scholarly journals Citizen Science: Exploring the Potential of Natural Resource Monitoring Programs to Influence Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. e12382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah K. Chase ◽  
Arielle Levine
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Resource Monitoring ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Monitoring Programs ◽  
Natural Resource Monitoring ◽  
And Behaviors

scholarly journals Environmental attitudes and behaviors among secondary students in Hong Kong

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liz Jackson ◽  
Ming Fai Pang ◽  
Emma Brown ◽  
Sean Cain ◽  
Caroline Dingle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
International Schools ◽  
School Type ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – Although researchers have identified correlations between specific attitudes and particular behaviors in the pro-environmental domain, the general relationship between young people’s development of environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors is not well understood. Past research indicates that geographic context can play a role, while social factors such as age and gender can have a more significant impact on predicting attitudes and behaviors than formal education. Few studies have systematically examined the relationships between education and environmental attitudes and behaviors among youth in Hong Kong. The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a study comparing secondary school students’ environmental attitudes and behaviors with age and related factors in two international schools and two government schools in Hong Kong. Students’ attitudes and behaviors were compared based on school type (curriculum), while the authors additionally compared the significance of social factors and attitudes on students’ behaviors. Design/methodology/approach – Attitudes were measured using the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) and the NEP for Children (NEPC), the most commonly used, internationally standardized tools for investigating environmental attitudes and values of adults and young people for comparative purposes. The authors compared NEP/NEPC scores and student self-reported environmental behaviors using a short questionnaire. Findings – No significant differences were found in attitudes or behaviors based on school type. However the authors did observe a significant effect of gender and age on students’ attitudes, and a significant correlation of student attitudes in the NEP with students’ self-reports regarding air conditioning consumption. Originality/value – This study builds a foundation for cross-national studies and for evaluating the impact of curricula over time.

scholarly journals Can Climate Skeptics Be Convinced? The Effect of Nature Videos on Environmental Concern

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2972
Author(s):  
Axel Franzen ◽  
Sebastian Mader
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
University Students ◽  
External Validity ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Environmental Organizations ◽  
Online Experiment ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors

Much research has demonstrated that videos can function as primers or nudges that influence attitudes and behaviors. Studies to date suggest that this includes influence over individual pro-environmental attitudes. However, the existing evidence all stems from samples comprised of university students. In this paper, we describe the results of a randomized online experiment in a sample of 468 climate skeptics. We presented 3-min nature documentary videos that highlighted either the beauty of nature, the endangerment of nature by humans, or a mixture of both. The results suggest that the mixed stimulus video, which shows first the beauty of nature and then its endangerment by humans does indeed increase environmental concern by almost half a standard deviation. However, none of the video treatments increased donations to pro-environmental organizations. Still, the results suggest that nudging by video also works in samples of climate skeptics, which demonstrates the external validity of former findings.

scholarly journals The Event Book System: A Community-based Natural Resource Monitoring System from Namibia

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 2611-2631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg Stuart-Hill ◽  
Richard Diggle ◽  
Bevan Munali ◽  
Jo Tagg ◽  
David Ward
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring System ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Resource Monitoring ◽  
Community Based ◽  
System A ◽  
Natural Resource Monitoring

scholarly journals Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) for Ecological Research and Natural-Resource Monitoring (Florida)

2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. Watts ◽  
W. S. Bowman ◽  
A. H. Abd-Elrahman ◽  
A. Mohamed ◽  
B. E. Wilkinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Resource Monitoring ◽  
Aircraft Systems ◽  
Natural Resource Monitoring
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