Promoting small actions, such as reducing plastic use, can be a useful entry point for other actions around climate change. It’s an example of ‘positive spillover behaviour’.
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Research shows the key to changing your diet is focusing on changing eating habits and food behaviours, one at a time.
How providing information on the health risks of vaping through expert advice and personal testimonies can help steer students away from using e-cigarettes.
A new report suggests the government has less to fear from promoting sustainable lifestyles than it expects.
Here’s some good environmental news – local governments and local actions have slashed the plastic on our beaches. Incentives, awareness and access are the key.
In 2000, fossil fuels were 80% of total energy consumption. In 2019, they were 81%. Renewables are simply not growing fast enough. It’s time to talk about cutting energy consumption.
Research shows people want government to restrict excess consumption through regulations, not just to rely on citizens to make better choices.
Researchers looked at the most popular YouTube fitness videos and the types of behavioural change techniques they used. Here’s what they found.
The new SBS documentary is not easy to watch. But it is a big chance to reset the conversation about domestic violence.
The restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic have led to a boom in online fitness opportunities. Here’s what to look for in online classes.
Underlying social and structural causes of behaviour - such as poverty and gender disparities - are often ignored. But these are potential drivers of HIV infection among young people.
Changing social norms in a short amount of time is difficult, and a one-size-fits all policy is unlikely to have the desired effect.
Promote new habits, find out why people engage with the wildlife trade and don’t make it seem more widespread than it really is.
From eating less meat to foregoing flying, individual obligations make up our understanding of how to fight climate change, letting polluters off the hook and stifling real change.
How people lose weight when they’re doing it on their own.
Changing people’s behaviour is a huge challenge, but it is critical for good health and a sustainable planet.
The government’s new exercise campaign encourages us to get 30 minutes of physical activity a day. But while ads can get us to change our attitudes, they’re unlikely to change our behaviour.
How do you help a country get over plastic? By creating awareness and minor inconveniences and by providing lots of reminders.
Frontotemporal dementia typically affects people under 65 and is about more than memory loss – this is what to look out for.
Hedonism has a complex relationship with binge drinking – part cause, part solution. Here’s why.
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