Abstract
Ecological civilization is the inevitable route of human development. However, the practice of ecological civilization is not as positive as expected, especially for college students. Hence, the aim of this research is to investigate how to strengthen the practice of college students towards ecological civilization in China. Based on the Triandis’ Interpersonal Behavior Model, a questionnaire survey is performed to explore the status quo of factors affecting college students’ ecological civilization behaviors. Results reveal that society does not provide enough facilities for ecological civilization. Thus, as personal interests conflicting with the environment, some college students would not carry out the concept of ecological civilization. Meanwhile, though most of college students have the right attitude and good habits of water saving and waste batteries proposal, the guidance of ecological civilization for the habits of takeout and online shopping has not been formed. Also, college students could not actively participate in ecological civilization construction. Therefore, to strengthen ecological civilization practice, it is indispensable to acquire joint efforts from individuals, government, families, universities and social organizations. The practice of ecological civilization is inseparable from the efforts of every college student. Besides, the government, every social organization, every family, and every university should create appropriate facilitating conditions, so that college students could form ecological civilization habits consciously. At the same time, universities, society and family should form good social reference standards to directly and indirectly educate college students so as to help them identify their roles and self-concept.
Highlights
Rapid economic growth, drastic social development, and fast technological advancement have enriched people’s lives, spiritually, mentally, physically and materially, at the enormous expense of extensive environmental pollution, significant ecological degradation, and fast resources depletion, worldwide [1]
Theory of Interpersonal Behavior (TIB) attempts to explain the relationship between the willingness of a particular action and the actual performance of behavior, and holds that the occurrence of people’s actual behavior is determined by the intentions, the habits and the facilitating conditions, in which behavioral intentions consist of three aspects: Attitude, social factors and emotions
In order to facilitate ecological civilization practice in China, this study reviews the history of ecological civilization, elaborates the role and function of ecological civilization, and discusses relevant researches and studies on ecological civilization
Summary
Drastic social development, and fast technological advancement have enriched people’s lives, spiritually, mentally, physically and materially, at the enormous expense of extensive environmental pollution, significant ecological degradation, and fast resources depletion, worldwide [1]. The overall air quality in China is still nonattainment in many areas, showing a complex feature of air pollution by soot and motor vehicle pollution, while regional air pollution has become an important task for local governments. In 2017 in China, 23.8% of the surface water was categorized as Class IV and Class V, and 8.3% of the surface water was worse than Class V, in addition to the prominent problem of lake eutrophication. Ecological degradation and resources depletion are inevitably ensued. There is no doubt that the negative impact of a series of environmental problems seriously endangers the sustainable development
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