Water

Planting Vegetated Buffers to Improve Water Quality.

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Heidi Baker Belmont May 11, 2010 18:02 pm
Need Campaign examples or research on getting Homeowners/municipalities to plant vegetated buffers for stormwater management and to improve water quality. Are their any campaigns…

Studies on Water Conservation

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Alix Taylor Peterborough Jun 7, 2010 10:16 am
I am looking for information on any research done on barriers to household water conservation. I am specifically interested in work done with young adults (late teens/ early twent…

An Opportunistic Field Experiment in Community Water Conservation

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Watson, R. K., Murphy, M. H., Kilfoyle, F. E. & Moore, S. M. (1999). An opportunistic field experiment in community water conservation. Population and Environment: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 20, 6, 545-560.
This quasi-experimental, 7-yr study evaluated the effectiveness of an educative vs a price-structuring approach to the strategic management of domestic water consumption. The Know…

Keeping Land in CRP

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Anne Lewis Pierre Mar 18, 2008 10:27 am
Is anyone else working on keeping land in CRP and out of ag production? Subscribe to the SD Discovery Center's newsletters at: http://www.sd-discovery.com/newsletter.shtm …

RFQ -- Letter of Interest

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Eric Williams Concord Jun 16, 2010 14:26 pm
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services seeks letters of interest from consultants qualified to perform social science research and to design behavior change progra…

The Effects of Appraised Severity and Efficacy in Promoting Water Conservation: An Informational Analysis

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Kantola, S. J., Syme, G. J., & Nesdale, A. R. (1983). The effects of appraised severity and efficacy in promoting water conservation: An informational analysis. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 13, 2, 164-182.
To test R. W. Rogers's (see PA, Vol 55:4488) and M. Fishbein and I. Ajzen's (1975) behavioral intention model, 38-48 Ss observed 1 of 4 water conservation films differing in messa…

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…

Success Stories for New Book: McKenzie-Mohr, Lee, Schultz, Kotler

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Nancy Lee Mercer Island Jan 15, 2010 16:39 pm
For a new book anticipated to be published this year (WHAT WORKS: Social Marketing Strategies to Protect the Environment: Doug McKenzie-Mohr, Nancy Lee, Wes Schultz, Philip Kotler…

The Relative Effectiveness of Models and Prompts on Energy Conservation: A Field Experiment in a Shower Room

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Aronson, E. & O'Leary, M. (1982-83). The relative effectiveness of models and prompts on energy conservation: A field experiment in a shower room. Journal of Environmental Systems, 12, 3, 219-224.
Signs were placed in the field house shower rooms of a university campus exhorting people to conserve water and energy by turning off the water while soaping up. Making the signs…

Celebrating India's "Catch the Rain" campaign

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Julie Cook Kitchener Mar 25, 2024 13:04 pm
Hi all,   On the heels of World Water Day on March 22nd, it is more urgent than ever that we collectively recognize the importance of water in our daily lives. For a bit of inspir…

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