Environmental perspective towards sustainability (environmental knowledge of university students in Greater Jakarta)

Yosi Adriyanto,Dwi Nowo Martono,H Herdiansyah,A Sodri

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202021101024

Abstract

Human perspective on the environment is influenced by factors, education, economic status, and the living environment. This study aims to link environmental knowledge (EK) held by university students and their sustainable behaviour in greater Jakarta. This research is based on the hypothesis that there is no significant relationship between knowledge and pro-sustainability behaviour. A survey was conducted for 50 university students in greater Jakarta, followed by an analytical descriptive to process the data. Research result shows that respondents who hold high Environmental Knowledge are less than respondents who obtain below average Environmental Knowledge. Moreover, it shows no relationship between knowledge and sustainable behaviour. Insights from this study will inform a higher level of environmental knowledge does not necessarily lead to more positive attitudes and behaviors regarding sustainability.

Highlights

Technological advances, unsustainable consumption, and increasing global population have led to significant environmental degradation and disasters [1]
The author argues that environmental knowledge (EK) of postgraduate students from Indonesian universities is considered high
The author's statement is justified from the research of Aminrad et al, which states that increasing levels of education followed by increasing age has an effect on increasing environmental awareness [12], as well as by Philippsen et al which states that humans who have higher education tend to have a higher degree of the environment than individuals with lower education [13]

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Introduction

Technological advances, unsustainable consumption, and increasing global population have led to significant environmental degradation and disasters [1]. The author's statement is justified from the research of Aminrad et al, which states that increasing levels of education followed by increasing age has an effect on increasing environmental awareness [12], as well as by Philippsen et al which states that humans who have higher education tend to have a higher degree of the environment than individuals with lower education [13]. Consciousness means not enough to know what the environment is and understand how the environment works, including taking action to support the environment. For this reason, the authors want to show whether knowledge about the environment can influence behaviour for sustainable living

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