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Earth Hour: How can it help make a change?
Earth Hour is a noble idea but how do we make sure it has long lasting effects?
The trouble with environmentally-friendly campaigns is, when they are over, the environmentally-friendly behaviour that they encouraged usually stops too (Van der Linden, 2015). So how can we make these campaigns more effective?
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