37: Sustainability & Straws with Amanda Kelly

The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria

Matt Cicoria

Science, Mental Health, Skinner, Behaviorism, Behaviorconsultant, Aba, Behavioralpsychology, Health & Fitness, Appliedbehavioranalysis, Autism, Acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy, Fba, Social Sciences, Verbalbehavior, Bcba, Functionalassessment, Discretetrial

4.8 • 648 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2017

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Do you want to hear a cool story about using Behavior Analysis to improve the environment? Glad you asked! Dr. Amanda Kelly returns to the podcast to discuss her #nostrawforme campaign. What started out as essentially a self-management intervention is evolving into movement to reduce the usage of disposable or single-use items. Personally, I rarely use straws, but this conversation prompted me to think about other ways in which I consume single-use items, such as paper towels, aluminum cans, and so forth. I hope you find this conversation just as thought provoking. And feel free to share these thoughts in the comments! Here are some links to things Amanda talked about: The Lonely Whale Foundation ABAI's Behavior Analysis for Sustainable Societies SIG A paper from Dr. Scott Geller's early seat belt work The Behavior Analyst's special edition on sustainability Research Gate If you enjoy this episode, please take a minute to head over to iTunes and leave a rating and review. In-person referrals to like minded behavior-folks are always appreciated as well! This podcast is sponsored by Britton Behavioral Consulting. Dr. Lisa Britton, BCBA-D specializes in providing independent fieldwork supervision in a remote context. If you listen to Session 29, you'll learn that she has a wealth of experience in both the practice of Behavior Analysis, as well some great processes in place for mentoring soon-to-be BCBA's. I have corresponded with previous mentees of hers, and to a person, they sang her praises as a supervisor. Also, if you need BACB Type 2 continuing education, why not earn them while you're on the go? How does this work? Again, glad you asked. Click here to find out more.

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0:00.0	This is the Behavioral Observations podcast with Matt Secoria, session number 37.
0:12.4	Welcome to the Behavioral Observations podcast, stimulating talk for today's behavior analysts.
0:19.8	Now here's your host, Matt Sikoria.
0:24.6	Hey, everyone, it's Matt. Welcome to Session 37 of the Behavioral Observations podcast.
0:30.9	I am thrilled to be joined today by Dr. Amanda Kelly. Those of you who have been long-time listeners may
0:37.4	recall her first appearance on the show way back in session four, I think it was. And boy, I think we recorded that like almost two years ago. Anyhow, she's back today in session 37 talking about this really cool sustainability initiative that she's been working on in her adopted home state of Hawaii.
0:55.1	Some really cool stuff. And if you're like me, it really gave me pause to consider my own
1:00.8	personal consumption habits and things like that and maybe wonder, gosh, you know,
1:05.4	should have been using fewer paper towels and, you know, to go cups and things along those lines.
1:11.4	Personally, I've been kind of recycling before recycling was cool, but there are also
1:15.6	areas of reducing, reusing, et cetera, that I certainly can make improvements in.
1:21.4	So this episode was definitely helpful for me to, again, reflect on my own habits and consumption patterns and things
1:30.9	along those lines. So I hope you get a lot out of this. And again, I don't want to spoil too much
1:36.6	of the story. So I'm going to let Amanda kind of tell you about this cool thing that she's
1:40.9	been working on. So we'll get to Amanda's conversation here in just a second.
1:44.8	Before we do, though, I do want to let you know that we are sponsored by
1:47.8	Britain Behavioral Consulting.com.
1:50.6	That's B-R-I-T-T-O-N behavioral consulting.com.
1:54.2	That is the independent fieldwork supervision service by none other than Dr. Lisa Britton.
2:00.3	If you're not familiar with her work, you can go back to
2:03.3	session 29 of the podcast and check out our kind of in-depth interview when we talk about best
2:08.3	practices and supervision. And Lisa's basically made it her calling these days to provide real
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