Mohammad Jalali; Hamideh Maleksaeidi; Farzad Eskandari; Sakineh Ranjbar
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the attitude of strawberry growers toward sustainable cultivation of strawberry. A descriptive-correlative design with a survey method was used for the research. Using Cochran formula and simple random sampling, 150 strawberry growers were selected from ...
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the attitude of strawberry growers toward sustainable cultivation of strawberry. A descriptive-correlative design with a survey method was used for the research. Using Cochran formula and simple random sampling, 150 strawberry growers were selected from Sanandaj county for the study. A questionnaire was used for data gathering. Its face validity was approved by a panel of faculty members of the Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, University of Kurdistan. Using a pilot study, the reliability of the questionnaire for the farmers' attitude towards sustainable cultivation was 0.65, which indicates its suitability. Cluster analysis and variance analysis were used to group and compare the studied farmers. The results of cluster analysis indicated that farmers could be classified into three categories of positive, neutral and negative attitudes toward sustainability. The findings of the analysis of variance also showed a significant difference between the three groups of farmers in terms of the number of household members, the level of participation in the agricultural extension programs and the level of trust in the communication canals.
Farshad Tohidnia; Alireza Jalali; Seyyed Hossain Vaezi; Mohammad Ali Nazari Sarmazeh
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Humanistic philosophic approaches and the ever-increasing dominance of humans on nature and the excessive use of it have all led to the emergence of an environmental crisis. This incident has necessitated the clarification of the causes, as well as understanding the spiritual and philosophical dimensions ...
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Humanistic philosophic approaches and the ever-increasing dominance of humans on nature and the excessive use of it have all led to the emergence of an environmental crisis. This incident has necessitated the clarification of the causes, as well as understanding the spiritual and philosophical dimensions of the crisis for all. Researchers have found that this crisis is the result of philosophical approaches that have led to the exploitation of nature through the fundamental transformation of human's understanding of nature. This theory has had many consequences, due to a secular look and the elimination of spirituality from nature and the instrumental look. Seyyed Hussein Nasr, to restore spirituality to nature and revive his sacred reality, by looking at the man as part of nature to save the natural life of man, challenged this theory. The method of this study is library research based on the analysis. The purpose of this research has been to study and analyze the spiritual foundations of the environmental crisis and to improve the awareness of people to protect the environment. In this article, Seyyed Hossein Nasr's views, the oppositional views, and the cause of the emergence The results of the research show that although some scholars attribute the environmental crisis to religious teachings, arguing that the beliefs of religious leaders have led to the deterioration and degradation of environmental resources, as well as weakening their motivation to develop a safe environment, recognizing the spiritual dimensions of the crisis can play an important role in developing the appropriate attitudes and behaviors toward the environment; So the solution to the crisis is restoring spirituality to nature and reviving the sacred reality.
Environmental Education
Manijeh Ahmadi; Kosar Baeitabar
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The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of traffic culture education on the law-abiding and citizenship behavior of middle school students in District 12 of Tehran. The research method is quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design and is applied in terms of purpose. In ...
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The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of traffic culture education on the law-abiding and citizenship behavior of middle school students in District 12 of Tehran. The research method is quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design and is applied in terms of purpose. In terms of data type, this research is quantitative, and in terms of time, it is a cross-sectional research. The statistical population was 4756 high school students in District 12 of Tehran in the academic year 2020-2021, which was selected by random cluster sampling of 40 seventh-grade students in two groups of 20 (experimental group and control group). The research tools of the educational package included pedestrians, vehicle occupants, urban cycling, public transportation, rights and duties of citizenship in traffic, and a researcher-made questionnaire that its content validity was determined by the Lavshe index (0.62) and formal validity by the opinion of elites and reliability was calculated by Cronbach's alpha test (0.80). Descriptive statistics (central and dispersion indices), inferential statistics (Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests, independent t-test, and paired t-test), and SPSS16 software were used to analyze the data. The results showed that traffic education had a significant positive and direct effect on the law-abiding and citizenship behavior of students.
