Hey Doc, Did You Wash Your Hands?

Incredibly, doctors, nurses and other medical professionals are not washing their hands enough at work. Several studies across Canada have found that medical professionals are not meeting the requirements of hand-washing protocols at our hospitals, clinics, offices and personal-care homes. Studies in the US and Switzerland have found similar results. (http://www NULL.dailymail NULL.co NULL.uk/health/article-2830947/Hospital-patients-likely-doctors-nurses-clean-hands-appointment-morning NULL.html) […]

Behaviour Change and Backyard Composting

In 2010, Lura Consulting (http://www NULL.lura NULL.ca) worked with the Township of Langley (http://www NULL.tol NULL.ca) to increase backyard composting. Funded by FCM (http://www NULL.fcm NULL.ca/), the project sought to use Community-Based Social Marketing to build upon the success of the Township’s existing Backyard Composting efforts (http://www NULL.tol NULL.ca/Current-News-Initiatives/Initiatives/Home-Composting). Last year, I delivered a webinar […]

5 Top Tips for Fostering Sustainable Behaviours

Through 2 decades of developing strategies to foster sustainable behaviours, we have learned a few lessons. Here are 5 of them: 1. Don’t make assumptions. That is a hard lesson to learn, but it is an important one, particularly for topic experts. The fact is, that although you may think you know all of the […]

Introduction to CBSM webinar

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I am conducting a CBSM webinar on December 8th, 2011. You can find out more and register here. (http://events NULL.r20 NULL.constantcontact NULL.com/register/event?llr=p6fsecgab&oeidk=a07e5av91997e177c55) All you need for the webinar is access to a computer with sound, and a microphone if you want to speak. You can also call into a conference call number if you prefer. […]

Guest Blogger – Author Chris Benjamin on The Power of Community

Today I am happy to say that we have a guest blogger, author Chris Benjamin (http://www NULL.chrisbenjaminwriting NULL.com/). Chris has just launched his new book, Eco-Innovators: Sustainability in Atlantic Canada (http://www NULL.chapters NULL.indigo NULL.ca/books/Eco-Innovators-Sustainability-Atlantic-Canada-Chris-Benjamin/9781551098630-item NULL.html?ikwid=chris+benjamin&ikwsec=Books), which tells the story of 35 people making a contribution to a more sustainable community. Take it away, Chris: At […]