Building sustainable communities for sustainable development: An <scp>evidence‐based</scp> behavior change intervention to reduce plastic waste and destructive fishing in Southeast Asia

Environmental crises often stem back to how humans make decisions and behave. Thus, the extent which we can successfully address these challenges will depend on design deliver effective behavioral change interventions. This project examines complex interventions be applied modify human behavior of villagers living in coastal communities. Our work aimed increase adoption sustainable behaviors, protect marine biodiversity, improve community wellbeing, individual psychosocial skills executive functions, communal resiliency adaptability. We conducted pilot feasibility efficacy trials two low-resource communities Indonesia Philippines. used a single site case study quasi-experimental with control-treatment matching evaluate intervention. Results include increased behaviors (e.g., recycling), prosocial positive communication), perceptions empowerment for groups exposed