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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"pro-environmental behaviour"”.
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Motivations and incentives for pro-environmental behaviour: the case of silvopasture adoption in the tropical forest frontier
… Silvopasture is a type of agroforestry that provides both ecological and livelihood benefits. A number of projects have been implemented across the tropics to encourage silvopasture adoption, with varying success. This dissertation questions the reasons for variable outcomes among …
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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
… focused on using technological innovation and process efficiencies to reduce the resource intensity 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 …
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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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Enhancing health campaigns through environmental education: a case of the ‘keep Zambia clean and healthy’ programme
This study theorised that the problem of dirty and unsanitary environments that 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 …
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Enhancing health campaigns through environmental education: a case of the ‘keep Zambia clean and healthy’ programme
This study theorised that the problem of dirty and unsanitary environments that 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 …
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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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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 education at Kwantlen Polytechnic University: Hidden curriculum, informal learning of Pro-environmental Values
… University (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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Old gas stations - new fuel for environmental awareness
… which are otherwise hidden from view. Environmental psychologists note that pro-environmental behaviour stems from increased awareness of environmental degradation. Furthermore, by presenting first hand information in the form of a landscape, people can make their own decisions …
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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 does psychology contribute to the understanding of societal transformation? A discussion of motives for collective pro-environmental action
Pro-environmental movements organise collective strikes for actions to limit the global temperature rise and characterise lack of pro-environmental policies as immoral. Against this background, the present dissertation comprises three manuscripts that (1) connect environmental psychological …
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Developing best practice for effective and integrated sustainable waste management for the regions of England : key areas for informing future enhanced waste strategy in the East Midlands
… in particular the Landfill Directive. The production of the Strategy Unit report Waste Not Want Not (2002) signalled up the requirement for a rapid increase in the rate of adoption of more sustainable practice. The result was the formation of the Waste Implementation Programme (WIP) in …
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Human Behaviour and the Environment: Experiments in Behavioural Environmental Economics
Human behaviour lies at the heart of the climate crisis. Not only is it 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, …
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Participation in the UK National Home Energy Efficiency Programmes : a study of homeowners' perspectives
Since the 1970s, energy efficiency programmes have formed an integral part of the UK's strategy to reduce energy consumption in the home. From the outset, individual programme elements, such as approaches to behaviour change, were subject to some research but programmes were often criticized for …
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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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Understanding youth attitudes, preferences, and the role of cultural values on intention to use carbon labels on food products: a case study of Argentinian and Canadian consumers
To reduce the environmental impact of the global food system, educating consumers through carbon labels is a promising idea for promoting adoption of sustainable diets. Additionally, the urgency of tackling the current climate crisis places young individuals at the front of environmental …
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Barriers and Facilitators of Pro-Environmental Behaviours: Testing Methods for Measuring and Promoting Sustainable Actions
… While 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 …
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