The easiest way to help people change behavior

… Is to make it FUN

For a while now I have written about my struggles with what is it that I can do to move people to dispose of their trash properly and recycle.

One thing I do know – getting angry at someone who throws their bier can or sandwich wrapper out of the window of their car… will more likely get me into a fight than teach the benefits of recycling.

See the Playback Theater Performance on the subject right here >> Making Sustainability FUN

This latest initiative from Volkswagen brings us the factual proof that making it fun works.  I suggest you take a minute to watch this short video clip on the worlds’ deepest Trash bin:

Notice: In one day, the world deepest trash bin collected 72 Kg of trash when a usual trash bin just a few meters away collect 41 Kg less.

Making “Sustainability” fun!!!??

To find the answer to the question, check this video produced by Greendocs of a recent performance of  Playback for Change

Enjoy the fun:

Sustainability, Community Building and Playback Theater

On October 12, “Sustainable Mount Airy”, one of the Neighborhood Sustainability Groups in Philadelphia organized a Playback performance on the theme of Sustainability.
Playback Theater is a form of Improvisation Theater where the actors combine spoken word, dance, music, storytelling, and physical theater in an improvisational form that can be serious, deeply moving, and often hilarious. The content of the performance comes from audience members telling their real life experiences, stories, and dreams.