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Product Stewardship Institute, Inc.
137 Newbury Street
7th Floor
Boston, MA 02116
Tel: (617) 236-4855
Fax: (617) 859-9889
www.productstewardship.us
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PSI Networking Call Series:
November - December 2007
Incentives and Behavior Change |
Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 PM EST
Overview: Changing consumer behavior is at the heart of product stewardship. It is also central to product sales. Cash coupons, rebates, and other financial incentives are ubiquitous in our consumer-oriented society. Product stewardship is beginning to apply these and other mechanisms to change the behavior of household and business consumers regarding which products they choose and how they should manage a product at the end of its life. To make a significant environmental difference, we will need to find ways to motivate consumers to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Even under optimal conditions of education and collection opportunities, motivating consumer behavior will still be challenging. This call will discuss how incentives (and disincentives) can encourage responsible behavior for product management. On the call, you will be provided with an overview on behavior change theory and the range of practical applications. You will also hear how financial incentives are being incorporated in Maine’s new thermostat law and in the National Auto Switch Agreement. You will also hear about the results of PSI’s pilot thermostat collection project in Oregon and Indiana testing the degree to which a financial incentive influences contractor behavior.
Presenters:
Scott Cassel (Product Stewardship Institute, Inc.)
Scott Cassel is the Executive Director and Founder of the Product Stewardship Institute, which pursues initiatives to ensure that all those involved in the lifecycle of a product share responsibility for reducing its health and environmental impacts. Prior to founding the Institute in 2000, Scott served seven years as the Director of Waste Policy and Planning for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. He is also a founding Board Member and past-President of the North American Hazardous Materials Management Association, whose mission is to reduce the toxicity of the municipal waste stream. Scott has worked on product and waste management issues for the past 25 years for a start-up solid waste management company, a non-profit statewide environmental group, and several other state agencies, including the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. He was also a syndicated newspaper columnist in Massachusetts. Scott has a masters degree in environmental policy and dispute resolution from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an undergraduate degree in Geology and Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.
John Gilkeson (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency)
Charles Griffith (Ecology Center)
Charles Griffith serves as director of the Ecology Center’s Clean Car Campaign, and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. With more than 20 years experience monitoring the auto industry, he directs several projects aimed at reducing the environmental impacts of automobiles throughout their product life-cycle. He has also served on a variety of governmental boards and stakeholder processes, including the EPA facilitated effort resulting in the National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program (NVMSRP). Mr. Griffith received a BA from the University of Colorado and completed a Master’s program at the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and Environment.
Ann Pistell (Maine Department of Environmental Protection)
A graduate from the University of New Hampshire with a degree in Biology, Ann went to work immediately in the environmental field. Throughout her career she has worked for the U.S Forest Service, the Appalachian Mountain Club, the Maine Department of Conservation and finally, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Ann was located in the Maine DEP Commissioner for many years, working on special projects such as oil and gas drilling plans for Georges Bank off the New England coast. In 1988 she moved to the Waste Bureau where she presently works on mercury issues, pharmaceuticals in the environment, and chemicals in schools.
Wesley Schultz (California State University - Department of Psychology)
Professor Schultz is an expert in the areas of behavior and attitude change, conservation psychology, and statistics. His work in these areas has examined the psychological process of social influence, particularly as they apply to environmental behaviors. In addition to his teaching and scholarly work at the university, he maintains an active schedule of training and consulting with public and private organizations interested in applying the basic principles of social psychology.
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