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Nudging consumer towards sustainable consumption choices: effects of psychological distance perceptions.
No full textGovernment and not-for-profit agencies frequently encourage adoption of ecologically friendly packaging. This study adds to knowledge by understanding more about self-reported (i.e., explicit) and automatic (i.e., implicit) evaluations that may encourage/inhibit consumers’ sustainable food choices. In addition, we seek to contribute important insights into the effectiveness of different message appeals in motivating consumers to engage in sustainable consumption choices. The findings confirmed positive implicit and explicit attitudes towards compostable packaging across two different food categories. Study 1 also showed a dissociation between implicit and explicit associations which informs approaches to nudging changes in consumers’ behaviour towards choice of packaging. Study 2 confirms that a message framed as environmental matched with a more abstract mind-set produces more positive attitudes and intentions toward a sustainable packaging
Dr. Nicole Maurantonio - Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Nicole Maurantonio, Associate Professor of Rhetoric & Communication Studies and American Studies, discusses her book, Confederate Exceptionalism: Civil War Myth and Memory in the Twenty-First Century, published recently by the University Press of Kansas. In a time of contentious debates and protests surrounding the removal of Confederate monuments, this book considers how so-called “neo-Confederates” can distance themselves from the actions of white supremacists while also clinging to the very symbols and narratives that tether the Confederacy to histories of racism and oppression in the United States
Manon Labrecque : Corps en chute
No full textThis publication, the outcome of several interviews conducted by Gingras with the artist, documents Labrecque’s videos, performances and drawings, some of which were produced following a visit to Mongolia. Gingras deals with Labrecque’s approach to treating imagery, and describes the various states of the body she explores in her works: the body as machine, as communicator, as catalyst, the obsessive body… The author also points to a number of analogies with the work of Bruce Nauman. Texts in English and French. 14 bibl. ref
Communicating sustainable benefits: effects of mental representation and psychological distance perceptions.
No full textGovernment and not-for-profit agencies frequently encourage adoption of ecologically friendly packaging. In addition, encouraging sustainable consumer behavior, such as adoption of eco-friendly packaging, is a growing topic of interest in marketing literature (Karmarkar & Bollinger 2015) and it has been identified as one of the more pressing research topics (Mick 2006). This paper reports on a two-method study using implicit attitude theory and construal level theory to provide insights to evaluation processes that may encourage/inhibit consumers’ sustainable food packaging choices. We measure implicit versus explicit attitudes and response to advertising messages framed as environmental-centered versus self-benefit centered, matching these with respondents’ abstract versus concrete mind-sets. The findings confirmed positive implicit and explicit attitudes towards compostable packaging across two different food categories. Study 1 also showed dissociation between implicit and explicit associations, which informs approaches to nudging changes in consumers’ behavior towards packaging choice. Study 2 confirms that a message framed as environmental-centered matched with a more abstract mind-set produces more positive attitudes and intentions toward sustainable packaging
The game is on! - sports (events) as a driving force for sustainability
No full textSports represent an intriguing sector from a sustainability perspective due to the complex and intertwined nature of its ‘Triple Bottom Line’ contributions via its socio-cultural impact and health benefits (and sometimes costs) of participation, the economic significance of its commercialisation and globalisation, and the way much of it depends upon, and impacts the physical environment. In this chapter, we explore the critical link between sport, sustainability and marketing with a specific focus on environmental sustainability. This chapter first highlights the vulnerability of sport to climate change, before discussing the environmental impacts of sports (events). Fans, supporters and athletes are central to bringing about change to protect the sport for their community and future generations. This chapter demonstrates how sports (events) can engage fans in sustainability issues, leveraging sport (events) as a driving force of sustainable behaviour change, and outlines frameworks for evaluating the effectiveness of sustainability initiatives. Next, this chapter acknowledges the dark side of sport sustainability marketing with fossil and carbon-intensive industries benefitting from sports (events). This chapter concludes with a gameplan for sustainable and responsible sports outlining examples of promising developments and recommendations
Craft Talk: Nicole Walker
No full textNicole Walker is the author of Processed Meats: Essays on Food, Flesh and Navigating Disaster from Torrey House Press, The After-Normal: Brief, Alphabetical Essays on a Changing Planet from Rose Metal Press and Sustainability: A Love Story from Mad Creek Books/OSU Press. Her previous nonfiction includes Where the Tiny Things Are, Egg, Micrograms, and Quench Your Thirst with Salt. Barrow Street Press published her poetry collection, This Noisy Egg. She edited for Bloomsbury the essay collections Science of Story with Sean Prentiss and with Margot Singer, Bending Genre: Essays on Creative Nonfiction. She has written several essays for The New York Times and is a noted author in several editions of Best American Essays. She edits the Crux series at University of Georgia press and nonfiction at Diagram and teaches creative writing at Northern Arizona University
Karina Nicole González Spanish Language Picture Book Award 2024 Acceptance Speech
No full textAuthor Karina Nicole González gives an acceptance speech for Los coquíes aún cantan illustrated by Krystal Quileshttps://educate.bankstreet.edu/spanishlanguageaward/1009/thumbnail.jp
Karina Nicole González Spanish Language Picture Book Award 2024 Acceptance Speech (in Spanish)
No full textAuthor Karina Nicole González gives an acceptance speech in Spanish for Los coquíes aún cantan illustrated by Krystal Quileshttps://educate.bankstreet.edu/spanishlanguageaward/1010/thumbnail.jp
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