Milkman found herself in a discussion about "nudges" — small environmental interventions that could shift people's behavior.
What is needed, he said, are "environmental interventions to give them, and perhaps myself, a long life".
Because existing anti-littering laws have not changed smokers' littering habits, Novotny and Slaughter ask for new environmental interventions and partnerships between tobacco control and environmental groups.
We only compare those environmental interventions whose primary goal is to save human lives (as in toxin control) with life-saving interventions from other areas.
Thus, the many environmental interventions which have little or no intention to save human lives, such as raising oxygen levels in rivers, improving wetlands and setting up natural reservations, are not considered here.
As with many successful environmental interventions, it was set up by a passionate maverick just over a decade ago as a nursery for cubs that had been orphaned by hunters or brought into towns for entertainment.
We refer to burdens here as environmental interventions e.g., emissions and resource use.
Few environmental interventions exist, and none target both diet and physical activity.
There is little evidence about the effects of environmental interventions on population levels of physical activity.
Data on cost effectiveness of environmental interventions are needed to inform the development and implementing of such interventions.
Although a range of possible environmental interventions exist, current tools only consider these in a limited manner.
