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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Environmental identity"”.
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Roots and Routes: Exploring Environmental Identity Among Chinese Immigrants in the Capital Regional District
This study investigates the environmental identity of first-generation Chinese immigrants in the Capital Region (CRD), focusing on how age at immigration, years of residence, and interaction with the natural environment affect their environmental identity. Findings indicate that these immigrants …
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Exploring the Development of Fourth Graders' Environmental Identity Through Participation in a Semi-Formal Nature Club
… and nature have come to the forefront of environmental education in recent years. This study explored how fourth graders in an after-school Nature Club developed or strengthened their environmental identity, thus decreasing nature deficit. Through a program that utilized semi-formal …
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A Környezeti Identitás szerepe a környezettudatos viselkedés kialakulásában = The Role of Environmental Identity in the Development of Environmentally Conscious Behaviour
A környezettudatos viselkedés iránti elköteleződést elősegíti, ha az egyénben a természethez való tartozás érzése kialakul (Clayton, 2003). Ha az én-fogalmat a természeti világra is kiterjesztjük, akkor azokat a viselkedéseket, amelyek a természet pusztításához vezetnek, önpusztító viselkedésként …
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An ethnographic investigation of the process of change in students' environmental identity and pro-environmental behavior in an Environmental Science course
<p>In recent years, the Environmental Science course has become increasingly integrated into the high school curriculum as a component of the core curriculum, an AP course, or as an elective (Edelson, 2007); however, little research has been conducted to evaluate the course's effectiveness in …
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Cultivating a Caring, Environmental Self: Using the Figured World Concept to Explore Children's Environmental Identity Production in a Public School Garden Space
… the diverse means and processes by which environmental identities were produced by five first grade students as they participated in an emergent, public school garden space. The children's histories, choices, personal and social experiences, expressions, and corresponding narratives are …
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Young Children and Nature: Outdoor Play and Development, Experiences Fostering Environmental Consciousness, And the Implications on Playground Design
… ages of three and twelve years help shape their environmental identity and guide their environmental actions. Outdoor play in greened playscapes has a positive effect on children’s social development, motor skill development, attention, and activity level. It also can provide children with …
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EVERYDAY IDENTITIES, EVERYDAY ENVIRONMENTS: URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHIES OF PHILADELPHIA
This study examines the environmental identity processes of Philadelphians involved in volunteer local everyday urban environmental stewardship through tree plantings and prunings, urban gardening, and neighborhood cleanups. A hybrid theoretical framework for environmental identities that …
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Food Waste in UK Households: Attitudes, Behaviours and Marketing Implications
… amounts across the food chain, ensuing serious environmental, social and economic consequences. Although consumers are the single most significant contributors, little is known about the drivers of food waste in households. The study explores individual attitudes towards food waste, identifies …
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Reframing Environmental Messages and the Role of Identity in Wider Appeal
… found an effect of message moral reframing on environmental concern and support for climate friendly policies (Hurst & Stern, 2020). However, a replication study failed to find an effect of moral reframing on environmental intentions (Kim et al., 2022). To provide further clarity on the …
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Gateway to Green: The Family Experience of Community Supported Agriculture
… the local food system affects families' food and environmental identities. A grounded theory approach was used to construct a model of how CSA membership affects families. Forty-three CSA sites in Manhattan were asked to forward initial recruitment surveys to their renewing and non-renewing …
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Understanding the role of the tourists' identity in travel.
It has been suggested that identity issues lie at the heart of our desire for travel. It is widely acknowledged that travel plays an important part in shaping the perception of self through experiences of other people and places. U sing repeated travel as an indicator of status via initiatives such …
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Saving the world one scrap at a time: Identity labeling as as tool to reduce household food waste
… demonstrates the importance of values and identity in understanding and promoting proenvironmental behaviors, such as household food use and disposal. In this dissertation, I review the social psychological literature, focusing on applications to the food waste problem. I focus on …