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A study was undertaken to develop a methodology for reducing the application of salt on the highways for the control of snow and ice in the wintertime in Ontario. This study was undertaken with the assistance and cooperation of the various municipalities involved in the actual process of applying salt and controlling snow and ice. By bringing the actual intervenors (the drivers of snow ploughs, the appliers of salt) into the design of the study, the study was not only more technically feasible but also more palatable to those who had to execute it. This paper is a description of the study, the manner in which it was undertaken and the effectiveness of the results. It draws some comparisons with the traditional methods of approach which, theoretically may produce outstanding results, but seldom see the light of day. For environmental research to be at all effective, it must not only be feasible, environmentally desirable, but also applicable and applied. This approach to research and environmental education was certainly a novel one and it can be claimed was truly effective in bringing about the necessary and desirable changes in the actions of the intervenors.

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  1. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Philip H. Jones (Professor of Civil Engineering, Director of Graduate Studies)

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In this paper the term ‘intervenor’ is intended to mean that person or organisation responsible for taking action (or decision to act) which will result in some change in environmental status.

Professor of Microbiology and Civil Engineering, University of Toronto. Director of Environmental Education at the Institute of Environmental Studies. Consultant in Environmental Health at WHO and other UN agencies.

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Jones, P.H. Educating the intervenor. Environmentalist 1, 33–37 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02239374

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