Back to Stormwater Quality
Introduction
In Action 5, you designed simple neighborhood actions to improve stormwater quality. In this action, you will evaluate the affect of those activities and expand your impact in your community.
Evalute your impact
Depending on how much time has passed since you completed Action 5, you may or may not notice a visible reduction in the pollutants you targeted with your actions. Physical improvements like picking up litter or correcting irrigation overspray can improve the situation right away, but influencing others can be difficult. Persuading others to change their behavior can take time. Thank your neighbors when you see them taking actions to help reduce pollutants to reinforce these behaviors.
Social conformity
You may have more power than you realize. Social conformity is a type of influence that results in a change of behavior or belief in order to fit in with a group. If a neighbor consistently sees you sweeping away debris on the sidewalk or picking up pet waste, they are more likely to do so themselves. Did any of your neighbors ask you about your project? Use this opportunities to explain the importance of everyone doing their part to keep pollutants out of our stormwater system.
Expand your actions
Revisit the projects you completed in Action 5 and consider if any improvements can be made to make it even more effective or involve a larger part of the community. Explore the examples and ideas below for inspiration.
Evalute your impact
Depending on how much time has passed since you completed Action 5, you may or may not notice a visible reduction in the pollutants you targeted with your actions. Physical improvements like picking up litter or correcting irrigation overspray can improve the situation right away, but influencing others can be difficult. Persuading others to change their behavior can take time. Thank your neighbors when you see them taking actions to help reduce pollutants to reinforce these behaviors.
Social conformity
You may have more power than you realize. Social conformity is a type of influence that results in a change of behavior or belief in order to fit in with a group. If a neighbor consistently sees you sweeping away debris on the sidewalk or picking up pet waste, they are more likely to do so themselves. Did any of your neighbors ask you about your project? Use this opportunities to explain the importance of everyone doing their part to keep pollutants out of our stormwater system.
Expand your actions
Revisit the projects you completed in Action 5 and consider if any improvements can be made to make it even more effective or involve a larger part of the community. Explore the examples and ideas below for inspiration.
Examples and ideas
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Instructions
- Print this Data Collection Sheet and use it as a guide to evaluate the impact of your actions so far.
- Expand your impact by identifying ways you can influence more of your neighbors to get involved and take action.
- Come back and report about what happened using the form below.
Evaluate and Report
Report back to us about what you found.