Environmental Awareness Level Among University Students in Malaysia: A Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.34) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Syazni Jusoh ◽  
Mohd Khairul Amri Kamarudin ◽  
Noorjima Abd Wahab ◽  
Muhammad Hafiz Md Saad ◽  
Nurul Huda Rohizat ◽  
...  

Environmental awareness is one concept to understand the fragility of our environment and importance of its protection. Environmental awareness program among university students have greatly improved over the years. However, environmental issues always arise as a disaster in the world. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to review the level of environmental awareness issue among universities students in Malaysia. The result showed the level of environmental awareness among university students had high level of knowledge but the level of practices was moderate. They are not applicants and practice this awareness in their life. Therefore, more effective initiatives need to be due by the authorities and the government to preserve our environment. The level of knowledge and practice of the environment care has greatly contributed to the environmental sustainability in Malaysia.  

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-332
Author(s):  
Tatiana A. Burtseva ◽  
Sergey S. Khvorostyannikov ◽  
Anastasia A. Kuznetsova

The depletion of traditional organic energy sources and aggravated environmental problems are the reasons why the level of energy efficiency is an important factor in the competitiveness of the national economy. Russia ranks third in the world in terms of total energy consumption and its economy is distinguished by a high level of energy intensity (amount of energy per unit of GDP). In 2019, this figure was 9.62 tons of oil equivalent (toe) per 1 million rubles, which is 40% higher than the world average. The low energy efficiency of the Russian economy is a widely recognized problem. A special decree of the Government of Russia in 2018 sets the task of increasing the level of energy efficiency of the Russian economy by 23% by 2030. One of the ways to solve this problem is the development of nuclear energy, and increasing the competitiveness of nuclear energy is one of the key issues for the national economy. In this connection, solving the problem of assessing the competitiveness of the nuclear industry and its leading companies occupies a key place among the practical scientific problems, the solution of which is facilitated by the results presented by the authors in this article. Rosenergoatom Concern JSC is the leading energy generating company in the Russian nuclear industry. The results of the study of the competitiveness of Rosenergoatom Concern JSC were obtained on the basis of the authors’ methodology for assessing the competitiveness of an energy generating company. The novelty of the presented methodology lies in the developed normative and evaluative model and the coefficients of competitiveness of an energy generating company. The advantages of the authors’ model are that it allows (1) obtaining integral assessments of the competitiveness of a power generating company at short time intervals for a large number of indicators and (2) quantitatively measuring the effects of different factors on the competitiveness of a power generating company, provided that the grouping of indicators of competitiveness of a power generating company is justified by influencing factors. The two factors considered by the authors were: the general market factor and the industry factor. According to the results of the study, it was found that Rosenergoatom Concern JSC demonstrates positive increase of the competitiveness indicator mainly due to the industry factor. With this regard, it was concluded that, within the framework of state policy, it is advisable to strengthen support for the Russian nuclear industry by creating additional conditions and opportunities for its energy generating companies on the domestic energy market.


Author(s):  
Chand Prakash Saini ◽  
M. K. Nair ◽  
K. Tara Shankar

The chapter examines the role of recycling and reuse of fashion in order to achieve environmental sustainability. The chapter supports its conclusion by various reports that recycling of textile waste can be solutions to many environmental issues caused by fast fashion. However, textile recycling is an old term; in recent years, it has gained attention again due to fast fashion culture in significant parts of the world, which has resulted in overconsumption of textiles and led to waste generation. Waste recycling has become a multibillion industry. New ways are being created in terms of the development of sorting machines, design inputs, and innovative high-value products to make recycling a profitable proposition. The chapter also highlights how the second-hand market of clothes and the internet as a facilitator can help in reducing textile waste.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 6605
Author(s):  
Janina Iwaniec ◽  
Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen

China, one of the most polluting countries in the world, is facing tremendous challenges in dealing with environmental problems. Although the government has implemented various regulations and introduced strong enforcement to reduce toxic emissions and encourage recycling, little is known about how parents in China socialise their children into environmentally responsible individuals. This article reports on what 267 Chinese parents do, as agents of environmental protection, to raise their children’s awareness of environmental issues, and how their environmental literacy affects these children’s attitudes and behaviours. A survey was developed to measure how parents engage their children in environmental literacy, how confident parents feel in their own environmental awareness, and whether this has an effect on their engagement with children. The participants were found to play an agentive socialisation role in their engagement with children on pro-environmentalism in terms of shaping their behaviours and attitudes and developing their knowledge and skills. Furthermore, the correlational analysis results reveal that engagement in some aspects of environmental literacy is related to parents’ socio-economic status (SES) and their age; namely, the lower the SES or age, the higher the engagement. The study serves as a baseline for parents’ engagement with environmental literacy in China and has important implications for a concerted action by schools, the government, and environmental organisations to empower parents to be true agents of environmental literacy.


