The Waste Game

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Julie Cook Kitchener May 4, 2026 12:33 pm
Hi all, As you develop your programs, you may be looking for online educational tools that impart knowledge on waste prevention and recycling. Waste games are one way to do just t…

Climate Policy Support Among Americans

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Julie Cook Kitchener Mar 16, 2026 12:34 pm
Hi all,  When Americans think about the climate debate, they imagine an ‘us vs. them’ mentality, with left-wing climate doomists in one camp and right-wing climate deniers in the …

How framing behaviors can solve the ecological crisis

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Julie Cook Kitchener Nov 18, 2024 13:58 pm
Hi all,   What if we understood our current ecological crisis as a “Human Behavioral Crisis”? That is how researchers, Merz et al (2023), have described it. In their paper, they a…

Three communication traps & how to avoid them

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Julie Cook Kitchener Oct 14, 2024 12:58 pm
Hi all,    If you’d like to learn more about framing your conservation messages, this resource may be for you. Conservation Optimism has created a helpful communication toolkit th…

How climate anxiety shapes support for renewable energy

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Julie Cook Kitchener Jul 8, 2024 12:51 pm
Hi all,   A recent study published by Energy Policy has found that people’s concerns about climate change shape their support for various energy sources, from renewable energy to …

Sounds right: Blending passion for music with wildlife conservation

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Julie Cook Kitchener Jun 17, 2024 12:49 pm
Hi all,    There is an exciting, new, and innovative campaign called Sounds Right in which nature sounds are incorporated into the music tracks of famous musicians such as Brian E…

Switzerland’s bike to work campaign: Fun, easy, and popular

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Julie Cook Kitchener May 13, 2024 12:41 pm
Hi all,   The social marketing discipline has long held this truism that sustainable behaviours should be fun, easy, and popular. Switzerland’s bike to work campaign is all of tho…
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