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Making Shift Happen

Designing for Successful Environmental Behavior Change
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_In Making Shift Happen_ by Nya Van Leuvan, Lauren Highleyman, Rod Fujita, and Ashleigh Kellerman, readers are guided through a transformative journey of personal growth and change. The authors offer practical strategies and insights aimed at overcoming internal and external barriers to achieve meaningful shifts in mindset and behaviour. This book provides a blend of evidence-based techniques and inspiring anecdotes to empower readers to initiate and sustain positive change in their lives.
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If you're looking to create transformative change in your personal life or organisation, this book offers practical strategies and insights. It blends self-help with actionable techniques, empowering you to effectively implement major shifts and achieve your desired outcomes.

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To tackle our urgent environmental problems and achieve positive, durable change, we must design solutions based directly on how people think, make decisions, and act. Whether you're a practitioner or want to change your own behavior, Making Shift Happen is a roadmap that empowers you with tools to transform the world.

The changemaker's guide to catalyzing environmental behaviour change for a healthy future

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The changemaker's guide to catalysing environmental behaviour change for a healthy future.

To tackle our urgent environmental problems and achieve positive, durable change, we must design solutions based directly on how people think, make decisions, and act.

From hotels that save water and money using simple signage, to energy suppliers that boost participation in renewable energy programs through mere enrolment form tweaks – shifting the behaviour of millions for the better is possible.

Based on decades of research into what drives behaviour change, Making Shift Happen provides a suite of powerful tools to transform the world. It features A to Z guidance on how to design a behaviour change initiative – from choosing the right audience and uncovering what drives their behaviour, to designing, prototyping, testing, and implementation.

Clear instructions and real-world examples empower you to apply hundreds of behavioural science solutions including:

  • Using social norms to spread positive environmental behaviours
  • Selecting and testing stories, metaphors, and values to frame information for each audience
  • Catalysing action by aligning your initiative with your audience's personal and social motivators
  • Breaking bad habits and building positive ones
  • Capturing your audience's attention and reducing barriers to action
  • Connecting people with nature and building empathy for the environment and its inhabitants.

Making Shift Happen is a must-have guide for practitioners in non-profits, governments, and businesses looking to design successful campaigns and initiatives that shift behaviours and mindsets toward positive environmental outcomes and a better future for all.

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Making Shift Happen is praised for its engaging, scientifically grounded approach to combating climate change through actionable steps. The book is noted for addressing environmental issues as human issues, offering practical and wise guidance. It highlights the application of behavioural science to promote sustainable practices and appeals to understanding and utilising insights into human behaviour for environmental stewardship. Additionally, it provides a comprehensive "workshop-in-a-book" experience, emphasising self-care for long-term engagement.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780865719484

Publisher: New Society Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 January 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: New Society Publishers

Illustration: 60 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 225.0mm

Weight: 594g

Pages: 544

About the Author

Nya Van Leuvan, MA, is a leader in designing and executing programs that accelerate social change by shifting human behavior. She co-founded and directs the not-for-profit Root Solutions to increase the effectiveness of conservation advocacy and policymaking through the use of behavior change, design thinking, and systems thinking. She holds an MA from the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University and a BA from the University of California, Berkeley. She's from San Francisco, California.

Lauren Highleyman, MS, is a communications and behavior change strategist with experience designing and implementing effective and engaging initiatives across a variety of environmental issue areas. She is passionate about applying insights from the social and behavioral sciences to inspire action and strengthen collaboration among diverse environmental stakeholders. She holds an MS in Natural Resources and Environment with a focus in Environmental Behavior, Education and Communication from the University of Michigan and a BA from UC San Diego. She lives in Marin County, CA.

Rod Fujita, PhD, is a leader in the theory and practice of aligning incentives with good conservation outcomes. He co-founded Root Solutions and is the Director of Research and Development at Environmental Defense Fund's Oceans Program, where he has been working to improve fisheries for more than 30 years. Rod has served on numerous state, regional, federal, and international advisory bodies and has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications, as well as many popular articles and the well-received book, Heal the Ocean. He lives in Oakland, California.

Ashleigh Kellerman is a Senior Associate at Root Solutions, where she focuses on framing for improved environmental communication and behavior change. An alumna of UC Berkeley with a background in psychology and economics, she has dedicated her career to shifting the frames, narratives, metaphors and values that underpin many of the world's most pressing social issues. She lives in Berkeley, California.

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