ijd-demos ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siva Yolla Mardiana

the purpose of Earth Hour and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) invite people around the world to continue to be a part of the social movement in the field of climate change with one of the energy-saving activities. In their campaign, Earth Hour proved to be a dominant force among other powers, associated with the three pillars of power, between political power and economic power. Environmental issues have become a global issue, a variety of damage that occurs on earth has become a serious concern by many. There are many organizations, communities and also mass movements that are concerned with environmental issues. Earth Hour is a global movement that initially campaigned energy savings with its peak event by turning off the electricity in 60 minutes at the end of March every year. Earth Hour movement spread over 153 countries around the world and 28 cities in Indonesia. The research was the focus in the area of motion Earth Hour; The Political environmental theory which was used in this research is Peterson’s theory, those are the government, the private sector and social movement itself. This type of research is a qualitative study using a descriptive study. The researcher obtained data by conducting in personal experience and study literature. Data analysis techniques include data reduction, data display, and conclusion. The Conclusion of this study is in Earth Hour has its own characteristics to do such as lobbying to local authorities, then how to lobbying with other people who have the capability to influence public opinion, cooperate with other NGOs and raise social issues in the community to lobby with the private sector. In this area of movement Earth Hour is used as best as possible by the government and private sector to achieve their interests outside environmental-related policy issues.Tujuan Earth Hour dan World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) mengundang orang di seluruh dunia untuk terus menjadi bagian dari gerakan sosial di bidang perubahan iklim dengan salah satu kegiatan penghematan energi. Dalam kampanye mereka, Earth Hour terbukti menjadi kekuatan dominan di antara kekuatankekuatan lain, yang terkait dengan tiga pilar kekuatan, antara kekuatan politik dan kekuatan ekonomi. Masalah lingkungan telah menjadi masalah global, berbagai kerusakan yang terjadi di bumi telah menjadi perhatian serius banyak orang. Ada banyak organisasi, komunitas dan juga gerakan massa yang peduli dengan masalah lingkungan. Earth Hour adalah gerakan global yang awalnya mengkampanyekan penyempurnaan energi dengan acara puncaknya dengan mematikan listrik dalam 60 menit pada akhir Maret setiap tahun. Gerakan Earth Hour tersebar di 153 negara di seluruh dunia dan 28 kota di Indonesia. Penelitian ini fokus di bidang gerak Earth Hour; Teori lingkungan politik yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah teori Peterson, yaitu pemerintah, sektor swasta dan gerakan sosial itu sendiri. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan menggunakan penelitian deskriptif. Peneliti memperoleh data dengan melakukan pengalaman pribadi dan mempelajari literatur. Teknik analisis data meliputi reduksi data, tampilan data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah di Earth Hour memiliki karakteristik tersendiri untuk melakukan seperti melobi pihak berwenang setempat, kemudian bagaimana melobi dengan orang lain yang memiliki kemampuan untuk mempengaruhi opini publik, bekerja sama dengan LSM lain dan mengangkat masalah sosial di masyarakat untuk melobi dengan sektor swasta. Dalam bidang pergerakan ini Earth Hour digunakan sebaik mungkin oleh pemerintah dan sektor swasta untuk mencapai kepentingan mereka di luar masalah kebijakan terkait lingkungan 


2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 801-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shehnaz Khan ◽  
Arvind Kumar ◽  
Piyush Malaviya

The present study is an attempt to evaluate environmental awareness and attitude among the slum dwellers. Results based upon dwellers responses to various questions on environmental issues revealed that majority of the respondents (76.19%) had score indicating high level of basic environmental awareness. Among the gender groups, significant difference between the basic environmental awareness level among male and female respondents was observed but no significant difference was shown among different educational and age groups. Similarly, majority of respondents showed a high level (86.81%) of environmental attitude.


Author(s):  
Norris I. Erhabora ◽  
Juliet U. Don

Environmentally aware and empowered youths are potentially the greatest agent of change for the long term protection and stewardship of the environment. Thus environmental education which promotes such change will enable these youths to have a greater voice on environmental issue if effectively implemented in Nigeria. Hence, this study was conducted to assess students’ level of knowledge and attitude towards the environment. The survey was conducted on 130 respondents who were full time students of environmental education in a federal university in Edo state, Nigeria. The result revealed that high level of knowledge and positive attitude towards the environment among the students. Also it was observed that the relationship between their knowledge and attitude towards the environment is a negative, little or no relationship. Therefore, it was concluded that environmental literate students especially in tertiary institutions are being nurtured to foster EE in Nigeria. Thus the researchers recommend that more needs to be done to promote and encourage EE at all levels in the country especially by the government and its agency to ensure effective implementation; nongovernmental organizations and international bodies all have a role to play in the country sustainable development goals.


