Environment-friendly Attitudes Research Articles

Biotechnology to sustainability: Consumer preferences for food products grown on biodegradable mulches

This study evaluates consumer preferences for an agricultural product grown on biodegradable mulch film, which is an environmentally friendly soil cover that sustains plant growth, but that avoids the environmental harm of plastic pollution from non-biodegradable mulches in the field or upon disposal. Using a dichotomous-choice contingent valuation method, we assessed the willingness to pay for strawberries grown on biodegradable mulch with a randomized information treatment on 1510 consumers across different regions of the United States. On average, consumers are willing to pay 10.3% more for food –strawberries in our case– grown on biodegradable mulches. Consumers who are female, earn a higher income, have stronger environment-friendly attitudes, or received the information treatment on the benefits of biodegradable mulches, also expressed more willingness to pay a premium price for strawberries grown on biodegradable mulches. Our findings support that consumers are willing to internalize a price premium for food products on biodegradable mulches, suggesting that agricultural producers could realize private benefits from price premiums that could, in turn, generate social benefits by increasing biodegradable mulch use, leading to a reduction of plastic pollution. By providing empirical evidence on the potential adoption of biotechnology in the food production system, our results allow agricultural crop producers to make more informed decisions on growing and pricing strategies. Our research will also facilitate agricultural scientists and policymakers to articulate industry-supporting policies for sustainable development.

The Predicting Electric Vehicle Buying Intention: A Study Using the Theory of Planned Behavior(TPB)

This study is about consumer’s intention toward purchasing electric car, especially focused on environmental friendly norms, economic considerations, and attitude of electric vehicles. According to...

Young consumers' preferences for water-saving wines: An experimental study

Freshwater scarcity is becoming one of the most pressing issues of the global environmental sustainability, and agriculture is the main responsible of that scarcity. During the last decade, there has been an increasing consumers’ environmental concern about the impact of food production on water usage. This paper investigates young consumers’ preferences towards water saving wines and the determinants of willingness to pay (WTP) for these products. Data were collected through an experimental auction mechanism in Italy by assessing young consumers’ willingness to pay for three different wines (i.e. conventional-no water saving label, water saving front-of-pack labelled and water saving back-of-pack labelled). Young consumers’ (N = 200) characteristics related to their personal values, pro-environmental attitudes, wine habits, labeling attitudes and socio-demographics were also collected. Results reveal that on average young consumers are willing to pay higher prices for water saving labeled wines. Additionally, wine consumption frequency, label trust and use as well as consumers’ environmental-friendly attitude have a positive effect on willingness to pay for these wines. The current study offers valuable insights to policy makers and wine producers for product differentiation and for more efficiently targeting campaigns towards young consumers, in order to increase sustainability-labeled wine consumption.

HUBUNGAN ANTARA PENGETAHUAN LINGKUNGAN HIDUP DAN PRESTASI BELAJAR GEOGRAFI DENGAN SIKAP PEDULI LINGKUNGAN PADA SISWA SMA NEGERI DI KABUPATEN KARANGANYAR

<p>The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between (1) knowledge of the environment with environmental friendly attitude of students at SMA Negeri in Karanganyar Regency. (2) the learning achievement of geography with environmental friendly attitude of students at SMA Negeri in Karanganyar Regency. (3) The environmental knowledge and learning achievement geography with environmental friendly attitude at SMA Negeri in Karanganyar Regency. The study included in descriptive quantitative research. The population of the study was all students of class XI IPS in SMA Negeri at Karanganyar in 2015/2016 academic year. This study took 6 samples of public school with cluster random sampling based on the location of villages, towns and curriculum used. In this research data collection tool used is by using instruments namely test and questionnaire. Data analysis technique is done with normality test, linearity, multicollinearity test, homogeneity test, the first and the second hypothesis testing and the third hypothesis testing. The results showed that (1) there is positive and significant correlation between environmental knowledge with environmental friendly attitude in SMA Negeri at Karanganyar Regency. This can be shown by the correlation between the variable X1 with Y is the result of computation robtained of 0,149 > rtable of 0,137. (2) There is a significant positive correlation between learning achievement of geography with environmental friendly attitude in SMA Negeri at Karanganyar Regency, it is proved the coefficient of correlation between variable X2 with Y is the result of computation robtained of 0,228 and rtables for 0,137. (3) There is a significant correlation between environmental knowledge and learning achievement of environmental geography with environmental friendly attitude of student SMA Negeri in Karanganyar Regency. It can be seen from ANOVA test obtained the value of fobtained of 6,321 with a value significant probability of 0,002 whice the ftables on df1=2, df2=203 and α = 0.05 is 3,040 or in other words, the value of ftable > fobtained (6.321>3.040). The model of relationship between these variables is 𝑌 = 55.520 + 0.241𝑋1 + 0.494𝑋2 + 𝜀 from relationship models can be said to be statistically significant. <br /> <br /> <br />Keyword: The environmental science, geography learning achievement and environmental friendly attitude.</p>