Environmental Education
Sara Karimzadeh; Sadegh Salehi
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Iran, as a country that heavily depends on conventional fossil fuels, is obliged to change it in favor of renewable resources. Renewable technology acceptance has not received sufficient heed from Iranian household consumers. This research seeks to address the question of what factors determine households’ ...
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Iran, as a country that heavily depends on conventional fossil fuels, is obliged to change it in favor of renewable resources. Renewable technology acceptance has not received sufficient heed from Iranian household consumers. This research seeks to address the question of what factors determine households’ incline towards solar panel technology for domestic usage in the Iranian context. To achieve the goal of the study a qualitative survey designed and an integrated theoretical model based on the modified framework of the Technology Acceptance Model, Social Acceptance theory and Diffusion of Innovation theory was developed. Data collected from 462 inhabitants of Mazandaran in 2019, who had not installed solar panels at research time. The internal reliabilities of the final measurement were all above 0.68 and validity coefficients for the constructs of the study were all above 0.56. Based on standardized regression weights the strongest total effect on the main dependent variable of intention acceptance (36%) is related to the perceived easiness of use and overall, the model explains 19% of the variances of the dependent variable.
Environmental Education
Mohamad taghi Heydari; Daryoosh Jahani; Prasto Ghasemi; Yaqub Haqi; Parvin Rahmati
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The increase in the human population, the need to develop human cultural and social spaces on the one hand, and the need to create public spaces with identity, on the other hand, has led to more attention to the topic of cultural identity in public spaces in recent decades. Library Garden, as a public ...
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The increase in the human population, the need to develop human cultural and social spaces on the one hand, and the need to create public spaces with identity, on the other hand, has led to more attention to the topic of cultural identity in public spaces in recent decades. Library Garden, as a public and spatial institution, plays a vital role in the process of cultural and social development in the field of urban space. Books and reading and the tendency to study are some of the characteristics of the development and promotion of the cities. It is possible to advance the cultural and social goals of the society through reading books. With this approach, the present article tries to study the feasibility of creating a library garden in Sabzeh Meydan Square of Zanjan with the approach of promoting the culture of reading. The methodology of this research was a descriptive survey and was applied in terms of purpose. To evaluate the preference of indicators in creating a library garden, the weight of each of them was determined, and finally, the amount of compatibility of the best-worst model has been used to evaluate how to implement indicators in terms of importance/performance and amount of compliance. The results showed that creative designing, with a large difference compared to other factors with a value of 0.14, has been ranked first, and creating this space has been a priority over other indicators. An environment that, like the pleasant qualities of the Persian gardens, enriches the sense of place with its psychological effects, but with a different reading, and can complement the closed spaces of the library in the design by using open spaces and flexibility of collective creative spaces that pave the way for social dynamism and subconscious education. On the distant horizon, using recreational, cultural, and tourist opportunities, according to the goals and vision of the Sabzeh Meydan project, to become a policy to promote the culture of reading and show the importance of rich Iranian culture to tourists. It is expected that the opinions and views of users and their participation will be used to create a place for social activities, the formation of collective memories, and the identification of residents.
Masoumeh Ahmadvand; Parvin Ahmadi; Parvin Samadi
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The purpose of this study was to identify the level of awareness among parents, students and teachers of secondary schools in Nahavand about the environmental aspects of sustainable development and their differences. The method of this study was mixed (qualitative and qualitative) and applied in terms ...
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The purpose of this study was to identify the level of awareness among parents, students and teachers of secondary schools in Nahavand about the environmental aspects of sustainable development and their differences. The method of this study was mixed (qualitative and qualitative) and applied in terms of purpose. The research population consisted of parents (parents), students (girls and boys), sixth grade and elementary school teachers (male and female) elementary schools in Nahavand. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect the data. Using purposeful sampling, 6 teachers and 6 parents and 6 pupls (for interviews) were selected using random sampling method. According to the Cochran formula, 296 parents, 296 students and 107 teachers (for the questionnaire) as the sample group were chosen. The validity and reliability of this research tool were reviewed and verified. t-test and Pearson correlation and mean rating were used to analyze the data. The results showed that teachers 'awareness was more than parent and parents' awareness was higher than students, and there was a significant difference between parents, students and teachers regarding the level of environmental awareness. Teachers and parents were studied in terms of their teaching history, field of study, and educational level. In addition, the results showed that the environmental dimension in the elementary curriculum content has been underestimated from the viewpoint of teachers and students. The reason for teachers greater awareness of the environment and sustainable development was in- service training, education and more studying than other the groups.
