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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Environmental behaviours"”.
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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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Pro-environmental behaviours of hospitality employees : a practice theory approach
It has been argued that the social and environmental issues facing our world today are rooted in human behaviours (Vlek & Steg, 2007). For that reason, many policy initiatives in the UK seek to promote behaviours that minimise negative impact on the natural environment. Pro-environmental behaviours …
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Barriers and Facilitators of Pro-Environmental Behaviours: Testing Methods for Measuring and Promoting Sustainable Actions
… systemic changes are crucial, individual pro-environmental behaviours (PEBs) remain an essential component of sustainability efforts. This thesis examines psychological and contextual factors influencing PEBs, with a focus on climate change worry and recycling behaviour. Chapter 1 provides an …
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An Examination of Metro Vancouver's Intentions to Perform Pro-Environmental Behaviours During the COVID-19 Pandemic
… potential to disrupt society’s engagement in pro-environmental behaviours (PEBs). This study aimed to determine if perceived health due to the pandemic significantly contributes to the prediction of PEB intentions across four domains, including (1) Energy conservation and efficiency, (2) …
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When Interacting Online Leads to Taking Action Offline: Examining the Effects of Online Persuasion on IS Users’ Pro-Environmental Behaviours
… information systems (IS) as a vehicle to address environmental issues, IS researchers and practitioners have strived to leverage advanced Green IS innovations to persuade people to engage in environmentally responsible practices and support pro-environmental initiatives. Yet, existing research …
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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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Behavioural determinants of human and planetary health: the role of nature contact and nature connectedness.
… with: a) a lower prevalence of health risk behaviours, and b) greater engagement with pro-environmental behaviours, via positive affect, negative affect, community cohesion and temporal discounting. Studies 1-3 used representative cross-sectional datasets to systematically investigate the …
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The equity and efficiency of incentives to manage ecosystem services for natural resource conservation and rural development Case studies from Lombok, Indonesia and Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, Brazil
… altering resource users’ land-use decisions and environmental behaviours. There is relatively little evidence, however, about the perceived benefits and societal values of incentives, and the institutional effectiveness of incentives to alter land-use behaviours to increase compliance. It is also …
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Mindfulness Meditation Interventions as a Predictor of Environmental Leadership
… solutions. As such, the development of environmental leadership is vital. To this end, this study sought to gain a better understanding of interventions for developing environmental leadership. Synthesizing research on mindfulness meditation, environmental psychology and environmental …
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Regenerative Leisure Experiences in the Natural Environment
… Experiences (RNBE) in relation to pro-environmental beliefs and conservation mindsets in participants, which, in turn, supports reconciliation behaviours towards the natural world and planet, benefiting individuals, communities, and the environment on both local and global levels. The …
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CEDAR: Collective Environmental Data Sensing using AR
CEDAR (Collective Environmental Data Sensing using AR) investigates how participatory data visualisation, supported by Augmented Reality (AR), can enhance citizen science by fostering experiential, aesthetic, and situated engagement with environmental data. Situated at the intersection of citizen …
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Human Behaviour and the Environment: Experiments in Behavioural Environmental Economics
… the primary cause of global climate change and environmental degradation, but also key to responding and adapting to them. Tackling the climate crisis thus requires a complete understanding of human behaviour. So far, however, environmental policies have largely been guided by the canonical …
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From government-led behaviour change to bottom-up understanding: the transition to low-carbon transport on motorcycles in Taipei, Taiwan.
… people to change their individual travel behaviours. My research examines the issue theoretically and practically from social science theories of practice and mobility and in-depth interviews with Taipei and New Taipei City motorcycle riders to understand the motorcycle practice from the …
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Considering Efficacy of an Outdoor Environmental Education Program: Facilitating Elementary Students’ Environmental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviours
… how education can be used to encourage environmentally responsible behaviours. With these in mind, the current study identified an outdoor environmental education program incorporating these empirically supported interventions, and assessed its ability to influence environmental …
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Enabling more Holistic Consideration of Value in Socio-ecological Relationships:: A Well-being Centred Approach
… also tend to repay nature’s generosity with proenvironmental behaviours. The widespread human-nature disconnect has created an<br/>operating environment where destructive and unsustainable behaviours are tolerated,<br/>enabled, and even celebrated and rewarded. The economic, political, and …
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Stewards of the earth? : a study of teenagers' pro-environmental attitudes and lifestyles in Devon, UK and Malaga, Spain
… many remain apathetic despite increases in environmental awareness and literacy throughout society. This suggests there is considerable scope for more extensive analysis of the environmental attitudes and behaviour of teenagers beyond pedagogic influences. In light of this, the overall aim …
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Understanding waste recycling behaviour in the UK: home-work consistency.
… psychology literature, and the work on pro-environmental behaviour at work in the organisational behaviour literature), this research seeks to understand recycling at work and the relationship between recycling behaviour at home and recycling at work using a sequential mixed methods …
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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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Understanding pro-environmental binning behaviour of National Park visitors: A cross-cultural study
The growing importance of people’s pro-environmental behaviours (PEBs) in relation to reducing their negative impacts and/or increasing their positive impacts in natural areas has attracted considerable research interest. Visitor engagement in pro-environmental activities is one of the key elements …
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Sound-mediated environmentalisms in contemporary Tuscany: towards eco-ethnomusicological frameworks in central Italy
The environmental crisis is one of the most pressing issues of our time. While many stakeholders focus on scientific and economic solutions, research concerning cultural responses remains limited—specifically, the role that music and sound may play in contributing to environmentalism. Given that …
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