The Drivers of the Life Satisfaction of Pro-environment and Non-pro-environment People

Happiness or life satisfaction tends to be the ultimate goal of human beings. It is the intention of this study to investigate the factors influencing the life satisfaction of pro-environment and non-pro-environment people. The data were collected from interviews with 320 adults, who were equally divided into pro-environment and non-pro-environment adults of at least 18 years of age and that had come to the randomly-selected shopping centers in Bangkok. The life satisfaction of the people, regardless of their environmentally-friendly attitude, was assumed to be driven by the personal characteristics of optimism and internal locus of control, and the domains of life of family, personal health, self-actualization, and material possessions, as well as the altruistic and biospheric values of being nature lovers. The results from the t-test suggested that pro-environment people are likely to be more satisfied with their lives than non-pro-environment people. Moreover, the multiple regression analysis indicated that the life satisfaction of the pro-environment people was positively influenced by the biospheric value of being a nature lover, self-actualization, and age, and was negatively influenced by education. The pro-environment people that were never married were more satisfied with their lives than those that were married. Finally, the life satisfaction of the non-pro-environment people was positively triggered by the personal characteristics of optimism and having an internal locus of control, as well as the domain of life of personal health and age.

Structural Influence and Relationship between the Environmentally-friendly Attitude and Purchase Intention based on the College Students' Values towards Organic Produces- Moderating Effect of Consumer Confidence -

Structural Influence and Relationship between the Environmentally-friendly Attitude and Purchase Intention based on the College Students' Values towards Organic Produces- Moderating Effect of Consumer Confidence -

Structural Influence and Relationship between the Environmentally-friendly Attitude and Purchase Intention based on the College Students' Values towards Organic Produces- Moderating Effect of Consumer Confidence -

Structural Influence and Relationship between the Environmentally-friendly Attitude and Purchase Intention based on the College Students' Values towards Organic Produces- Moderating Effect of Consumer Confidence -

The Role of Locus of Control in Pro Environmental Attitude and Behavior of Youth


 
 
 The purpose of the present study was to find out the role of locus of control in pro environmental attitude and behavior of youth. Sample of the study consisted of six hundred and ninety-two (N= 692) male and female adolescents, with age range 18-25 years and educational background of Intermediate, BS and Masters, from Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A self-constructed environmental attitude questionnaire, and a locus of control scale, was administered to the subjects selected through convenient sampling method. According to results moderate locus of control was found to be significant predictor of environment friendly attitude in youth. This research will help to focus on the ways to create awareness in youth by arranging workshops and recognizing people with moderate locus of control can help in a better way to promote environmental friendly attitude and behavior. Limitations of the study as well as implications for future research and practice were also discussed.
 
 

Optimization of Energy and Water Management of Swimming Pools. A Case Study in Thessaloniki, Greece

Improvement of living standards and increased demand for consumer goods have as consequence the increase of energy and water consumption. At the same time, increasing awareness of the respective environmental impact has prompted the European Union (E.U.) to issue a list of Directives for the Member States that promote conservation of natural resources. Moreover, this environment-friendly attitude may alleviate the impact of the economic crisis, since energy and water savings result in saving money.In the present paper, some ways toimprove sustainability of swimming pools through reducing energy and water consumption, are analyzed and compared.An open municipal swimming pool in Thessaloniki, Greece, is used as case study. Research is focused on heating energy, where more savings can be achieved. Especially, installation of solar thermal collectors, geothermal heat pumps, or photovoltaic panels and construction of a light roof are analyzed. Moreover, some recommendations are made, concerning the general improvement of a swimming pool and its surroundings. The goal is to reduce the operation expensesof the pool and, if possible, to increase the income, so that it can be economically viable throughout the year.Finally, several suggestions are evaluated by means of the RETScreen software, in order to find out which investments are reasonable. For the evaluation a Cost – Benefit Analysis has been carried out, using the Net Present Value criterion, the Internal Rate of Return criterion and the Benefit – Cost ratio. Finally, a SWOT analysis is performed and a policy is suggested, which should be followed by the administration of the swimming pool.

