What we've learnt
We've been running behaviour change programs in diverse communities for years - click on the 'Campaigns & programs' tab below for all the details of our Sustainable Lifestyles projects. Over the years you learn a bit, so we've packaged up some of it into handy tips for running your own programs.
We've also learnt a lot from evaluating our programs. You can find some of the big picture learnings in our joint report with the Australian Conservation Foundation and the Department of Sustainability and Environment on the first three years of our Regional Sustainable Living Program. It's called Activating Change: How to build capacity and motivate people towards more sustainable solutions. And you can get the facts and figures and nitty gritty detail from our final Regional Sustainable Living Evaluation Report.
The Regional Sustainable Living Program ran from 2006 to 2010, delivering community projects to help people to make sustainability part of their everyday lives. It worked with communities who you don't usually think of as being involved in sustainability - like low income families in Colac (through our Families Go Green project, which has since been renamed Sustainability on a Shoestring), senior citizens in Geelong (through our Eco-Wise Action project) and young people in Central Victoria (through our Youth Eco-Challenge). But it's shown that they can and do become very involved in sustainability, and often become role models for the rest of us. The Regional Sustainable Living Program was possible thanks to funding from the good folks at the Department of Sustainability and Environment.
The Environment Victoria Regional Sustainable Living final evaluation report
