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Fostering Sustainable Behavior Workshop

Susan — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:58:08 -0500

March 31 – April 1, 2008; University of Utah; Salt Lake City, UT

One of the biggest impediments to achieving sustainability—or any social change—is getting people to behave in a way that will support that change. Dr. Doug McKenzie-Mohr, an environmental psychologist who has studied how to get communities to change their behavior, called “community-based social marketing,” will be leading a two-day workshop at the University of Utah that will focus on sustainability. read more »

Carpooling: An Idea Whose Time Has Come…Again (UPDATE)

Susan — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:00:46 -0500

UPDATE: After we posted this story, we heard from the folks at Divide The Ride, a service that busy parents can use to form carpools for their kids. Parents enter their kids' activity schedule and invite families they know and trust to join the carpool. A carpool calendar is created and families who join the carpool will be emailed a complete schedule and reminders. Divide the Ride claims it's the only service designed exclusively for parents...and what parent couldn't use an extra set of wheels, for free? read more »

Beyond Whole Foods: Whole Body

Mike.Delponte — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:34:46 -0400

Conscious Lifestyle was founded on the idea that we don't have to wait for elections to make a change. Everyday we have an opportunity for vote for kind of world we want through ordinary actions: eating food, investing our time, choosing how to dress, talk, etc. In this globalized world even small, sometimes overlooked actions, can have a ripple effect that can be felt around the world. In a word, it's about living a lifestyle in which we are aware of how our decisions affect other people and the environment.

Whole Foods' Whole Body campaign reflects the philosophy behind Conscious Lifestyle. read more »