Emily Badger and Alan Blinder write about air conditioning in the United States and what its impact has been. This is an article in The Upshot section of the New York Times. The Upshot provides news, analysis and graphics about politics, policy and everyday life. This makes for good summer reading as some of you … Continue reading How air conditioning has changed our lifestyles
Category: behaviour/attitudes
Understanding how to inspire individual and collective action on climate change
While we have a Paris global agreement setting targets for climate change, it is still difficult to get individuals or societies to take effective action. John Abraham writes a good article in The Guardian about a recent study that analyses the influences on behaviour. It would be good to get your views. Study: inspiring … Continue reading Understanding how to inspire individual and collective action on climate change
Understanding attitudes to climate change
Denise Balkissoon writes an article in Canada’s Globe and Mail about that group between climate change deniers and climate change believers. What do you think? ‘Climate-change agnosticism’ is a cop-out Is it possible to be a “climate-change agnostic?” And what would that even mean? It’s easy to identify a climate-change atheist, like the President … Continue reading Understanding attitudes to climate change
A not-so-quiet repair revolution – repair “pop-up parties”
Getting on a sustainable pathway is a complicated effort that all of us must make. Christine Cole, Research Fellow, Architecture Design and the Built Environment and Alex Gnanapragasam, Research Fellow in Sustainable Consumer Behaviour, both from Nottingham Trent University have written a good article on innovative approaches to repair equipment instead of simply throwing them … Continue reading A not-so-quiet repair revolution – repair “pop-up parties”
Blog from Louise Sunderland – The much needed glue in a renovation strategy
Today Energy Advice Exchange published its latest briefing which highlights a range of examples of good practice in the delivery of energy advisory services across Europe. Energy advisory services (sometimes called one-stop-shops) offer consumers (building owners, managers, tenants) advice and practical assistance on a number of legal, financial, technical, practical and behavioural aspects to increase … Continue reading Blog from Louise Sunderland – The much needed glue in a renovation strategy
Understanding why people and countries engage in pro-environmental behaviour
Stefano Carattini and Allesandro Tavoni, from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment write on the LSE Business Review website explore why we behave the way we do about climate. What are your views? Think locally, act globally Why do we observe climate-friendly behaviour? From an economic perspective, it is particularly … Continue reading Understanding why people and countries engage in pro-environmental behaviour
Japanese youth show little interest in climate change
The Japanese government is trying to change consumer behaviour but fewer young people are taking climate change seriously. Tatiana Schlossberg explains these developments in a recent New York Times article. Japan Is Obsessed With Climate Change. Young People Don’t Get It At 12:30 p.m. on a recent Wednesday, the Ministry of the Environment offices … Continue reading Japanese youth show little interest in climate change
Predictors of individual views on climate change in the US
Most of us from across the Atlantic have been watching the US election and the political scene in general with great interest. There has been concern about the American attitude towards climate change and we have welcomed the efforts of the Obama Administration to drive the policies forward. Tatiana Schlossberg writes a good article in … Continue reading Predictors of individual views on climate change in the US
So, why do you save energy?
Understanding human behaviour is quite complex. It would be good if we were all economists and simply said that consumers do things in a rational manner – whatever that is. Chris Mooney, writing in the Washington Post, raises many important issues from a recent psychological study about why we take the actions we do. … Continue reading So, why do you save energy?
Awareness in energy efficiency opportunities begins at home
Since the first oil crisis in the 1970s, many countries have developed educational materials for school children to teach them the benefits of energy efficiency and to take those lessons home. Chelsea Harvey writes in the Washington Post about a new study involving girl scouts to see how children can influence their parents’ behaviour. … Continue reading Awareness in energy efficiency opportunities begins at home
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