The Influence of 4 to 5 Year-old Children's Emotional Intelligence on Pro-social Behavior and Environment-friendly Attitude

본 연구는 유아의 정서지능이 친사회적 행동과 환경친화적 태도에 미치는 영향을 고찰함으로써 유아의 정서지능, 친사회적 행동 및 환경친화적 태도를 증진하기 위한 교육적 방향 모색에 기초자료를 제공하고자 하였다. 연구 대상은 M시에 소재한 4개 유치원의 만 4세반과 5세반 유아 325명이며, 검사도구를 사용하여 연구 자료를 수집하였다. 연구결과는 첫째, 유아의 정서지능과 친사회적 행동 간에 유의미한 정적 상관관계가 있었으며, 이러한 경향은 만 4세와 5세에게서 유사하게 나타났다. 둘째, 유아의 정서지능 중 타인정서 인식 및 배려, 자기정서 이용, 감정조절 및 충동억제, 또래와의 관계, 교사와의 관계가 친사회적 행동을 유의한 수준으로 예측하는 것으로 나타났으며, 만 4세가 5세보다 영향력이 높았다. 셋째, 유아의 정서지능과 환경친화적 태도 간에 유의미한 정적 상관관계가 있었으며, 만 4세가 5세보다 높은 상관정도를 보였다. 넷째, 유아의 정서지능 중 교사와의 관계와 감정조절 및 충동억제가 환경친화적 태도를 유의한 수준으로 예측하는 것으로 나타났으며, 만 4세의 영향력이 5세 보다 높은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 유아의 친사회적 행동과 환경친화적 태도를 정서지능과 상호 유기적인 연관성을 가지고 발달시키는 교육적 방향 모색에 기초자료를 제공하였다는 점에서 정서지능, 친사회적 행동 및 환경친화적 태도 증진을 위한 유아교육과정에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

Biogeochemical cycles for combining chemical knowledge and ESD issues in Greek secondary schools part I: designing the didactic materials

Biogeochemical cycles support all anthropogenic activities and are affected by them, therefore they are intricately interlinked with global environmental and socioeconomic issues. Elements of these cycles that are already included in the science/chemical curriculum and textbooks intended for formal education in Greek secondary schools were thoroughly reviewed and on the basis of the gaps and needs identified new didactic materials were produced. The didactic materials were designed in order to enhance the comprehension of the biogeochemical cycles (of water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur) and include educational content and guidance to achieve ESD goals including strengthening of students' environmentally-friendly attitudes and commitment towards sustainability. These materials clarify the function of the cycles supplementing chemical knowledge and scientific information relevant to the real world phenomena and conditions (e.g.climate change, ocean acidification, eutrophication) that learners could experience, connecting them with sustainable development issues (sustainable consumption and production, renewable energies,etc.). The materials were assessed as successful by educators and students through experimental implementation in 16 Greek secondary schools. The present article (Part I of the research) focuses on the aim, content and design of the didactic materials while in Part II, assessment of their impact on the knowledge and attitudes of students is presented.

초등예비교사의 생태동아리 멘토 활동이 초등학생의 환경감수성 및 환경친화적 태도에 미치는 효과

This study is to find out that pre-service elementary teacher's the effects of a ecology mentor club activities to the environmental sensitivity and the effects on the environment friendly attitude of elementary school students. This study has been aimed at 25 students of 5th grade in B metropolitan city S elementary school in 2015, B educational University of elementary pre-service teachers 10 people, Elementary School Teachers10 people to apply a ecology club mentor activities to investigate a comment participated in environmental mentor club activities of elementary pre-service teachers and the environmental sensitivity and the effects on the environment friendly attitude of elementary school students. Procedures for this research was the topic for setting ecology club mentor activities of elementary school students, pre-service elementary school teachers receive consultation from field teachers and guide to ecology club mentor activities of elementary school students. Before the ecology club mentor activities, pre-test environmental sensitivity and the environment-friendly attitude of were carried out. After the experiment, post-test of environmental sensitivity and environmental friendly attitude check was carried out. Also, investigate a comment of pre-service elementary teachers participate and guide to ecology club mentor activities of elementary school students. After the experiment results are as follows. First, the ecology club mentor activities of pre-service elementary school teachers are effective to cultivate environmental sensitivity of the elementary school students. Second, the ecology club mentor activities of pre-service elementary school teachers are effective to cultivate eco-friendly attitude of the elementary school students. Third, after ecology club mentor activities of elementary school students, pre-service elementary school teachers now have a very good feeling. Based on these results, suggestions for further research are as follows. First, the variety of ecological club programs target to elementary school students are needed. Second, there is a need for continuing research on the ecology club activities.

