Projects | Behaviour change, lifestyles and wellbeing
The animal welfare provenance of food - communicating and engaging with consumers
Started: November 2011
Due for completion: April 2012
Defra
A rapid review of the evidence on existing interventions to engage with consumers on the animal welfare provenance of food and other related issues....
Evaluation of the Reward and Recognition Fund (RRF)
Started: October 2011
Due for completion: June 2013
Defra
Brook Lyndhurst are providing monitoring and evaluation support to 16 local authorities and community organisations funded through the Household Reward and Recognition Fund for Recycling and Reuse (RRF), and to carry out a programme-level evaluation. We are assisting the pilots in designing methods to gather robust quantitative and qualitative data to demonstrate their impacts, both in terms of waste behaviours changes and waste tonnage reductions....
Evaluation of the Inspiring Sustainable Living (ISL) Fund
Started: September 2011
Due for completion: August 2013
Defra
Four third sector-led initiatives have received seed funding for projects to inspire sustainable lifestyles through the Olympic and Paralympic games. Brook Lyndhurst were appointed to conduct a programme level evaluation of the fund....
Understanding the retail business case for promoting sustainable diets
Started: September 2011
Due for completion: March 2012
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
WWF’s One planet Food Programme aims to reduce the global environmental and social impacts of UK food production and consumption. Brook Lyndhurst have been commissioned by WWF to undertake a programme of research to demonstrate the business case for retailers to promote sustainable diets....
Evaluating the impact of Local Partnership Adviser activities in England
Started: September 2011
Due for completion: March 2012
WRAP
The LPA activities include LFHW cascade training and awareness-raising workshops, which aim to enable individuals to both reduce their own household food waste, and to cascade food waste prevention tips and advice to other members of the community/business. The evaluation aims to establish the effectiveness of this approach in achieving behaviour change both directly and via the cascades....
Fairtrade Foundation: Consumer insight
Started: June 2011
Due for completion: September 2011
Fairtrade Foundation
The Fairtrade Foundation has appointed Brook Lyndhurst to undertake a programme of consumer research, to build on their success by further enabling people to turn their ethical concerns into practical actions....
Corporate sustainability support
Started: November 2010
Due for completion: December 2011
PwC UK
PwC’s vision to become the iconic professional services firm includes a significant focus on sustainability. To this end, Brook Lyndhurst was commissioned to provide support to PwC's environmental and social sustainability programme in the UK....
Food RisC – Perceptions and communication of food risks and benefits across Europe
Started: July 2010
Due for completion: June 2013
European Commission
The European Commission has appointed Brook Lyndhurst, along with 13 other partner organisations from across Europe, to identify and characterise food risk and benefit issues and the consequent implications for risk communicators. ...
Are labels the answer? Barriers to buying higher animal welfare products
Started: January 2010
Due for completion: April 2010
Defra
An investigation into how best to overcome barriers to consumers purchasing higher welfare food products...
Evaluation of the Greener Living Fund
Started: February 2009
Due for completion: June 2011
Defra
Brook Lyndhurst has been appointed to evaluate the performance of Defra’s Greener Living Fund (GLF). The fund, launched in November 2008, will provide over £6 million in grants to eight delivery partners from the third sector....
Soil testing and nutrient management evaluation
Started: September 2011
Ended: December 2011
Environment Agency
As part of its work to tackle diffuse water pollution from agriculture, the Environment Agency, in partnership with the UK Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) and EBLEX, ran a campaign offering free soil analysis to 4000 farmers. Brook Lyndhurst was commissioned by the Environment Agency to evaluate the effectiveness of the campaign as a means of affecting farmers’ nutrient management practices....
Review of the Scottish Climate Challenge Fund
Started: March 2010
Ended: June 2011
Scottish Government
Brook Lyndhurst is carrying out in-depth research with 20 projects funded by the Scottish Government's Climate Challenge Fund in order to better understand critical success factors in community-based climate change initiatives....
Sustainable clothing procurement trial with the NHS
Started: March 2010
Ended: April 2011
Defra
Defra has commissioned ERM, Colour Connections and Brook Lyndhurst to investigate how staff uniforms can be procured in the public sector with a greater emphasis on sustainable development (SD)....
Consumer insight: date labels and storage guidance
Started: February 2010
Ended: January 2011
WRAP
A project for WRAP designed to enhance the evidence base around consumer understanding, interpretation and use of date labels and storage guidance. ...
How health empowerment can work for you
Started: February 2010
Ended: December 2010
London Sustainability Exchange (LSx)
A series of briefing notes from events targeted at Councillors on how to advocate health through community empowerment...
