Suggestions for improving the effectiveness of environmental education in the maritime sector

Research shows that many barriers to pro-environmental behaviour in the maritime industry exist despite significant efforts of various stakeholders, and there is a need to put additional efforts to improve the sustainability of shipping. Education has an important role because a lack of environmental knowledge is almost always identified as a barrier to environmental concern and behaviour. However, eliminating knowledge gaps and raising concern does not necessarily translate to behaviour change, because behaviour depends on numerous factors, which moderate and mediate one another. Effectiveness of education activities may be improved if potential barriers are identified and targeted. This paper reviews determinants of pro-environmental behaviour and provides some suggestions for educators to plan and execute educational activities to increase the willingness of seafarers and shore-based personnel to adopt environmentally-friendly practices.

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Evaluating environmental behaviour of the general public in Taiwan

International Journal of Comparative Education and Development ◽

10.1108/ijced-11-2018-0049 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 179-189 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jane Lu Hsu ◽

Chih-Hung Feng

Keyword(s):

Environmental Education ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

General Public ◽

Information Dissemination ◽

Environmental Knowledge ◽

Influential Factor ◽

Environmental Behaviour ◽

Content Type ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Educational Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine factors influencing environmental behaviour of the general public and to develop educational implications that will enhance effectiveness in information dissemination for environmental sustainability in Taiwan. Design/methodology/approach A survey using personal interviews was administered in Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung metropolitan areas following stratified sampling method based on age and gender distributions of the population between the ages of 18 and 59 in Taiwan. Total valid samples were 481. Probit model was applied to examine factors influencing environmental behaviour. Findings Based on findings in the study, environmental knowledge, pro-environmental attitude (emphasising balance of nature), altruism and habitual behaviour positively influence environmental behaviour. Humancentric (emphasising human domination) negatively influence environmental behaviour. The following educational implications are capable to enlarge a spectrum of environmental behaviour in Taiwan: including topics of waste avoidance and reduction in chemical usage for cleaning or for insecticides in lessons/curricula; and promote general public to live a life which causes fewer burdens on the environment. Research limitations/implications Environmental education plays fundamental role in educating the public with concurrent environmental knowledge, in an expectation that the general public would take the information into consideration and modify behaviour in an effort to sustain the environment. Research implications of this study are: environmental behaviour is multidimensional and can be examined using a comprehensive set of statements including domains of energy conservation, mobility and transportation, waste avoidance, consumerism and recycling; and habitual behaviour is an influencing factor to explain environmental behaviour and can be examined thoroughly in future studies. Originality/value The study provides insights into environmental education based on examining factors influencing environmental behaviour. It advances the field by exploring environmental behaviour in five domains and revealing habitual behaviour as an influential factor. This allows educators to comprehend gaps in environmental behaviour and the needs for environmental education in Taiwan.

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Why Ecological Footprint Calculators Should Move beyond Information Provision – An Empirical Study of the Relationship between Environmental Knowledge and Ecological Footprint

10.20944/preprints202102.0578.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Anne L. Kok ◽

Wolmet Barendregt

Keyword(s):

Behaviour Change ◽

Ecological Footprint ◽

Online Survey ◽

Information Provision ◽

Climate Impact ◽

Exploratory Analysis ◽

Environmental Knowledge ◽

Change Strategies ◽

Environmental Behaviour ◽

The Relationship

Ecological footprint calculators are digital tools that help individuals calculate their environmental or climate impact, with the aim of stimulating pro-environmental behaviour change. These footprint calculators typically take an information-provision approach, but this strategy assumes that increased levels of knowledge result in increased levels of pro-environmental behaviour (i.e., a reduced footprint). This is not a given – existing literature on the relationship between environmental knowledge and pro-environmental behaviour is inconclusive, and this relationship may be different from that of environmental knowledge and ecological footprint. As such, we investigated the relationship between environmental knowledge and ecological footprint as estimated by a footprint calculator. 448 Dutch participants completed an online survey, including an ecological footprint calculator. We found no evidence for a relationship between environmental knowledge and ecological footprint calculator outcome. Rather, an exploratory analysis of our data showed that environmental values were more important predictors of ecological footprint. The finding that increased levels of knowledge are not related to a reduced ecological footprint suggests that calculators would do well to move beyond information provision, and employ additional behaviour change strategies. Based on our exploratory analysis, we provide several concrete examples of potential strategies.

