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Dr. Doug McKenzie-Mohr is an environmental psychologist who specializes in designing programs to promote sustainable behavior. His previous version of this book published through Canada's National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy has become requisite reading for those who deliver programs to promote sustainable behavior.

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Advance Praise for Fostering Sustainable Behavior

"More than a book, McKenzie-Mohr has given us a complete system for designing effective environmental programs. Solidly grounded in research, and extensively field-tested in community programs, the tools described in this book can be applied to improve the effectiveness of any environmental program. Simply put, if you work on environmental issues, this book is indispensable. "
- Dan Dolderman, University of Toronto

"Over the last 2 decades, CBSM has revolutionized the development, implementation and promotion of environmental programs."
- Ken Donnelly, Lura Consulting

"Fostering Sustainable Behavior should be required reading for anyone who develops or manages an environmental program."
- Wesley Schultz, California State University, San Marcos

"The 3rd edition of Fostering Sustainable Behavior should serve as the core foundational work for every practitioner, educator, and researcher interested in creating programs to achieve the book's title. McKenzie-Mohr has thoughtfully accumulated and organized techniques and practices essential to this goal, many of them derived from learnings common to multiple behavioral science disciplines. The book is packed with important information, while being a quick and entertaining read."
- K. Carrie Armel, Stanford University

"Fostering Sustainable Behavior is a must read for anyone hoping to achieve actual behavior change, as well as for anyone teaching the psychology of behavior change. The concepts presented in this book have revolutionized my work as a scholar and an activist."
- Cynthia McPherson Frantz, Oberlin College

About the Book

Recommended by Time Magazine, this ground-breaking book introduces community-based social marketing and illustrates how it can be used to foster sustainable behavior. Community-based social marketing is a proven breakthrough in delivering environmental programs and is now being used in thousands of programs across the globe. This book was written for those who design, implement and evaluate programs to foster sustainable behavior.

About the Author

Doug McKenzie-Mohr is the founder of community-based social marketing. He has worked internationally with a diverse array of governmental and nongovernmental agencies, assisting them in identifying the barriers to behavior change and in developing and evaluating community-based social marketing initiatives to overcome these barriers. He is a former Professor of Psychology at St. Thomas University in Canada.