Backyard Composting CBSM report
I have had several requests for the report Lura Consulting (http://www NULL.lura NULL.ca) wrote for the Community-based Social Marketing (http://cbsm NULL.com) backyard composting project we did with the Township of Langley (http://www NULL.tol NULL.ca). In order to make it more readily accessible, I am posting it here (http://www NULL.beyondattitude NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/LangleyBYC_CBSM_FinalReport NULL.pdf). The report will be […]
Another Kind of Commitment
Community-based Social Marketing strategies rely heavily on securing commitment. The idea is to get someone to make a verbal, written or public commitment to undertake a preferred behaviour. Behavioural science tells us, and our own experience proves it, that someone who makes a commitment to adopt a behaviour is much more likely to do so […]
Children’s Clean Air Network
Ron Zima is on a mission. He is determined to stop unnecessary vehicle idling. Several years ago, Ron had an awakening. One day he suddenly realized that the right of all people, but especially of children, to breathe clean air, was being compromised by idling vehicle engines. Suddenly, he was seeing them everywhere: at his […]
Backyard Composting Surprises 2
When we did our survey research for the Backyard Composting Project in the Township of Langley, BC, we found some surprising and interesting facts. For instance, although 55% of the people surveyed reported that they used a kitchen sink disposal unit, there was no difference in the incidence of composting between those who used them […]
The Walrus
Community-based Social Marketing is the subject of a story in the October issue of The Walrus (http://www NULL.walrusmagazine NULL.com/articles/2010 NULL.10-frontier-human-nature). The story uses Nova Scotia’s Waste Management Program (http://www NULL.gov NULL.ns NULL.ca/nse/waste/) as a backdrop to an interesting discussion on how behavioural psychology has been successfully incorporated into a wide variety of environmental programs.