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Enacting pro-environmental behavior through grounded engagement: An interdisciplinary case study of plastic bag use in a Lao fresh market.

Marco J Haenssgen, Marieke Charlet, Serge Doussantousse, Kiyé Simon Luang

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Review in iScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Marco J HaenssgenDepartment of Social Sciences and Development, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Marieke CharletAgence Universitaire de la Francophonie, Bureau national du Laos, National University of Laos, Dongdok Campus, Vientiane, Laos.
Serge DoussantousseGreen Vientiane, Vientiane, Laos.
Kiyé Simon LuangKSL Studio, Vientiane, Laos.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As we are reaching the limits of mono-disciplinary solutions for pro-environmental behavior change and single-use plastic reduction, this perspective documents how a recent development initiative formulated a bespoke behavior change portfolio in the Nonkho market of Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR. Our participatory approach was sensitive to gender, framed in a modern behavioral science framework, and drew on techniques from anthropology, development studies, economics, and the humanities. The resulting behavior change portfolio addressed people's psychological capability, physical and social opportunity, reflective motivation, and various subconscious automatic drivers of plastic bag avoidance, all while promoting the social role and economic autonomy of female market vendors.

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Environmental issuesEnvironmental scienceSocial sciences

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PMID42100737
PMCPMC13145880

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