Behavior Change for a Sustainable WorldAugust 3 – 5, 2012

The Ohio State University

Invited Addresses

Conference Planning CommitteeMark Alavosius (University of Nevada, Reno)Paul Chance (Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies)Ramon Esteban Armendariz (Comunidad Los Horcones, Mexico)Julia Fiebig (Behavior Analysis for Sustainable Societies SIG)Susan Friedman (Utah State University)Bill Heward (chair, The Ohio State University)Amanda Kelly (Simmons College)Satoru Shimamune (Hosei University, Japan)João Claudio Todorov (Universidade de Brasília, Brazil)Janet Twyman (University of Massachusetts Medical School, Shriver Center)

PostersFifty posters will present empirical research, conceptual/theoretical analyses, program descriptions, and proposals for using principles of behavior to promote and maintain sustainable environmental practices. Topics include: •  Enhanced Waste Diversion Through the Application of Basic Behavioral Principles•  Contribution of Behavioral Analysis to Conserve Endangered Raptors From Collision With Wind Turbines •  Paper or Plastic: Getting People to Say, “Neither!”•  Using “Big Data” to Combat Global Warming•  How Behavior Analysis Can Assist Labor’s Contribution to a Green Economy

Breakout SessionsMaking Environmental Legislation More Acceptable and Effective: How Can Behavior Analysis Help? Sigrid Glenn, Rich Rakos, Ingunn Sandaker, Ohio Environmental Council, and João Todorov (chair)

What We Don’t Understand About Understanding the Future: Discounting Research Needed to Tackle the REALLY BIG ProblemsShawn Charlton, Mark Dixon, Amy Odum, Derek Reed, and Tom Critchfield (chair)

The Campus as a Living Laboratory in Sustainable Behavior ChangeAparna Dial and Nancy Neef (chair)

101 Ways Technology Can Help Increase Your Green Behavior Janet Twyman and Satoru Shimamune

Changing Behavior One Plate at a Time: A Rind is a Terrible Thing to WasteNicholas Smith-Sebasto

Conservation: Balancing the Needs of People and Nature Peter Kareiva

Faith-Based Communities Respond to Climate Change: How Can Behavior Analysis HelpOhio Interfaith Power & Light and Tim Heron (chair)

Putting Behavior Change Into K-12 Green Curriculum and InstructionJanet Twyman with others to be announced

Sustainability in Higher Education: Integrating Behavior Change Principles Into Interdisciplinary Curricula Mark Alavosius, Wes Dripps, Nicholas Smith-Sebasto, and Jeanine Stratton (chair) 

The Happiness Factor: Learning to Give Thanks for Nothing Annie Warmke and Richard Malott (chair)

Greening Business Practices With Behavior AnalysisMark Alovosius and Darnell Lattal

What It Takes to Get Heard: Spurring People to Action Mark Dixon with others to be announced and Tom Critchfield (chair)

Tours of Sustainability Research ProgramsConference attendees can choose from a number of tours of sustainability R&D programs including the Byrd Polar Research Center, Center for Automotive Research, the Zero Waste Project at Ohio Stadium, and Blue Rock Station.

Conference Sponsors and Supporters

Register Now and SaveDiscounts for early registration continues through June 18. Register during this convention and receive a chance to win prizes such as dinner with the invited speakers or a copy of Conservation Science: Balancing the Needs of People and Nature by Peter Kareiva and Michelle Marvier.

How basic principles of behavior change can help in the fight to preserve our environment.

Darnell Lattal (Aubrey Daniels International)Show Me the Money (It’s Green, You Know)

The major challenge of climate change is not to prove that it is real, but to get people to change their behavior.” Lonnie Thompson

The focus of this conference [behavior change] is probably the most important question for all of conservation.” Peter Kareiva

Caring is first of all a matter of action.” B. F. Skinner

Fred Provenza (Utah State University)Behavior-Based Management of Landscapes: How Behavior Connects Humans, Animals, and the Environment

Scott Geller (Virginia Tech)Helping People Go Green With Applied Behavior Analysis

Jeanine Stratton (Furman University)Building Bridges Across Disciplines to Support Sustainable Practices: The Role of Behavior Analysis

Peter Kareiva (The Nature Conservancy)Resurrecting the Environmental Movement

Lonnie G. Thompson (The Ohio State University)The Greatest Challenge of Global Climate Change

Amy L. Odum (Utah State University)How Understanding the Weakness of the Future Can Help Us Improve It

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The program will feature well-respected figures in behavior analysis, environmental organizations, business, and government. Invited addresses and panels, research and project posters, and interactive brainstorming sessions will give conference attendees an opportunity to interact with people of diverse backgrounds who are interested in working on one of the greatest challenges to face civilization since the last ice age.

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