Fostering sustainable behavior : an introduction to community-based social marketing

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Fostering sustainable behavior : an introduction to community-based social marketing

Doug McKenzie-Mohr

New Society Publishers, 2011.2

3rd ed

  • : pbk

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We are consuming resources and polluting our environment at a rate that is outstripping our planet's ability to support us. To create a sustainable future, we must not only change our own actions, we must educate and encourage those around us to change theirs. If one individual recycles his plastic containers, the impact is minimal. But if an entire community recycles, enormous amounts of resources are saved. How then do we go about transforming people's good intentions into action? This book explains how the field of community-based social marketing has emerged as an effective tool for encouraging positive social change. This completely revised and updated third edition contains a wealth of new research, behaviour change tools, and case studies. Learn how to: target unsustainable behaviours, and identify the barriers to change; understand various commitment strategies; communicate effective messages; and, enhance motivation and invite participation. The strategies introduced in this ground-breaking manual are an invaluable resource for anyone interested in promoting sustainable behaviour, including environmental conservation, recycling and waste reduction, water and energy efficiency and alternative transportation.

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Preface How to Use this Book Fostering Sustainable Behavior Step 1: Selecting Behaviors Step 2: Identifying Barriers and Benefits Step 3: Developing Strategies Commitment: From Good Intentions to Action Social Norms: Building Community Support Social Diffusion: Speeding the Adoption of New Behaviors Prompts: Remembering to Act Communication: Creating Effective Messages Incentives: Enhancing Motivation to Act Convenience: Making it Easy to Act Developing Strategies Revisited Step 4: Piloting Step 5: Broad-scale Implementation and Evaluation Concluding thoughts Acknowledgments References About the author

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