Energy and Water Reduction: "Green" Hotels

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Patricia Griffin created "Green" Hotels Association in 1993. The goal of this association is to reduce the amount of energy and water consumed by the lodging industry. GHA provide…

Nuclear Attitudes after Chernobyl: A Cross-National Study. Special Issue: Psychological Fallout from the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident

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Eiser, J. R., Hannover, B., Mann, L., Morin, M., et al. (1990). Nuclear attitudes after Chernobyl: A cross-national study. Special Issue: Psychological fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 10, 2, 101-110.
840 Ss from universities in Australia, England, France, West Germany, and the Netherlands completed a questionnaire during the month following the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 19…

A Performance Feedback Intervention to Reduce Waste: Performance Data and Participant Responses

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Eldridge, L., Lemasters, S. & Szypot, B. (1978). A performance feedback intervention to reduce waste: Performance data and participant responses. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 1, 258-267.
A performance feedback system was designed to reduce waste in a production department. The intervention included a new feedback system, a stated goal, and contingent supervisory p…

Installing Efficient Faucet Aerators & Showerheads

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Meryl Brott Cambridge Nov 9, 2007 6:01 am
Hi, Looking for advice re: communicating to tenants in a letter (email) that the showerhead and the faucet aerators in their apartment will be changed out within the next few m…

Bringing Global Education to the University and the Community

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Edmisten, P. T. (1986). Bringing global education to the university and the community. Journal of Environmental Education, 17, 2, 11-13.
Describes the content and development of an interdisciplinary course at a university that addresses the global issues of food, population, energy, environment, arms and security, …

Predicting Attitudes to Oil and to Nuclear Energy

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Eiser, J. R., Spears, R., & Webley, P. (1988). Predicting attitudes to oil and to nuclear energy. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 8, 2, 141-147.
Assessed the attitudes of 480 adult residents of a small town in the UK toward a new nuclear power station and a new inshore oil drilling in their neighborhood. The proposed nucle…

Los Angeles Upcoming Water Rate Hikes

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lbbudd Oct 26, 2007 11:01 am
I am now in the LA area looking at water use levels. The LADWP informs me they are about to ask the city council for major rate price increases, more tiers. This is in an effort t…

Restoring the Redwood River

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The Redwood River Clean Water Project, an accelerated program to restore the Redwood River and Lake Redwood, was officially launched in 1995. It began as a response to deteriorati…

Using Prompts to Decrease the Amount of Lawn-Walking on a University Campus

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Smith, J.M. (1992). Several antecedent strategies in reduction of an environmentally destructive behavior. Psychological Reports, 70, 241-242., ,
A literature review revealed that prompts could be an effective tool in decreasing the destruction of grass. Therefore, sign prompts were placed at four locations on a university …

Public Opinion in the 1980s: Clear Consensus, Ambiguous Commitment

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Dunlap, R. E. (1991). Public opinion in the 1980s: Clear consensus, ambiguous commitment. Environment, 33, 10-15, 32-37.

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