Individual Matters (2/12/13)
b'What matters more when addressing climate change: individual action, corporate action, or policy change? In all cases, the key to change is disrupting default behaviors. Target, Walmart, and American Airlines are all very good at using "nudges" to disrupt our behavior and get us to buy more stuff, says Gernot Wagner (Author, \'But Will the Planet Notice?\'; Economist, EDF). "The trick,\\u201d he says, \\u201cis to use behavioral nudges on a policy level to move everyone in the right direction [for sustainable behaviors.]" Individual action matters too, says Christopher Jones (Co-Chair, Behavior, Energy & Climate Change Conference; Researcher, CoolClimate Network), once you take one small action you are far more likely to take another in an \\u201con-ramp\\u201d to collective action. But \\u201cthere are some decisions that matter more than others,\\u201d contends Glen Low, (Principal, Blu Skye). By reaching decision makers in corporations that have a lot of influence, such as Walmart, he says you can get \\u201csystemic change with a handful of people.\\u201d A conversation between experts on motivating change.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'