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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"environmental attitudes"”.
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Local environmental attitudes, global environmental attitudes, and religion: An analysis in 47 nations
… assessing whether Christians hold more negative environmental attitudes than other world religions. This dissertation fills that research gap. The Dominion Hypothesis does not exhaust the potential impacts of religion on environmentalism. For example, social psychology posits the importance of …
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Environmental learning among children : the development of environmental attitudes and ecological knowledge
… maintained. In response to this need for change, environmental education policies and programs are becoming more widespread. The success of these programs may be vital to human survival. People develop their environmental attitudes and knowledge through a web of social and developmental variables …
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Environmental learning among children : the development of environmental attitudes and ecological knowledge
… maintained. In response to this need for change, environmental education policies and programs are becoming more widespread. The success of these programs may be vital to human survival. People develop their environmental attitudes and knowledge through a web of social and developmental variables …
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The relationship between top managers' environmental attitudes and environmental management in hotel companies
Environmental management and sustainability have been recent important issues in the hospitality industry. The hotel industry, as a main sector of the hospitality industry, has benefited from environmental initiatives through improving corporate image and increasing resource and energy efficiency. …
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How do the Public's Environmental Attitudes affect Recreation Demand for National Forests and Grassland in the Southwest?
… dissertation studies the relationship between environmental attitudes and National Forest management in the Southwest, specifically the effect that attitudes have on changes to recreation fees. Although there is research on the effect of environmental attitudes on willingness-to-pay for …
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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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An Evaluation of the Effect of the Fynbos for the Future Programme on Learners Environmental Attitudes at Three Schools in the Western Cape
… influence of Greenpop's “Fynbos for the Future” Environmental Education (EE) programme on learner's knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards the environment. Although there is vast research on environmental importance and EE programmes specifically, there is very little within the context of …
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Environmentalism and Environmental Constitutional Ballot Initiatives in Florida: The Elements of Support for Amendment One in 2014 in the Context of Current Environmental Attitudes.
… express support for “the environment” with environmental support cutting across political and demographic differences and cleavages. In the past 15 years, however, period effects, political sorting, and the emergence of a powerful anti-environmental movement have lessened the generalized …
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Attitudes and behaviours of user groups on Cannock Chase area of outstanding natural beauty
… Beauty, putting such areas under pressure from environmental issues. The behaviours of users of parklands have been extensively researched, with scarce attention to the investigation of underpinning attitudes. Of available theory, Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behaviour (1985) model and Dunlap et …
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Ending America's Dependence on Foreign Oil: Risk Perceptions among Texans
… risk perception, community attachment, environmental knowledge, and environmental attitudes of Texans were examined to determine which factors influence attitudes toward the hard- and soft-energy path for ending the U.S. Reliance on foreign oil. The data for this study were collected …
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A Study of the Reported Long-Term Attitudinal and Behavioral Effects of an Eighth-Grade Environmental Education Project and the Development of an Innovation Configuration to Promote Environmental Education
… evidence reveals that this planet is in serious environmental jeopardy. Since 1977, when an international group of K-12 educators met in the USSR and established goals for teaching environmental education worldwide, many schools have endeavored to fulfill these goals through the use of various …
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Three essays on environmental and regulatory economics
… decisions. The second chapter examines how environmental attitudes change with economic conditions and whether short-run changes in environmental attitudes translate into policy changes. The third chapter examines the impact of electoral votes on the distribution of ad hoc agricultural farm …
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Context and Place Effects in Environmental Public Opinion
<p>Environmental attitudes have interested scholars for decades, but researchers have insufficiently appreciated the low salience of the environment, and the enormous complexity of this issue area. In this dissertation, I investigate how these features influence the way ordinary citizens think …
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An examination of the impact of non-formal and informal learning on adult environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors.
The purpose of this research is to consider the environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, of adults in Minnesota, and possible factors that influence environmental literacy. Specifically, this study is designed to: (1) measure the environmental literacy of Minnesota adults, (2) explore …
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An evaluation management model for environmental education programs
… develop a management model for the evaluation of environmental education supplements developed by nonprofit special-interest groups. Naturescope, an interdisciplinary environmental education supplement developed by the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), was used as a vehicle for developing this …
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Considering Efficacy of an Outdoor Environmental Education Program: Facilitating Elementary Students’ Environmental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviours
… that foster changes in perception of and attitudes toward nature, with the ultimate intent of understanding how education can be used to encourage environmentally responsible behaviours. With these in mind, the current study identified an outdoor environmental education program …
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Missouri Stream Team Program: Environmental Knowledge and Attitudes
… objectives of this study were to document the environmental attitudes and knowledge gained by an experimental group that participated in the Missouri Stream Team program compared to a control group that was not involved. The null hypothesis was that there would be no significant difference in …
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