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Green Home Conversation Cards
A card kit tool designed to help community leaders, block leaders, and sustainability service providers engage residents in discussions about sustainability behaviors and home upgrades.
The Green Home Conversation Cards consists of five cards, each representing a key sustainability theme: electricity, garden, zero waste, natural gas, and food.
Key Features:
- Thematic Cards:
- Five cards cover the main areas of sustainability: electricity, garden, zero waste, natural gas, and food.
- Five cards cover the main areas of sustainability: electricity, garden, zero waste, natural gas, and food.
- Engaging Conversations:
- Designed for kitchen-table-style conversations, the cards allow community leaders to guide residents through sustainability options in a relaxed, open setting.
- Designed for kitchen-table-style conversations, the cards allow community leaders to guide residents through sustainability options in a relaxed, open setting.
- Choice Architecture Design:
- Residents choose a theme that interests them, flip the card, and select from 3 to 5 sustainability actions to take. This method empowers residents to feel in control of their choices.
- Residents choose a theme that interests them, flip the card, and select from 3 to 5 sustainability actions to take. This method empowers residents to feel in control of their choices.
- Action-Oriented:
- Once an option is selected, the community leader helps the resident take the next step, providing support to complete the action.
This card kit is a practical and engaging tool, designed to facilitate productive conversations about sustainability and guide residents toward taking meaningful actions to improve their homes.
Psychology Techniques
Commitment Device
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Social Diffusion
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