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The Effect of Green Purchase Intention Factors on The Environmental Friendly Detergent Product (Lerak)

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/20187306007 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 73 ◽

pp. 06007

Author(s):

Budi Puspitasari Nia ◽

Ika Rinawati Dyah ◽

Suliantoro Hery ◽

Dwi Sutrisno Bayu

Keyword(s):

Significant Influence ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Purchase Intention ◽

Environmental Concern ◽

Survey Methods ◽

Environmentally Friendly ◽

Environmental Knowledge ◽

Influential Factor ◽

Detergent Product ◽

Product Price

Preference of influence of green purchase intention factor to environmentally friendly detergent product (lerak). Awareness of the current world community of the importance of environmental sustainability is increasing, this behaviour can be seen from the consumption patterns of people who start wanting environmentally friendly products. This condition makes many manufacturers adapt environmental problems in each of its products. Products that adapt to green product environmental issues can pave the way for manufacturers to enter eco-friendly markets as well as environmentally friendly detergents lerak. In this study using survey methods to determine the extent of influence of each factor to the intention of purchasing to environmentally friendly product. Factors studied are environmental concern, social influence, self-image, environmental knowledge, and perceived product price and quality against green purchase intention. From the results of this study found that all these factors have a significant influence on the green purchase intention of environmentally friendly detergent, but the most influential factor is the environmental knowledge which is the most important dimension and has the most significant influence on the intention of purchasing environmentally friendly detergent.

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Still ‘Minding the Gap’ Sixteen Years Later: (Re)Storying Pro-Environmental Behaviour

Australian Journal of Environmental Education ◽

10.1017/aee.2018.32 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

pp. 189-203 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Lisa Siegel ◽

Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles ◽

Anne Bellert

Keyword(s):

Environmental Education ◽

Environmental Awareness ◽

Relevant Literature ◽

Australian Journal ◽

Environmental Knowledge ◽

High Rate ◽

Special Issue ◽

Environmental Behaviour ◽

Fertile Ground ◽

Environmental Educators

AbstractIn their seminal 2002 paper, Kollmuss and Agyeman asked the important question ‘Why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behaviour?’ The article has had a remarkably high rate of readership, with 64,900 electronic views to date, and 16 years later, this question remains significant. But are environmental educators and researchers any closer to understanding why people engage in pro-environmental behaviour? For this special issue of the Australian Journal of Environmental Education and its focus on ecologising education, it is timely not only to re-explore but to (re)story the concepts of environmental knowledge, environmental awareness and pro-environmental behaviour, in order to generate fertile ground for the creation of new understandings and practices in environmental education. After considering relevant literature published between 2000 and 2018, this article offers an original framework for considering the complex, varied, and interconnected influences on the development of pro-environmental behaviour by (re)storying the development of pro-environmental behaviour through articulating it as a living forest.

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The Influence of Green Skepticism, Environmental Knowledge and Environmental Concern on Generation Z's Green Purchase Intentions in Indonesia

Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH) ◽

10.47405/mjssh.v5i8.470 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (8) ◽

pp. 96-105

Author(s):

Karolina Fabiola ◽

Lidia Mayangsari

Keyword(s):

Purchase Intention ◽

Environmental Concern ◽

Environmentally Friendly ◽

Negative Influence ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Least Square ◽

Environmental Knowledge ◽

Young Generation ◽

Green Product ◽

Young Consumers

As environment become a prominent issue throughout the world, consumer behaviour significantly changed and adapted to be more sustainable. This interest around environment has led to aspiring business opportunities of green product or environmentally friendly product. Firms started to produce green product as a way to remain competitive in the market. With the number of green product increased, there’s a skeptical believe that companies started to present misleading and false information about their green product to merely boost profit or reputation. This consumers’ believe is alarming to firms as it is considered to detriment consumer’s purchase intention. In addition, young generation are more likely to be open to new information and are considered as potential environmentally friendly product consumers. Alongside with green skepticism, two most - studied indicators of green purchase intention notably environmental knowledge and environmental concern were analysed on young consumers’ green purchase intention. Research was conducted using quantitative approach to 403 Generation Z respondents and analysed using Partial Least Square (PLS) – SEM method. The result of this research shows that green skepticism has insignificant negative influence on green purchase intention while both environmental knowledge and environmental concern have positive and significant influence on green purchase intention. These findings might be useful for companies to understand the green purchase behaviour among young consumers and better developed their marketing strategies.

