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Dear Lindzy,
One of the reasons why there is so little on the subject might be that the rich literature on (pro-environmental) behavior change indicates that short-exposure interventions may not be a very effective way for changing behavior, maybe with the exception of interventions that specifically target behaviors which the audience has the ability to do something about [and even then something reinforcing would have to happen afterwards]. That said, I think the Bill Nye's Climate Lab Exhibit at Chabot or the National Academies Koshland Museum's Decision Lab may have some interesting initial evaluation results. Below I listed three references that could be useful (but you may already be familiar with them). The first two summarize existing literature on behavior change in the area of the environment, and the article Kirsten Ellenbogen, Joe Heimlich and I wrote summarizes three cases, two of which (Biodiversity 911 exhibit and hotel water conservation efforts) might be instructive on the issue.
Cheers,
Martin
Heimlich, J.E. & Ardoin N.M. (2008). Understanding behavior to understand behavior change: a literature review. Environmental Education Research 14(3): 215-237.
Stern, P. C. (2008). Environmentally significant behavior in the home. In Lewis, A. (Ed), The Cambridge handbook of psychology and economic behaviour, (pp. 363-382). New York, NY, US: Cambridge University Press.
Storksdieck, M., Ellenbogen, K. & Heimlich, J.E. (2005). Changing Minds? Factors that influence free-choice learning about environmental conservation. Environmental Education Research 11(3): 93-109.
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Greetings All,
I am in the process of planning a Science and Sustainability Family Science Night. One of out top goals is to promote pro-environmental behavior change.
As I look through the literature I am seeing very little reference to research or evaluation done on this topic. In fact the only journal article referencing this based on Disney's Conservation Station within Animal Kingdom. Perhaps I am not looking in the right place, or with an appropriate search term, so I am hoping to get some help from you all. I know proving that change happened based on a one-time experience is difficult, but does that mean no one is trying this?
Have you done programming focused on pro-environmental behavior change? I'd love to hear about your experiences, thoughts or perspectives on this idea.
Cheers,
Lindzy Bivings
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