A Social Psychological Guide for Transformation into Low Carbon Living

Lean O'Brien; Ilona M. McNeill; Gordana Bruce; Christine R. Critchley; Paul Dudgeon; Peter Newton; Garry Robins; Michael Ambrose; Jarrod Walshe; Yoshihisa Kashima

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A Social Psychological Guide for Transformation into Low Carbon Living

Lean O'Brien, Ilona M. McNeill, Gordana Bruce, Christine R. Critchley, Paul Dudgeon, Peter Newton, Garry Robins, Michael Ambrose, Jarrod Walshe, Yoshihisa Kashima

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This chapter introduces a social psychological framework for understanding the complexity of behaviour and behaviour change, with a specific focus on low carbon behaviours. We consider how personal motivations and abilities, social relationships and contextual factors contribute to people’s low carbon practices in the household, ranging from household temperature curtailment to the purchase of energy efficient white goods and solar panels. We also provide notes for practitioners to use in the development and evaluation of policies and interventions for low carbon living. Finally, we provide an illustrative selection of findings from national surveys and interviews examining Australian residents’ engagement in low carbon behaviours.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Decarbonising the Built Environment
Subtitle of host publication	charting the transition
Editors	Peter Newton, Deo Prasad, Alastair Sproul, Stephen White
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	22
Pages	415-429
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811379406
ISBN (Print)	9789811379390
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7940-6_22
Publication status	Published - 2019

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O'Brien, L., McNeill, I. M., Bruce, G., Critchley, C. R., Dudgeon, P., Newton, P., Robins, G., Ambrose, M., Walshe, J., & Kashima, Y. (2019). A Social Psychological Guide for Transformation into Low Carbon Living. In P. Newton, D. Prasad, A. Sproul, & S. White (Eds.), Decarbonising the Built Environment: charting the transition (pp. 415-429). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7940-6_22

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A Social Psychological Guide for Transformation into Low Carbon Living. / O'Brien, Lean; McNeill, Ilona M.; Bruce, Gordana et al.
Decarbonising the Built Environment: charting the transition. ed. / Peter Newton; Deo Prasad; Alastair Sproul; Stephen White. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. p. 415-429.

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