2011

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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 - Communication

Step 3: Developing Strategies – Communication

Communication: Creating Effective Messages

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Much of human communication involves persuasion. Whether done by a four-year-old or a marketing firm, the aims are the same: to influence our attitudes and/or our behavior. The transition to a … 21 $0.42 Add
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Step 3: Developing Strategies - Incentives

Step 3: Developing Strategies – Incentives

Incentives: Enhancing Motivation to Act

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Financial incentives can provide the motivation for individuals to perform an activity that they already engage in more effectively, such as recycling, or to begin an activity that they otherwise … 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
Still Ain't Satisfied

Still Ain’t Satisfied

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Stories from Field to Table

Stories from Field to Table

Women in the Global Food System

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Subjects of empire: Indigenous peoples and the “Politics of Recognition” in Canada

Subjects of empire: Indigenous peoples and the “Politics of Recognition” in Canada

From: Home and Native Land

Recognition-based models of liberal pluralism seek to reconcile Indigenous claims to nationhood with Crown sovereignty via the accommodation of Indigenous identities in some form of renewed … 26 $2.60 Add
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Suggested Further Readings and Resources

Suggested Further Readings and Resources

From: Canadian Labour in Crisis

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Summary of My Personal Observations about Cyberlibel

Summary of My Personal Observations about Cyberlibel

From: Cyberlibel

Observations about what is cyberlibel and why it should be examined separately from defamation generally. 5 $0.50 Add