{"id":15628,"date":"2013-05-17T11:46:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T17:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=15628"},"modified":"2013-05-17T11:46:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T17:46:52","slug":"recycling-kinda-like-punching-hitler-in-the-nose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/recycling-kinda-like-punching-hitler-in-the-nose\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling: Kinda’ Like Punching Hitler in the Nose"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember the song “Let’s Do It for Our Country<\/a>” from Grease 2<\/em>? It turns out such persuasive approaches really work (and for more than sexual conquest): Robert Long at The New Republic<\/em> points to a few studies<\/a> showing that conservatives are more likely to recycle<\/a> when such activity is tied to values like patriotism.<\/p>\n

That’s interesting, but what I really enjoyed in his post were past efforts to tie waste collection and reuse to national pride. For instance, during World War II, paper recycling<\/a> was portrayed as key to defeating Hitler:<\/p>\n

\"waste<\/a><\/p>\n

The Office of War Information and Public Relations also encouraged scrap metal recycling as part of the war in the Pacific \u00a0(warning: lots of racism here):<\/p>\n

\"world<\/a><\/p>\n

I don’t know how well these appeals worked then, but the studies Long cites suggests that this may have been a smart approach… and could still work.<\/p>\n

Know of other campaigns that appealed to nationalism in order to encourage recycling or other “green” behavior? Share them with us…. I’m fascinated!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Can appealing to patriotism get more conservatives recycling? Perhaps… there’s evidence it’s worked before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":16923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,60],"tags":[3018,6436,2455,6437,6438,39,6439],"yoast_head":"\nRecycling as an Act of Patriotism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Can appealing to patriotism get more conservatives recycling? 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