Social Norms: An Underestimated and Underemployed Lever for Managing Climate Change

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Griskevicius,V., Cialdini, R.B., and Goldstein, N.J. (2008). Social Norms: An Underestimated and Underemployed Lever for Managing Climate Change. International Journal for Sustainability Communication, 3, 5-13.
It is widely recognized that communications that make social norms salient can be effective in influencing behavior. What is surprising, given the strength of the evidence, is how…

Trying to Mobilize Community to Take Pride in Creek

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elschramm [email protected] Chicago Oct 20, 2008 21:47 pm
I'm trying to clean up a very urban section of a creek (a Hudson River tributary) and encourage residents to take pride in this valuable resource for the community. Data has alre…

"Norm"ally Distributed Data: The Differential Effects of Injunctive, Descriptive, and Personal Norms on Littering

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Reno, R. R. "Norm"ally distributed data: The differential effects of injunctive, descriptive, and personal norms on littering. Vol. 52. 1991.

Cigarette Littering Campaigns

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Theresa Cross Vancouver Jul 31, 2008 11:53 am
Hello: I'm looking for materials to use with a downtown city of Vancouver (US) business association that is embarking on a plan to reduce cigarette butt litter, an unfortunate…

Littering in Parks

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Cappy Manly Apr 10, 2008 12:53 pm
Dear Friends, I am looking for ideas, signs/messaging, and information that can assist parks in curbing the persistent litter problem. We have large problems in our parks tha…

Innovative Litter Signs

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Unknown Apr 10, 2008 10:21 am
Hi, I have the task of producing signs to try to help prevent littering. They are to be placed at key recreational points/parks that front our river. These areas are consiste…

Problem with Discarding Used Tires

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Kate Corwin Kansas City Jan 29, 2008 9:38 am
Does anyone know of a city, county, or other organization that has paid citizens for old tires as a way to discourage dumping them on vacant lots? (Like a buy-back program?) Curr…

Coastal Littering

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Kelsey Vaughn Portsmouth Jun 19, 2007 14:55 pm
Greetings, I am currently working with my colleagues to enact a coastal anti-littering campaign in New Hampshire. We have already received data concerning types and amounts o…

Cigarette Butt Littering

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Megan Warfield Olympia Oct 6, 2006 14:09 pm
Friends, Does anyone have any experience with providing small disposable foil packets (approximately 2 inches by 3 inches) to smokers as an alternative to littering their cig…

Littering

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Unknown Aug 6, 2006 9:51 am
Sarah Weller has asked that I post the following question for her: Can anyone send me examples of CBSM being used in campaigns to reduce littering? Best, Doug Doug McKe…

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