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The Structural Equation Models Of Environmental Concern and Knowledge To Green Trust and Green Purchase Intention Towards Green Products (Guideliness)

10.31227/osf.io/sqm28 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

rizka zulfikar

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation Model ◽

Purchase Intention ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Goodness Of Fit ◽

Environmental Concern ◽

Equation Model ◽

Environmental Knowledge ◽

Green Product ◽

Green Trust ◽

Fit Index

This research aims to find a structural equation model that can explain the relationship and influence of the environmental concern and Environmental Knowledge to green trust and green purchase intention towards green product. This study is a survey research using questionnaires as an instrument. Population and sample used in this study is public of South Kalimantan Province and taken as many as 150 respondents using non-purposivesampling method. The analysis technique used are : the instruments test, the construct validity and reliability test, the suitability of the model based on the goodness of fit index, pathways analysis and the Influence test according to the model of SEM that complies with the goodness of fit index to determine the effect of variable perception value and risk to public trust. The study found that: (1) Structural equation model of the correlation between the environmental concern and Environmental Knowledge to green trust and green purchase intention towards green product are comply with the criteria and standards of goodness of fit index, (2) (3) (4)

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Pengenalan Literasi Sampah Pada Anak-Anak Melalui Video Dan Permainan

JATI EMAS (Jurnal Aplikasi Teknik dan Pengabdian Masyarakat) ◽

10.36339/je.v3i2.202 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 129

Author(s):

Septin Puji Astuti ◽

Ardhi Ristiawan ◽

Annida Unnatiq Ulya ◽

Purwono Purwono ◽

Nurwulan Purnasari

Keyword(s):

Environmental Education ◽

Primary School ◽

Community Engagement ◽

School Children ◽

Primary School Children ◽

Environmental Behaviour ◽

Social Agent ◽

Game Simulation ◽

Waste Separation ◽

The Right

Environmental education creates environmental behaviour of people. Children are social agent who plays prominent role for shaping future life. In order to create environmental consciousness generation environmental education should be delivered to children. This paper reports community engagement activity through providing environmental education for first to third grade of primary school children. The delivery process of environmental education to children was transferred through movies and games. Two movies were played to children have attracted them to understand of the prominent of putting trash to the right litter bin. Meanwhile, game simulation for practicing waste separation resulted 96% of children were able to put rubbish in the right litter: organic, paper and plastic litter. Children who did wrong argue that they made mistakes due to time limit which influenced them to put to the right litter.

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Nurturing Environmental Stewards through Preschool Physical Design

Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal ◽

10.21834/e-bpj.v1i3.336 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 3

Author(s):

Mariam Felani Shaari ◽

Sabarinah Sh. Ahmad ◽

Izaham Shah Ismail

Keyword(s):

Environmental Education ◽

Publishing House ◽

Effective Interaction ◽

Future Generations ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Environmental Behaviour ◽

Physical Environments ◽

International Publishing ◽

Open Access Article ◽

Environmental Stewards

Environmental stewardship starts with education. This paper aims to discuss how preschools can be used to nurture environmental stewards among Malaysian children. In summary, elements of preschool physical environments can be manipulated to enhance environmental education while landscape elements such as vegetation and topography can be manipulated to maximize interaction with nature. Effective interaction with nature is the most important factor to ensure environmental awareness. Findings are useful for Malaysian designers and policy makers to ensure that preschool’s physical settings support environmental education to respond to climate change and preserve the planet for future generations.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creative commons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Malaysian preschool ; Green preschool design ; Children environmental behaviour ; Environmental education

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Implementing an Ecological Simulation: Do Children's Knowledge and Attitudes Change?

Australian Journal of Environmental Education ◽

10.1017/s0814062600001452 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 19 ◽

pp. 37-46 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Terry Harrison ◽

Julie Clark

Keyword(s):

Environmental Education ◽

Environmental Knowledge ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

Before And After ◽

Ecological Simulation

AbstractEnvironmental education is concerned with developing both environmental knowledge and positive attitudes towards the environment. An experiential simulation activity about a native Australian bird was designed to develop both these aspects. The simulation was implemented with nine classes of 10-12 year old children. The children completed a survey before and after the simulation and their teachers reported on their responses. The results showed that the children developed additional knowledge of kookaburras and their survival and that their attitudes towards the environment became more positive. Moreover, the children themselves believed they had increased their knowledge and changed their feelings of responsibility towards the environment as a result of the simulation.

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