Development

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Step 1: Selecting Behaviors

Step 1: Selecting Behaviors

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Whether you are developing a program to promote water efficiency, waste reduction, watershed protection, energy efficiency, modal transportation shifts, or virtually any other area related to … 11 $0.11 Add
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Step 3: Developing Strategies - Norms & Sustainable Behaviour

Step 3: Developing Strategies – Norms & Sustainable Behaviour

Social Norms: Building Community Support

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

To date too little attention has been given to the significant impact that norms can have upon the adoption of sustainable behavior. If we are to make the transition to a sustainable future, it … 13 $0.13 Add
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Step 3: Developing Strategies - Social Diffusion

Step 3: Developing Strategies – Social Diffusion

Social Diffusion: Speeding the Adoption of New Behaviors

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Both the mundane and important decisions of our lives are strongly affected by a process known as social diffusion or diffusion of innovations. In contrast with what nonpersonal sources of … 11 $0.11 Add
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Step 3: Developing Strategies - Forgetting

Step 3: Developing Strategies – Forgetting

Prompts: Rembering to Act

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Numerous actions that promote sustainability are susceptible to the most human of traits: forgetting. Fortunately, “prompts” are effective in reminding people to engage in sustainable … 12 $0.12 Add
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Step 3: Developing Strategies - Barriers

Step 3: Developing Strategies – Barriers

Convenience: Making it Easy to Act

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

If the behavior is unpleasant or time-consuming, for example, no matter how well you address internal barriers your community-based social marketing strategy will be unsuccessful. The first step … 9 $0.90 Add
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Step 4: Piloting

Step 4: Piloting

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Think of a pilot as a “test run,” an opportunity to work out the bugs before committing to carrying out a strategy broadly. As noted in the chapters on developing strategies, the … 7 $0.70 Add
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Step 5: Broad-scale Implementation and Evaluation

Step 5: Broad-scale Implementation and Evaluation

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

When a pilot project has demonstrated that a behavioral change can be brought about cost-effectively, it is time to broadly implement the strategy. Prior to broad-scale implementation, collect … 3 $0.30 Add
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Straw and Other Fibers: A Second Harvest

Straw and Other Fibers: A Second Harvest

From: The New Carbon Architecture

This chapter examines the use of "little trees," i.e., the stalks of straw that support seed crops. ; 12 $1.20 Add
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Sustainability—As We Know It—Is Not Sustainable
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Sustainability—As We Know It—Is Not Sustainable

From: The New Sustainability Edge: Redefining Business from Startups to Industry Leaders

In this chapter, Broby Eckert, examines the sustainability demand revolution of the early 2020s, where consumer pull drives new markets and ecosystems at scale. 20 $2.00 Add
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Sustainable Business Education: Upskilling Youth in Developing Economies
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Sustainable Business Education: Upskilling Youth in Developing Economies

From: The New Sustainability Edge: Redefining Business from Startups to Industry Leaders

In this chapter, Merali, examines how artificial intelligence and data analytics can close the green-skills gap in developing economies across South Asia, the Gulf Cooperation Council states, and … 20 $2.00 Add
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Sustainable Business Strategy
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Sustainable Business Strategy

From: The New Sustainability Edge: Redefining Business from Startups to Industry Leaders

In this chapter, Kotler and Hasan examine how sustainability has become a central pillar of business strategy. They explore the Triple Bottom Line, ESG integration, and the Shared Value concept … ; 31 $3.10 Add
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Sustainable Tourism: Evolution and Lessons Learned
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Sustainable Tourism: Evolution and Lessons Learned

From: The New Sustainability Edge: Redefining Business from Startups to Industry Leaders

In this chapter, Schofield and Ward Schofield examine the evolution of sustainable tourism in Bhutan and Nepal from 1974 to the present. ; 42 $4.20 Add
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Sustainable Trade and the Regulatory Business Environment: Lessons From Afghanistan
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Sustainable Trade and the Regulatory Business Environment: Lessons From Afghanistan

From: The New Sustainability Edge: Redefining Business from Startups to Industry Leaders

In this chapter, Ul Haq Wani examines Afghanistan’s trade and regulatory business environment following the Taliban’s takeover in August 2021. 22 $2.20 Add
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Taiwan's Innovation Economy
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Taiwan’s Innovation Economy

From: Inspired by Taiwan

In this chapter, Takach traces Taiwan’s transformation from an agricultural society into a global technology leader, a shift spanning from the early 1950s to the present. 35 $3.50 Add
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Technology and Localization: Trends at Play

Technology and Localization: Trends at Play

From: The New Carbon Architecture

This chapter explores some of the technological trends that are accelerating green building. 9 $0.90 Add
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Ten STeps to Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis

Ten STeps to Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis

From: Dry Run

In this chapter, I propose a 10-step program of measures that water activists can unite behind, from the immediately possible to long-term fixes that will depend on the water issues in a specific … 20 $2.00 Add