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Simply Committed

Sustainability Problem and Proposed Solution: 

We need to foster a culture of sustainability by helping people make commitments to conservation and sustainability behaviors. Research demonstrates that there is a significant link between making public commitments and following through with the intended behavior. The Simply Committed campaign is the Sustainability Office's major outreach strategy for personal commitment.

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Project Categories: 
Awareness, Education & Engagement
Project Status: 
In Progress
Project Location: 
On campus



Stakeholder Contacts: 
Contact NameEmail Address
Melissa Ott
mott@ucsc.edu

Project Description: 

A campaign of the Sustainability Office Education & Outreach team, this project encourages students, staff, faculty, and community members at campus tabling events and online to commit to a specific sustainable behavior change. Participants write their pledge on a whiteboard or piece of paper, sign their name, and have their photograph taken. The Team posts their photo on the Sustainability Office Facebook page and encourages participants to tag themselves in the photo so their friends can see what they've committed to. Recycled plastic wrist bands are given to participants as a reminder to stay committed to their sustainable behavior. Photographs from this campaign can be found on the Facebook page here.

Metrics for Success: 

Number of individual commitments.

Results: 

Photographs from this campaign can be found on the Facebook page here.

Resources
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File Simply Committed_SO Poster.pptx1.28 MB