Author(s):  
Bernardo C. Lunar ◽  
Merlita C. Medallon

The Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA) is an organization that responds to environmental awareness and education through an environmental recollection. Environmental recollection was conducted among twenty student respondents who are scholars of CFCA. Using a researcher-developed questionnaire, data on the level of knowledge on four environmental issues: global warming, climate change, waste management and resource preservation and the action plans were gathered. Results show that the student respondents are well informed of the environmental issues prior to the environmental recollection but a significant increase in the level of knowledge was found after the environmental recollection. The students strongly agree on the plan to preserve the resources and the proper waste management procedures. All the students get information on environmental issues from their teachers, while majority also obtain them from media and seminars. Other information was obtained from home through their parents, classmates, and pamphlets. There is significant association between prior level of knowledge in waste management, prior level of knowledge in resource preservation and the post level of knowledge in all environmental issues and number of sources from which they get the information. Environmental recollection is a good tool in awakening the students in the current environmental situation.   Keywords - environmental recollection, environmental education, environmental sensitivity, environmental awareness, responsible behaviour, preservation


Processes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Wang ◽  
Haohui Wu ◽  
Yuchen Hu ◽  
Yajuan Yu ◽  
Kai Huang

With the rapid increase in production of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and environmental issues arising around the world, cathode materials, as the key component of all LIBs, especially need to be environmentally sustainable. However, a variety of life cycle assessment (LCA) methods increase the difficulty of environmental sustainability assessment. Three authoritative LCAs, IMPACT 2002+, Eco-indicator 99(EI-99), and ReCiPe, are used to assess three traditional marketization cathode materials, compared with a new cathode model, FeF3(H2O)3/C. They all show that four cathode models are ranked by a descending sequence of environmental sustainable potential: FeF3(H2O)3/C, LiFe0.98Mn0.02PO4/C, LiFePO4/C, and LiCoO2/C in total values. Human health is a common issue regarding these four cathode materials. Lithium is the main contributor to the environmental impact of the latter three cathode materials. At the midpoint level in different LCAs, the toxicity and land issues for LiCoO2/C, the non-renewable resource consumption for LiFePO4/C, the metal resource consumption for LiFe0.98Mn0.02PO4/C, and the mineral refinement for FeF3(H2O)3/C show relatively low environmental sustainability. Three LCAs have little influence on total endpoint and element contribution values. However, at the midpoint level, the indicator with the lowest environmental sustainability for the same cathode materials is different in different methodologies.


2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-147
Author(s):  
Pinn Siraprapasiri ◽  
Chanintira na Thalang

This article assesses the knowledge of, attitudes towards, and aspirations for ASEAN among Thai university students, who are set to enter the ASEAN Community labour market and are among those most in touch with ASEAN issues. It uses data obtained from a countrywide survey and focus group discussions to identify variables that affect knowledge, attitudes, and aspirations and to explore the relationships between knowledge, attitudes, and aspirations. The quantitative analysis conducted here uses students’ fields of study, academic performance, and exposure to both ASEAN-related courses and also information and discussions about ASEAN in the mass media and public forums as predictors of their level of knowledge about ASEAN. The paper's results confirm that positive attitudes towards ASEAN lead to positive aspirations for ASEAN. They also reveal that significant knowledge about ASEAN cannot, in isolation, adequately explain students’ attitudes towards ASEAN and does not always lead to positive attitudes. These findings and those obtained from the focus group discussions suggest that a high level of knowledge and understanding of fellow ASEAN member countries and their people – whether attained through formal or informal education or social interaction – is needed for students to develop positive attitudes and become aspiring members of the ASEAN Community.


MRS Bulletin ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-65
Author(s):  
C. Ortiz ◽  
D. Gonzalez

The year 1992 is very special for Spain: 500 years have passed since the discovery of the American continent. That discovery helped make Spain the most powerful country in the world in the 16th century. In time, though, Spain lost its influence to England, and materials processing played a surprising role in this transfer. It has been shown that one of the main reasons Spain's “Invincible Armada” was defeated by the English Navy was that the Spanish ships used faulty cannon balls. The balls were of such poor quality that, once fired, they disintegrated before they could damage enemy warships. Faulty material technology—low compactness or degree of sintering—caused the disintegration.As we approach the 21st century, the Spanish scientific community has reached a high level of expertise in materials science. A decade ago, Spain's R&D activities were poorly funded and research was carried out without the necessary infrastructure. In 1986, the government established a national R&D strategy which included a dedicated Program for New Materials. In addition, the Regional Communities (Autonomias) have reinforced these nationally planned and funded R&D activities. And as a member of the European Community (EC), Spain has also begun integration into European R&D. After three years, Spanish scientists are already achieving success in the Brite/Euram Program at a level comparable to more scientifically and technologically advanced countries. Figure 1 shows the Spanish government's total R&D budget in materials science from 1985 to 1991, and additions from the EC since 1989. Clearly, financial support for materials science has increased dramatically in the last few years.


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