어머니와 청소년의 환경친화적 소비행동 관계에서 청소년 친환경태도의 매개효과분석

The purpose of this study is to observe the influence mother's pro-environmental consumption behavior have on the adolescents' environment-friendly attitudes and adolescents' pro-environmental consumption behavior. Also by examining the variable relation, the study scopes out the effectiveness of environmental experience. For the analysis, high school students in Korea were gathered from online and multiple regression analysis, and Baron and Kenny mediation analysis were conducted among a total of 521 surveys. The main findings are as follows: First, mother's pro-environmental consumption behavior were proven to be essential factors that have influence on the adolescents' environment-friendly attitudes. Second, mother's pro-environmental consumption behavior were proven to be essential factors that have influence on the adolescents' pro-environmental consumption behavior. Third, mediating effect of adolescents' environment-friendly attitudes was verified in the relationship between mother's and adolescent's pro-environmental consumption behavior. The findings suggest the importance of adolescents' environment-friendly attitudes and improve adolescent's pro-environmental consumption behavior by having practice mother's pro-environmental consumption behavior.

The Structural Relationships between Perceived Value of Environment-friendly Car, Product Attitude and Purchase Intention and the Moderating Role of Environmental Involvement

The Structural Relationships between Perceived Value of Environment-friendly Car, Product Attitude and Purchase Intention and the Moderating Role of Environmental Involvement

유아의 생명존중 소양과 친사회적 행동 및 환경친화적 태도와의 관계

유아의 생명존중 소양과 친사회적 행동 및 환경친화적 태도와의 관계

The Effects of the Six Thinking Hats Program on Environmentally Friendly Attitude and Environmental literacy in Elementary Science

The Effects of the Six Thinking Hats Program on Environmentally Friendly Attitude and Environmental literacy in Elementary Science

Consumo verde: um estudo transcultural sobre crenças, preocupações e atitudes ambientais

Embora os jovens universitários, em diferentes países, tenham um acesso crescente às informações sobre práticas ambientais, isso não significa que haja o desenvolvimento de uma consciência que leve a boas práticas de consumo verde. Com a utilização de uma nova escala, aplicada em 2372 estudantes universitários do Brasil, Argentina, Chile, México, Portugal e Espanha, foi averiguado se a percepção ambiental desses jovens se manifesta por meio de um constructo razoavelmente estruturado em torno das crenças, preocupações e atitudes ambientais, analisando os impactos dessas dimensões nas práticas de consumo. Foi possível concluir que, embora haja similaridades entre os jovens da América Latina e do grupo denominado Ibéria (formado pela Espanha e Portugal), há diferenças importantes sobre como essa percepção está estruturada. Os ibéricos têm uma motivação de ordem antropocêntrica, ligada à preservação de recursos para o futuro, enquanto os latino-americanos têm uma visão mais holística, em que as crenças ambientais atuam como antecedentes importantes. Entre os dois grupos, há também diferenças sobre a possibilidade de conciliar o desenvolvimento econômico e a preservação ambiental. Verificou-se que o chamado consumo verde é uma resposta às preocupações ambientais para dois grupos, com influência reduzida de outras dimensões, o que repercute nas estratégias de marketing que podem ser adotadas.

