How We Can Help Our Planet by both Big and Small Deeds --- Claire Lin Entry #2

"Were you successful in convincing people to make a change in their lives in regards to your project? Why do you think they did or did not agree to make a change? What did you learn about what it takes to persuade people to make a change in their lifestyle and how can you more effectively convince people to make a change if you were to do this again?"

I was not very successful in convincing people to make a change in their lives in regards to my project. I think that they did not agree to make a change was because the changes they could make were too broad. What I learned about what it takes to persuade people to make a change in their lifestyle was that you should persuade them to do something easy, simple, and fast. I can more effectively convince people to make a change if I were to do this again is to persuade them to do something that could benefit themselves, but still be, again, easy, simple, and fast. For example, just being able to unplug any appliances not in use could save lots of money from being spent on your electricity bill. Whereas, trying to convince people to buy a hybrid would be much more difficult.