Evaluation of the Big Green Challenge Plus
Started: July 2009
Ended: December 2010
NESTA
Brook Lyndhurst is reviewing the work of the projects supported by NESTA's Big Green Challenge Plus in order to draw out key lessons for policy and future funds of this kind....
Evaluation of the Big Green Challenge
Started: September 2007
Ended: December 2010
NESTA
A three-year project to conduct an ongoing and formative evaluation of NESTA’s ‘Big Green Challenge’ programme...
Testing innovative approaches for achieving pro-environmental behaviours - schools as networks
Started: April 2009
Ended: November 2010
Defra
This project aims to test a variety of techniques for encouraging pro-environmental behaviour in schools...
Reducing emissions through behavioural change - Scoping pilot programmes in Wales
Started: May 2010
Ended: October 2010
Welsh Assembly Government
Brook Lyndhurst is working with the Energy Saving Trust to provide advice to the Welsh Assembly Government on developing pilot interventions aimed at changing behaviour to improve domestic energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions...
Needs assessment of 15 London-based frontline health organisations
Started: February 2010
Ended: May 2010
London Sustainability Exchange (LSx)
Brook Lyndhurst was commissioned by London Sustainability Exchange (LSx) to conduct focus group research to assess the needs of health professionals delivering frontline health and mental health services to Londoners....
Consumer understanding of green terms
Started: October 2009
Ended: March 2010
Defra
An investigation into consumer responses to, and understanding of, the terms used to refer to 'green' issues, from recycling to air miles; and from carbon footprints to water neutrality. ...
Evaluation of WRAP's Waste Reduction Advisors programme
Started: June 2009
Ended: December 2009
WRAP
Brook Lyndhurst carried out an evaluation of WRAP's Waste Reduction Advisor programme, which supports local authorities and other stakeholders to engage the public in waste prevention behaviours...
Social capital: A rural perspective
Started: January 2009
Ended: November 2009
Defra
The research was designed to go beyond headline statistics relating to social capital and quality of life in rural areas and look in more depth at differing experiences in different rural locations. In particular it sought to investigate how social capital is experienced in rural England; what, if anything, distinguishes rural social capital from urban social capital; and if experiences of social capital are found to differ by person and place, what might help explain this difference.
This project continued Defra’s programme of research designed to deepen understanding of rural life in England and the experiences and needs of rural residents. It fed into Defra’s departmental strategic objective (DSO) for strong rural communities by contributing to the body of evidence relating to how these needs may be addressed through public policy and service delivery....
Exploring catalyst behaviours
Started: November 2008
Ended: November 2009
Defra
An exploration of the knock-on effects of participation in pro-environmental behaviours, comprising an extensive literature review and original primary research....
Assessment of green claims in marketing
Started: March 2009
Ended: October 2009
Defra
A review of 'green' claims in marketing from 2006 to 2009, taking in both statistical data and the perspective of the advertising and marketing community.......
Climate change and local policy: South London Partnership
Started: September 2008
Ended: February 2009
South London Partnership
Investigation into the kind of climate change projects and programmes that were operating in South London and consideration of how climate change issues might best be integrated into the sub-region’s policy priorities...
A review of the Environmental Action Fund (EAF)
Started: January 2005
Ended: February 2009
Defra
A review of the Environmental Action Fund, a three year initiative supporting voluntary and community sector groups to further the government's sustainable development objectives...
Per capita carbon footprints
Started: January 2008
Ended: December 2008
Defra
An investigation into public responses to the provision of personal carbon information through carbon calculators and, in particular, Defra’s “Act On CO2” calculator....
The diffusion of environmental behaviours: The role of influential individuals in social networks
Started: January 2008
Ended: November 2008
Defra
An investigation into the notion of 'green' mavens, with a view to identifying specific opportunities for communications and policy...
Evaluation of the Climate Challenge Fund
Started: January 2008
Ended: October 2008
Defra / Decc
An evaluation of DECC's Climate Challenge Fund, which supported 83 climate change projects from across England with funds totalling £8.5 million between 2006 and 2008...
Online deliberative engagement: a pilot study
Started: November 2007
Ended: August 2008
Wellcome Trust
This study for the Wellcome Trust tested an innovative online tool for engaging the public with a view to extending its use to projects dealing with complex biomedical science issues...
Enhancing participation in kitchen waste collections
Started: October 2006
Ended: March 2008
Defra
An investigation into the ways in which individual and household attitudes and behaviours – together with service design – deter or encourage participation in food waste collections...
Climate Challenge: What must cities look like to meet the challenge of climate change?
Started: June 2006
Ended: March 2008
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
An exploration of some of the ways in which urban areas in the UK might adapt in order to meet carbon emissions reduction targets...
