, 40(5), 703-725.
It is thought that a dichotomy exists between two apparently contradictory belief systems: the so-called "Human Exception Paradigm" (HEP)--an anthropocentric belief system--and th…

Preferences for Landscape Choice in a Southwestern Desert City

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Yabiku, S., Casagrande, D., & Farley-Metzger, E. (2008, May). Preferences for landscape choice in a Southwestern desert city. Environment and Behavior, 40(3), 382-400.
Through outdoor water consumption, residential landscaping behavior affects public policy and the environment in the American Southwest. We propose a decision framework based on c…

The Ways That People Talk About Natural Resources: Discursive Strategies as Barriers to Environmentally Sustainable Practices

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Kurz, T., Donaghue, N., Rapley, M., & Walker, I. (2005). The ways that people talk about natural resources: Discursive strategies as barriers to environmentally sustainable practices. British Journal of Social Psychology, 44(4), 603-620.
In this paper, we analyse talk about water and energy use taken from nine interviews with citizens of Perth, Western Australia. Participants' talk offered representations of water…

Utilizing a Social-Ecological Framework to Promote Water and Energy Conservation: A Field Experiment

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Kurz, T., Donaghue, N., & Walker, I. (2005). Utilizing a social-ecological framework to promote water and energy conservation: A field experiment. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35(6), 1281-1300.
The present study utilized a social-ecological framework to design an intervention to reduce residential water and energy use in a local community. An experimental design was used…

Have you tested fridge magnets vs. hose tags (or anything comparable)?

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Ruben Anderson Victoria Apr 28, 2011 17:02 pm
Metro Vancouver is implementing new lawn watering restrictions and would like to provide effective reminders to residents. Has anyone done a controlled test of the effectiveness…

Skip A Week Lawn Watering Webinar January 26

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Jay Kassirer Ottawa Jan 10, 2012 11:00 am
Webinar on Southwest Florida Management District's "Skip a Week" Yard Watering Campaign (Jan. 26, 2012) This "Skip a Week" yard watering campaign used a combination of mass medi…

Webinar: Skip A Week Lawn Watering this Wednesday, January 26

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Jay Kassirer Ottawa Jan 22, 2012 20:42 pm
This "Skip a Week" yard watering campaign used a combination of mass media and norm appeals to overcome misconceptions about the amount of water required for healthy yard plants a…

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