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AStudy on Environmentally Sustainable Interaction Design Guided by User Behavior:Addressing Unsustainable Consumption

Zhe ZhangSouth China University of Technology*

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

The global environmental crisis is getting more and more different from people's daily behavior. This paper studies how to build a mixed system of real and digital interaction by using interaction design. It looks for new ways to help people do good things for the environment. We use data pictures to show people's environmental responsibility. The study uses game fun, story design and mixed-reality technology to make a closed system. The system has four parts: understand, act, get feedback, talk with others. With technology, we turn the hard idea of environmental responsibility into real, easy things people can do. We solve the problem of too much unsustainable consumption. This study gives help and ways for many people to do good environmental behavior. It helps the environment stay healthy.

Keywords: Interaction design; environmental sustainability; unsustainable consumption; user behavior guidance
Published: August 13, 2025
DOI: 10.54254/2753-7064/2025.LC25913
Volume: CHR Vol.74
pp. 145-155
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