System-level change is crucial for solving societys most pressing problems. However, individual-level interventions may be useful for creating behavioral change before system-level change is in place and for increasing necessary public support for system-level solutions. Participating in individual-level solutions may increase support for system-level solutions - especially if the individual-level solutions are internalized as part of ones social identity.
Funding Agencies|Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), via the Rebuilding Macroeconomics Network [ES/R00787X/1]; ESRC Network for Integrated Behavioural Science [ES/P008976/1]