Designing social behaviour change in households: sustainable mobility intervention and follow-up study
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees requires consistent action by people to change their lifestyles in order to limit annual household-related carbon emissions to 2.5 tonnes per person by 2030. As the required mobility reduction measures have already been identified, the challenge remains in scal...
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| author | Saga Sofia Santala Saga Sofia Santala Merja Honkanen Michael Lettenmeier Michael Lettenmeier Michael Lettenmeier Jari Kolehmainen Salla Lahtinen |
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| description | Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees requires consistent action by people to change their lifestyles in order to limit annual household-related carbon emissions to 2.5 tonnes per person by 2030. As the required mobility reduction measures have already been identified, the challenge remains in scaling up the changes into a mainstream practice. Our study explored whether the involvement of close social communities, especially households, in the change process could be effective in achieving the required measures. Through a Climate Puzzle game intervention and a six-month follow-up study with 12 households in Espoo, Finland, we investigated the role of close social communities in implementing the planned sustainable mobility behaviour change. The findings are presented through 12 household narratives. These narratives show that the adoption of new sustainable mobility behaviours is influenced by both (infra)structural and social relationship factors and that close social communities can hinder or facilitate the shift of everyday mobility behaviours towards being more sustainable in diverse ways. The findings suggest that design interventions should target larger social communities rather than just individuals in order to achieve the 2.5 tonne target. The study also indicates that socially tailored interventions and low-carbon solutions should be developed and targeted at city districts to help households create and maintain lifestyle changes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-aa2ca89ff1e44b768255d8176c541e842025-01-06T06:59:06ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainability2673-45242025-01-01510.3389/frsus.2024.14692851469285Designing social behaviour change in households: sustainable mobility intervention and follow-up studySaga Sofia Santala0Saga Sofia Santala1Merja Honkanen2Michael Lettenmeier3Michael Lettenmeier4Michael Lettenmeier5Jari Kolehmainen6Salla Lahtinen7Strategic Foresight, Strategy and Transformation, KONE Corporation, Espoo, FinlandNODUS Sustainable Design Research Group, Department of Design, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Aalto University, Espoo, FinlandStrategic Design, Technology and Innovation, KONE Corporation, Espoo, FinlandNODUS Sustainable Design Research Group, Department of Design, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Aalto University, Espoo, FinlandD-mat Ltd., Helsinki, FinlandDivision of Sustainable Consumption, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Energy and Environment, Wuppertal, GermanyD-mat Ltd., Helsinki, FinlandD-mat Ltd., Helsinki, FinlandLimiting global warming to 1.5 degrees requires consistent action by people to change their lifestyles in order to limit annual household-related carbon emissions to 2.5 tonnes per person by 2030. As the required mobility reduction measures have already been identified, the challenge remains in scaling up the changes into a mainstream practice. Our study explored whether the involvement of close social communities, especially households, in the change process could be effective in achieving the required measures. Through a Climate Puzzle game intervention and a six-month follow-up study with 12 households in Espoo, Finland, we investigated the role of close social communities in implementing the planned sustainable mobility behaviour change. The findings are presented through 12 household narratives. These narratives show that the adoption of new sustainable mobility behaviours is influenced by both (infra)structural and social relationship factors and that close social communities can hinder or facilitate the shift of everyday mobility behaviours towards being more sustainable in diverse ways. The findings suggest that design interventions should target larger social communities rather than just individuals in order to achieve the 2.5 tonne target. The study also indicates that socially tailored interventions and low-carbon solutions should be developed and targeted at city districts to help households create and maintain lifestyle changes.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsus.2024.1469285/full1.5 degree lifestylessustainable mobility transitionhousehold travel behaviourclose social communitydesign for behaviour changedesign game |
| spellingShingle | Saga Sofia Santala Saga Sofia Santala Merja Honkanen Michael Lettenmeier Michael Lettenmeier Michael Lettenmeier Jari Kolehmainen Salla Lahtinen Designing social behaviour change in households: sustainable mobility intervention and follow-up study Frontiers in Sustainability 1.5 degree lifestyles sustainable mobility transition household travel behaviour close social community design for behaviour change design game |
| title | Designing social behaviour change in households: sustainable mobility intervention and follow-up study |
| title_full | Designing social behaviour change in households: sustainable mobility intervention and follow-up study |
| title_fullStr | Designing social behaviour change in households: sustainable mobility intervention and follow-up study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Designing social behaviour change in households: sustainable mobility intervention and follow-up study |
| title_short | Designing social behaviour change in households: sustainable mobility intervention and follow-up study |
| title_sort | designing social behaviour change in households sustainable mobility intervention and follow up study |
| topic | 1.5 degree lifestyles sustainable mobility transition household travel behaviour close social community design for behaviour change design game |
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