A month of behaviour change, a side-swipe at PR and some stuff about energy


When I switched my attention to Tweeting rather than blogging the idea was to be able to quickly make a note of items which I’d probably like to refer back to (and which others interested in the same topics may also find useful).
Twitter’s lack of searchable archive means that isn’t going to work too well... so while I’ve been able to cover more ground... the archive idea isn’t going to work unless I store stuff somewhere.
So here it is. Key tweets, with weblinks, for January 2012:

CSR and PR
CSR is not about sending your employees out in matching T shirts to paint walls http://bit.ly/x9XM7n
"Quality of environmental data in sustainability reports remains appalling at times" - review of 4000 CSR reports http://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/2696/doing_good__or_just_talking_about_it
Lev Janishvili suggests PR needs a bit of CSR. Great ideas, pity they need saying. http://www.prweekus.com/defining-prs-csr-roadmap/article/224565/
New stakeholder opinion from Asda customers - businesses need to make green easier and at no cost http://j.mp/wHVxPe
Recent criticism of working practices at supplier factories prompts Apple to step up its CSR? http://bit.ly/wkh4Az #csr
Focus CSR on real stakeholders, not their aspirational selves, concludes new book. Track behaviours not intentions. http://shar.es/Win5s
Ouch - "CSR remains a useless societal instrument to make business responsible" - opinion piece on CSR wire http://csrwire.visibli.com/share/PBdcds
Which strategy most likely to win over Government to implement more green policies, praise or blame? Zac Goldsmith urges green movement to be nicer http://bit.ly/ysptrf
5 next steps towards sustainable capitalism. John Elkington headlines forthcoming Gore publication http://bit.ly/wU247z #csr
CSRwire asks whether advertising has positive or negative (inc greenwash) role in encouraging green behaviour http://shar.es/WhgcK
Ethical Corporation - Marketing and marketers: Use the dark arts for good - http://awe.sm/5boMG
How to balance economic and social demands on companies during recession http://bit.ly/w3iVsx

Sustainable Development
Solar power now cheaper than diesel generators in India http://bit.ly/x7H7HV
Smashing little tool on OECD website helps users engage with some alternatives to GDP for measuring well-being http://oecdbetterlifeindex.org/#/
Unusually engaging illustrations to plot progress re sustainability. Largely US but still ... http://grn.bz/zKmPMB
Knew about Top 50 Sustainability Books but have only just come across these great extra resources on sustainability http://www.cpsl.cam.ac.uk/Resources/Top-50-Sustainability-Books-Author-Interviews.aspx
New OECD multi-country study says growth AND narrowing wage gap achievable and = win win http://bit.ly/zb0Ele
New research indicates limited governance role of side-events at COP gatherings http://alturl.com/22p8v
Coal-hungry China considers limiting how much of the dirty fuel it burns in the future http://ow.ly/8slm0
Measuring the Progress of Societies -latest newsletter http://ow.ly/8vVJn includes article on Canada’s wellbeing index
EC Energy Roadmap 2050: how EU can reduce emissions by 80%-95% and improve supply competitiveness & security http://j.mp/wrMhor
Neat little mini video from International Energy Agency about rise in energy-related carbon emissions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGqnWR42ZSQ&feature=share

Voluntary behaviour change, social psychology
Looking forward to reading 'Communicating bigger-than-self-problems...' http://valuesandframes.org/what-about-people-for-whom-extrinsic-values-are-particularly-important/
Behaviour change theories behind nudge, habits and rational thinking explained http://bit.ly/zCBYru
Advertising a counter-weight to behaviour change messages in the programmes they surround http://wp.me/p15i9j-t7
Will 2012 Olympics encourage employees to travel sustainably? Could enforced behaviour change alter habits? http://bit.ly/z5JnUU
Social identity theory a template for encouraging behaviour change, taps into group intuition to act positively http://gu.com/p/34kbt/tw
Great to see London focus on engine idling - the easiest, nicest and least inconvenient behaviour change? http://bit.ly/wI3AUv
"We have a unique opportunity to reinvent consumption; to bring about what we could call mindful consumption" - http://www.forumforthefuture.org/greenfutures/articles/reinventing-consumption-exclusive-interview-with-ceo-unilever
Tipping point? Behaviour change moves towards the cheap rather than expensive choice, provoking habit change? http://shar.es/Wjtu3
Consumer Focus guide to the attitudes likely to influence behaviour change as consumers encouraged to green their homes http://www.consumerfocus.org.uk/blog/keeping-fit
Warren Hatter - I always remind ppl that the behaviour change we want 2 encourage is usually at margins, so I like this behaviour grid: http://bit.ly/uIYJQ6
New doc from DECC summarises the theories from various academic disciplines relevant to energy behaviour: http://bit.ly/sFR2p5
Facebook being used to share resident experiences of green refurbishment project: http://bit.ly/uXw8mf

Technical behaviour change, teaching and learning, energy, uncategorised
Lesson for smart tech developers? 3/4 of thermostats too complicated to programme & energy efficiency opportunities missed http://bit.ly/AeBmPb
Case study shows that somewhere to dry washing as important as fancy hi tech when cutting carbon http://bit.ly/xFifsZ
Too hot in your office? Register your discomfort and press your smart wristband to get personalised air-con http://bit.ly/xXfun4
George Monbiot critiques Green Deal and solar scheme http://gu.com/p/34kh9/tw
New stats from DECC indicate take-up of Green Deal to be modest http://gu.com/p/34k3c/tf
Defra guide to product footprinting http://j.mp/woS8SN
'Adjusting for bias and groupthink is not so easy' - detailed review of how research came up with a dodgy conclusion. http://shar.es/fo41L
Smaller universities adopt social media more effectively than their bigger slower counterparts http://bit.ly/zvz2Tx
Study finds use of Turnitin software does not deter cheating, so use it to educate http://bit.ly/wBeniz
Alternatives to Blackboard as a learning portal for students? Good to see alternatives out there, it could do with a push http://bit.ly/z3ZxVz

This has been a bit of a chore so if there’s a better way to keep a searchable copy of tweets that doesn’t require me or a general reader to be a geek, please let me know!

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