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Trash Cans, Eyes, and Littering

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Removing trash cans and hanging pictures of watching eyes from park trees may help fight littering, but only in combination.
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Can Feeling Good About Recycling Make Us More Wasteful?

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We all know that recycling can be good for the environment, but could recycling schemes actually make you throw more stuff away and even feel good about it?
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Help Me, Help Us: Framing Personal and Planetary Benefits of Eating More Veg

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Chances are that you, or someone you know, has a diet that harms health and the planet because it includes too much meat. How can we motivate dietary change?
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What Counts as an “Environmental” Issue?

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It depends on where you live and who you are.
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Environmentalists Are Better Cooperators—and They Benefit From It

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People who protect the environment are more cooperative, compete to be environmental, and benefit from their good reputation.
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A Good Office Window View Improves Well-being at Work

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New research uncovers a reason why you may not feel good at work.
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Nudging the City and Residents of Cape Town to Save Water

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Cape Town could become the world’s first major city to run out of water – what’s been termed Day Zero. Sao Paulo faced similar difficulties in 2015 leading to significant social unrest.

On Day Zero – which could be in mid-July if there’s no significant rain – residents of the city will have to travel to one of 200 city-wide collection points to get the allocated 25 litres per person, per day, under the watchful eye of an armed guard.

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Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI February 2, 2017

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6 more weeks of winter. This week's roundup covers vacations, parenthood, racism, and nostalgia. Recently in the news, written a post, or have selections you'd like us to consider? Email us, use the hashtag #SPSPblog, or tweet us directly @spspnews.

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Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI September 22, 2017

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Each week, we recap featured posts from Character & Context and other blogs around the cyberspace, plus news stories and tweets worth a look. We welcome suggestions for inclusion. If you have an item you'd like us to consider, email us, use the hashtag #SPSPblog, or tweet us directly @spspnews.

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Personality and Place: New Insights on Person-Environment Links

Psychological traits, such as personality and well-being, are spatially and regionally clustered within cities, states, countries, and the world. Four presentations showcase cutting-edge research that investigates how traits are spatially and geographically clustered, what mechanisms drive the uneven distribution of traits, and the consequences of these spatial patterns. The presentations are part of a symposium featured at the SPSP 16th Annual Convention in Long Beach, California.

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