Public understanding of sustainable energy consumption in the home
Started: February 2007
Ended: September 2007
Defra
A qualitative research project into public attitudes to domestic energy consumption, involving focus groups, in-home energy audits and follow-up, in-depth interviews. Analysis of attitudes across different segments of the population enabled us to make policy recommendations to Defra across five key behaviour goals (better energy management in the home, installing domestic micro-generation, insulation products & energy efficient appliances and switching to a green energy tariff). ...
Lifestyle scenarios: the future of waste composition
Started: October 2005
Ended: May 2007
Defra
In this major scenario-planning exercise for Defra’s Waste R&D team, Brook Lyndhurst developed a set of three scenarios to 2020 in order to better understand future waste arisings and composition....
Household food waste: attitudes and behaviours
Started: November 2006
Ended: April 2007
WRAP
This project was designed to gain a better understanding of public attitudes to food waste and the values that underpin them. The findings from the research, taken in conjunction with a number of parallel projects, fed into the development of WRAP's Love Food, Hate Waste campaign....
Embedding sustainable development in Government Office for London
Started: January 2007
Ended: March 2007
Government Office for London (GOL)
a consultancy exercise to explore the extent to which sustainable development is embedded into the operations of GOL...
Delivering regeneration through environmental improvements
Started: August 2006
Ended: January 2007
Environment Agency
Brook Lyndhurst was commissioned by the Environment Agency to show, through four case studies, how it contributes to regeneration through its environmental improvement, green space and community partnership projects. ...
London Food Strategy
Started: October 2004
Ended: May 2006
London Development Agency, London Food, Mayor of London and others
Brook Lyndhurst was responsible for researching and drafting the London Mayor's food strategy and for introducing amendments resulting from the public consultation on the document...
Household waste behaviours in London update
Started: November 2005
Ended: March 2006
Greater London Authority (GLA), London Waste Action and Government Office for London
The purpose of the survey was to measure how much has changed since 2001, against a background in which more than £100 million has been invested in infrastructure and services: by Government (DEFRA and WRAP) via the London Recycling Fund; by boroughs and other London waste authorities, on their own part; and by the first two years of the Recycle for London communications campaign....
Innovative methods for influencing behaviours & assessing success: 'Nudging the S-curve'
Started: September 2005
Ended: January 2006
Defra
This project explored possible models for explaining how and why sustainable behaviours may, or may not, percolate through the population. ...
Sustainable local economies for health project (SLEHP)
Started: September 2004
Ended: April 2005
London Health Commission
As part of the "London Works for Better Health" project in collaboration with the London Health Commission, this project developed a framework for appraising what makes a local economy both sustainable and health-promoting. The research involved an in-depth literature review drawing on the evidence base in areas of diversity and recruitment, affordable housing, childcare provision, transport and skills. It also drew on the distinctive characteristics of London – as an economy and a place to live and work. The resultant framework is intended to enable employers to make informed decisions regarding health and sustainability....
Reward cards & healthy choices: A London scoping study
Started: October 2004
Ended: March 2005
London Region Public Health Group
This scoping study, for the NHS London Region, examined the potential for introducing reward card schemes to encourage healthy behaviours. ...
Household waste behaviours in London – phase II
Started: October 2002
Ended: May 2003
Resource Recovery Forum (RRF)
Following the success of the phase I project Brook Lyndhurst was again commissioned by RRF to further investigate attitudes and behaviours to waste management as seen through the eyes of London household customers, rather than necessarily what may be desirable or practicable for service providers. ...
Household waste behaviours in London - Phase I
Started: May 2001
Ended: December 2001
Resource Recovery Forum (RRF)
An investigation into householders’ attitudes and behaviours in relation to waste and recycling...
Brook Lyndhurst Blog
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Brook Lyndhurst in action: Coppicing for London Wetland Centre
The main activity for this year’s corporate volunteer day was coppicing. For those who don’t know – which at the time included a couple of us, who met the news of our activity with blank faces - coppicing is to “cut back (a tree or shrub) to ground level periodically to stimulate growth.” On the morning of [...]
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How to get ‘generation snooze’ to use fewer resources
This was originally a guest post from Brook Lyndhurst on the Green Alliance’s Green Living Blog: http://greenlivingblog.org.uk/ To use our resources more sustainably, do we ‘just need to wake up’? This is the suggestion from Generation Awake, an EU campaign fronted by three singing shopping bags, which was launched last month with the aim of making [...]
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Brook Lyndhurst success at CIWM awards
It is not often that we at Brook Lyndhurst leave our spreadsheets behind and dress up for an awards ceremony, but we were proud and honoured to be informed that our Household Waste Prevention – A Review Of Evidence paper was to be awarded the James Jackson medal at the CIWM Professional Awards 2011. The [...]