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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"Environmental Behaviour"”.
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Improving workforce environmental behaviour: a case study of the construction industry
… and public pressure to<br/>improve their environmental performance, this research sought to address<br/>the issues surrounding changing employee environmental behaviour.<br/>Tingdene Homes, a park home manufacturer in Wellingborough,<br/>Northamptonshire was the case study company for this …
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Intergenerational eco-education : an exploration of child influence or parental environmental behaviour
… the influences children have on their parents' environmental behaviour following involvement in a week long environmental education experience. Using the grounded theory method, children and their mothers were interviewed about their ideas about the ways they felt the children influenced their …
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The environmental behaviour of beryllium-7 and implications for its use as a sediment tracer
… input during erosion studies ii) adsorption behaviour in soils which is of critical importance when considering tracer stability at the field and catchment-scale and iii) the reliability of erosion estimates using 7Be inventories at the slope-scale to address the current lack of model …
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Motivations and incentives for pro-environmental behaviour: the case of silvopasture adoption in the tropical forest frontier
On the frontier of biodiversity-rich tropical forests, how land is used has an important role in buffering the primary ecosystem. Unsustainable small-scale cattle farming endangers soil quality and degrades the landscape. Silvopasture is a type of agroforestry that provides both ecological and …
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An investigation into the relationship between information and environmental behaviour : a case study of Cape Town's Smart Living Campaign
Environmental campaigns have generally relied upon using information alone as a way to get messages across to the public. This approach is based on the assumption of a linear relationship between information and behaviour: it is believed that educating people will lead them to be more …
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The Interaction between Personal and Company Environmental Values and Their Influence on Pro-Environmental Behaviours in Hospitality Sector Workplace: A Case Study of An International Hotel Company
… and initiatives designed to change employee behaviours. For many, the latter is particularly challenging and thus there is a growing interest in pro-environmental behaviours. Thus, this has become an increasingly important topic for academics and practitioners in the hospitality sector. Over …
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Environmental concern, knowledge, and the enactment of environmental citizenship in a retail food environment: an investigation into the perceptions and behaviours of Cape Town consumers
… of products, create new, less toxic, more environmentally friendly products, and/or improve the efficiency of production processes, the inadequacy of production-based approaches alone has been widely accepted. More recent efforts to achieve sustainable consumption have highlighted that a …
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Enhancing health campaigns through environmental education: a case of the ‘keep Zambia clean and healthy’ programme
… were characteristic in Zambia stemmed from human behaviour and that dealing with it needed a multifarious approach. The study, therefore, investigated the determinants of pro-environmental behaviour and the tools for behaviour enhancement among the general public in Zambia. The theoretical …
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Enhancing health campaigns through environmental education: a case of the ‘keep Zambia clean and healthy’ programme
… were characteristic in Zambia stemmed from human behaviour and that dealing with it needed a multifarious approach. The study, therefore, investigated the determinants of pro-environmental behaviour and the tools for behaviour enhancement among the general public in Zambia. The theoretical …
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A Study On Employee’s Intention To Adopt Green Practices At The Workplace In The Context Of The Hotel Industry
… of organisational commitment and employee’s pro-environmental behaviour at home on their intention to adopt green practices at the workplace in the context of hotel industry, by taking the theory of planned behaviour as a conceptual framework. Hotel employees play a critical role that affects …
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Conversations: the socially engaged artist as environmental change agent
Conversations: The socially engaged artist as environmental change agent Janey Hunt - University of Plymouth 2005- 2011 I use my art practice in conjunction with environmental behaviour research and Michel de Certeau’s practice of the everyday, to enable a re-examination of socially engaged art and …
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Pro-environmental behaviours in a high school social network
… both collective and individual responses to environmental degradation. During adolescence friends may be particularly influential in pro-environmental behaviour as this is thought to be a time of heightened susceptibility to peer influence. This thesis takes an in-depth look at the role of …
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Understanding the Microfoundations of Environmental Improvement in SMEs: A Comparative Analysis of Pakistan’s Leather Industry
This qualitative study examines the environmental behaviour of leatherworking SMEs in Pakistan. It investigates the environmental drivers, enablers and barriers in these firms. The study makes an empirical contribution by examining an under-researched developing economy context, Pakistan, which has …
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Exploring how digital communication influences consumer sustainable consumption and wellbeing
… a major 21st-century challenge, poses as a great environmental risk, which includes temperature changes, extreme weather events, and increasing greenhouse gas emissions. The 2016 Paris Agreement highlights the need to adopt sustainable practices. Transportation, is a major source of environmental …
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Environmental Awareness, Attitudes, and Behaviour of Secondary School Students and Teachers in Tehran, Iran
Many human behaviours, including social, political, and economic actions, have an impact on the natural environment, and are responsible for causing many of the current environmental challenges and issues. This raises the importance of education, particularly environmental education (EE), as a …
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What big teeth you have : an educational approach to wolf conservation
… has the potential to encourage long-term pro-environmental behaviour and advocacy for wolf conservation practices.
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Out of sight, out of mind : what influences our perception of waste and activates our intention to live more sustainably?
… unaware of how much they produce and its environmental impact. Increasing awareness appears to be a key factor in changing waste diversion intentions; incorporating small pro-environmental changes may lead to further changes. This reaffirms previous findings that adopting one environmental …
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Environmental education at Kwantlen Polytechnic University: Hidden curriculum, informal learning of Pro-environmental Values
… (KPU) campuses influences students’ pro-environmental behaviour and ideas. The study aims to make the invisible visible. A phenomenographic approach involved interviewing 14 KPU students, individually, to collect their perceptions of pro-environmental examples on campus, and potential …
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