학부모의 에너지절약 인식 및 행동이 유아의 친환경태도와 환경보전지식에 미치는 영향

이 연구는 학부모의 에너지절약 인식 및 행동이 유아의 친환경태도와 환경보전지식에 미치는 영향을 알아보는데 목적이 있다. 이를 위하여 2013년 6월 10일부터 30일까지 충남 N시의 농어촌형 어린이집에 다니는 유아와 부모 160명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 분석결과 첫째, 학부모의 에너지절약 인식이 유아의 친환경태도에 미치는 영향은 학부모의 환경보전의식, 에너지 전략의식이 유아의 친환경태도에 영향을 미쳤다. 둘째, 학부모의 에너지절약 행동이 유아의 친환경태도에 미치는 영향은 학부모의 일반행동, 선택행동이 유아의 친환경태도에 영향을 미쳤다. 셋째, 학부모의 에너지절약 인식이 유아의 환경보전지식에 미치는 영향은 학부모의 환경보전지식, 에너지 전략의식이 유아의 환경보전지식에 영향을 미쳤다. 넷째, 학부모의 에너지절약 행동이 유아의 환경보전지식에 미치는 영향은 학부모의 일반행동, 선택행동이 유아의 환경보전지식에 영향을 미쳤다. 이상의 연구결과 학부모의 에너지절약 인식과 행동은 유아의 친환경태도와 환경보전지식에 긍정적인 정(+)의 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 유아의 친환경태도와 환경보전지식을 긍정적으로 높이기 위해 학부모의 바른 에너지절약인식과 행동의 중요함을 시사해 준 것이라 할 수 있다. The purpose of this study was to figure out the effects of parents' energy conservation awareness and behaviors on young children's environment-friendly attitudes and environmental preservation knowledge. To achieve this, a survey was carried out to 160 kindergarten children and their parents in the farming and fishing communities located in N city, Chungnam through June 10 to June 30, 2013. The results of the analysis were as follows. First, the effect of parents' energy conservation awareness on young children's environment-friendly attitudes showed that parents' environmental preservation awareness and energy conservation awareness had an effect on young children's environment-friendly attitudes. Second, the effect of parents' energy conservation behaviors on young children's environment-friendly attitudes showed that parents' general behaviors and selective behaviors had an effect on young children's environment-friendly attitudes. Third, the effect of parents' energy conservation awareness on young children's environmental preservation knowledge showed that parents' environmental preservation knowledge and energy conservation awareness had an effect on young children's environmental preservation knowledge. Fourth, the effect of parents' energy conservation behaviors on young children's environmental preservation knowledge showed that parents' general behaviors and selective behaviors had an effect on young children's environmental preservation knowledge. As for findings stated above, parents' energy conservation awareness and behaviors had a positive effect on children's environment-friendly attitudes and environmental preservation knowledge. This implies that parents' right energy conservation awareness and behaviors are important to enhance children's positive environment-friendly attitudes and environmental preservation knowledge.

자유탐구 방법을 활용한 환경수업이 과학탐구능력 및 환경친화적 태도에 미치는 효과

The purpose of this study is to make a Result analysis on the free inquiry Method of elementary school student. also, this study investigates how free inquiry activities effect the science Process skills and environment-friendly attitudes of elementary school student For this study 150, sixth year, elementary school students from Busan city were selected. The inquiry examined the effectiveness of each of the following free inquiry methods: the PBL inquiry, the Project inquiry, the IIM inquiry, the small group inquiry and the science notebooks inquiry. The students were divided into groups in which they incorporated the respective methods into their practice. Test showed the following results: The environmental class which applies a free inquiry method(PBL inquiry, Project inquiry, IIM inquiry, small group inquiry and science notebooks) was effective in science process skills improvement. Second, The environmental class which applies a free inquiry method((PBL inquiry, Project inquiry, IIM inquiry, small group inquiry and science notebooks) was effective in environment-friendly attitude improvement.

Community dependency on sand dunes for household income: Evidence from two coastal villages in Pottuvil

The eastern coast of Sri Lanka contains the longest stretch of sand dunes in the country. The Pottuvil sand dunes are a part of the sand dune series which extends from Pottuvil to Panama seashore. Sand dunes were excessively mined for commercial purposes in Pottuvil, both for sand and turtle egg poaching. The main purpose of this study was to determine the economic dependency of the community on the sand dunes.Through a survey using structured questionnaires for personal interviews, data on coastal community dependence on the coastal resources and income gained were collected. A multi-stage random sampling method was used, and 45 people were selected from two coastal villages of Pottuvil. The income dependency level of the community was analyzed through a linear regression model (double Log model).The average family size was 5 persons, with about 68.9% of the respondents involved in fishing for their livelihood. 57.8% of respondents had been educated above the secondary level. Around 84.5% of the families were recipients of Samurdhi benefits. The families earned an average of Rs.6,746.7 per month from fishing and coastal resources exploitation. The linear regression results indicated that there was a significant relationship between total income of households and income from exploiting coastal resources (sand mining and turtle egg poaching). Although 95.5% of respondents had good knowledge about the importance of the coastal resources and its’ conservation, only 20% had the view that these resources were deteriorating over time due to exploitation. Results also indicated that about 86.5% of the respondents shared an optimistic behaviour to adopt environment friendly attitudes towards coastal resource conservation.Coastal community seemed to have a more positive attitude towards the coastal resources, but was ignorant of conservation issues or impact of their actions on the environment. Hence, there is an urgent need to create awareness among the community for adopting participatory conservation activities to sustain the coastal resources.