Stylianos Syropoulos from Boston College and colleagues in the USA evaluated the effectiveness of a climate change community exhibit fielded in Boston, which focused on four environmental issues: switching to electric vehicles, adopting community solar, reducing meat consumption and supporting forest conservation and reforestation. The findings suggest that exhibits highlighting community-specific information can influence people’s perceptions of how their community members support these issues, reduce barriers to adoption, increase confidence in engaging with the issue, enhance the perceived effectiveness of actions and shift behavioural intentions. This study demonstrates the effectiveness of community exhibits in fostering pro-environmental behaviour and encourages further research and practice on community-specific approaches.

Original reference: J. Environ. Psychol. 98, 102369 (2024)

波士顿学院的 Stylianos Syropoulos 和美国同事评估了在波士顿举办的气候变化社区展览的有效性，该展览重点关注四个环境问题：改用电动汽车、采用社区太阳能、减少肉类消费以及支持森林保护和重新造林。研究结果表明，突出社区特定信息的展览可以影响人们对其社区成员如何支持这些问题的看法，减少采用障碍，增加参与问题的信心，增强行动的感知有效性并改变行为意图。这项研究证明了社区展览在促进环保行为方面的有效性，并鼓励针对社区特定方法的进一步研究和实践。

原始参考文献： J.Environ。心理。 98 , 102369 (2024)