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@BioCycle—monthly email « « BioCycle BioCycle. Reduce. Cooperative Grocer Network. Mother Earth Living. Transition Lab. Sustainability Action Network - Transition to a Sustainable Lawrence and Kaw Valley. Population. Appropedia. Changing behaviour at a scale that matters. The average American generates two kilogrammes of rubbish every day.
That might not seem much. Until you total it up together that is. And then consider that more than half of this goes straight to landfill. Suddenly you have yourself a problem. How to reduce this 136 million tonne annual garbage dilemma? It all comes down to scale. To date, large-scale behavioural change programmes have been the domain of governments. Now companies are entering the fray.
Communicating change Motivation is a good place to start. "You would have thought it was obvious", Drummond says. Action points. Unilever's work around basic hygiene provides a good example. Trusting the messenger is a related factor in large-scale behaviour change programmes. Enter Energise Barnet. Peer-to-peer lending initiatives such as Zopa and RateSetter provide a similar case in point.
Collective models These examples highlight another possible avenue towards scaling behaviour change: new business models. Surprising solutions. The Green World Campaign. About Earthways. Sustainability, Green, Permaculture, and Community Resources.
Green media. Communities and Organizations — NW Earth Institute. As people are waking up to the warning signs of the challenges facing our planet, there is growing recognition that together, we can be a part of the solution.
Many have abandoned old habits to embrace more sustainable ways of living—from “buying local” and using reusable bags, to joining bike-to-work challenges and shopping second-hand. Still, many people say they would like to do more, but they don’t know where to start. If we want to continue to shift sustainability from education to action, we must meet people where they are. NWEI has helped community centers, book clubs, neighborhood associations, non-profit organizations, libraries, city governments, groups of friends, as well as nature and science centers move their communities from “I should” to “I do”. Through shared learning, shared stories and shared action, our programs help foster a spirit of community and inspire change. We invite you to launch a NWEI course in your community today or join our annual EcoChallenge.
About the Donella Meadows Institute - The Donella Meadows Institute. Our Mission: to bring economic, social and environmental systems into closer harmony with the realities of a finite planet and a globally powerful human race by using the disciplines of systems thinking, system dynamics, and collaborative learning that were pioneered by our founder, Donella Meadows.
Meadows Institute staff Becky Cook and Marta Ceroni volunteering at a nearby farm. Local food is one important aspect of the sustainable, resilient economies we are working toward. Since its founding in 1996 by environmental leader Donella Meadows, our Institute has been at the forefront of sustainability thinking and training. Our range of initiatives have addressed economic, environmental, and social challenges from a number of angles and at many levels.
Urbanism. Urbanism & food. Strategy & vision. Green Tech. Green building. Energy. Recycling. Upcycling. What's Green Nearby? Green Map System has great green living resources for people on the move: • M.GreenMap.org is a mobile website designed for all internet-enabled smart phones – you can also explore it using your computer or tablet.
Let it know your location - or choose a location under the menu’s square. Zoom in and pan around to see all the green sites on the Open Green Map. • Coming soon! A great new Mobile Site Collector. . • Our free Green Map iPhone App which includes our blog, maps and more. Our mobile offerings continually evolve to share better ways of exploring our 15 years of connecting community and sustainability resources together.