Environmental Attitudes among Students at the University of Madeira, Portugal

Autor/in	Spínola, Hélder
Titel	Environmental Attitudes among Students at the University of Madeira, Portugal
Quelle	In: International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 15 (2023) 1, S.56-68 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Spínola, Hélder)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1756-526X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Conservation (Environment); Ecology; Environmental Education; Attitude Measures; Climate; Portugal; New Environmental Paradigm + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Ökologie; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Klima
Abstract	In the face of the present ecological crisis, improving environmental attitudes is crucial to encourage a cultural transformation that can rebalance the equilibrium between human activities and the planet. The New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale was used to measure the environmental attitudes of students at the University of Madeira, Portugal, and to unveil the challenges that need to be addressed at the local and global level through an environmental education effort. This article presents two dimensions of the NEP scale: the high levels of the ecocentric world view and the rejection of anthropocentrism. It also points out some inconsistencies in the NEP scale. For example, the belief in human ingenuity to properly manage natural resources and keep the planet habitable should be seen as supporting our ability to move towards sustainability, and not the opposite. However, the lack of concern about human population growth requires this to be brought to the centre of the environmental education effort. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01