Environmental Education
Mojtaba Sookhtanlou; Fayyaz Esmat; Fatemeh Shafiee
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This study was carried out with the general purpose of determining the effective environmental components (in the form of protection motivation theory) on the behavior of chemical fertilizers consumption by tomato farmers in Ardabil province. The statistical population of the study included all active ...
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This study was carried out with the general purpose of determining the effective environmental components (in the form of protection motivation theory) on the behavior of chemical fertilizers consumption by tomato farmers in Ardabil province. The statistical population of the study included all active tomato farmers with irrigated cultivation in Ardabil province (N=1489). Based on the table of Bartlett et al. and a multi-stage random sampling method with proportional assignment, the sample size was determined (n=310). Tomato farmers from three counties (Pars Abad (191 people), Meshginshahr (80 people), and Kowsar (39 people)) were selected randomly and according to the population proportion. The behavior of chemical fertilizers consumption was estimated by the composite index (CI) technique. According to the findings, the majority of farmers (41.61%) used chemical fertilizers at a high level of consumption. The highest rate of this overuse (ratio of fertilizer consumption to permissible consumption) was related to liquid Potash fertilizer. According to the structural model analysis, the most paths explaining the behavior of chemical fertilizers consumption were related to the components of behavioral intention (0.731), response cost (0.543), and response effectiveness (0.494), respectively. Training and encouraging farmers to use alternative non-chemical fertilizers (organic fertilizers, humic acid or vermicompost, etc.), conducting periodic soil tests, granting subsidies to bio-fertilizers, holding "Farm Day" programs, and visiting and showcasing farms with successful use of bio-fertilizers can be effective to reduce or replace the chemical fertilizers consumption.
Seyed Mehdi Hosseini Tabatabaei; Sahar Hosseinikhah
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Today the importance of the environment is a global issue. Therefore, this research was conducted with the aim of identifying the relationship between psychological empowerment and intrinsic motivation with environmental behavior through descriptive-survey. The statistical population consisted of first-grade ...
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Today the importance of the environment is a global issue. Therefore, this research was conducted with the aim of identifying the relationship between psychological empowerment and intrinsic motivation with environmental behavior through descriptive-survey. The statistical population consisted of first-grade high school students in district 2 of Tehran, among which 380 were randomly selected. Three questionnaires were used to collect data: Spreitzer psychological empowerment (1995), Patrick & Leone intrinsic motivation (2009) and Erzengin & Teke environmental behavior (2013). The results of Pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression showed that among the components of psychological empowerment there was a significant relationship between the components of sense of meaning, sense of competence and sense of efficacy with environmental behavior but the component of the sense of choice was not significant. The overall relation between two variables (psychological empowerment and environmental behavior) was also significant. Among components of intrinsic motivation, interest and pleasures components, sense of effort, sense of powerfulness and utilization also had a significant relationship with environmental behavior, but there was no significant relationship between the sensitization components. The overall relation between two variables (intrinsic motivation and environmental behavior) was also significant.
Environmental Education
Majid Ershadi; Fereshte Afkari; Majid Aliasgari
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According to the increasing amount of research in the field of environmental education, in this article, we tried to collect the preliminary results of research and combine these results to express a consistent view of the effectiveness of the environmental education meta-analytical research ...
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According to the increasing amount of research in the field of environmental education, in this article, we tried to collect the preliminary results of research and combine these results to express a consistent view of the effectiveness of the environmental education meta-analytical research method. Its statistical population is 25,003 postgraduate dissertations and scientific research articles. The selected statistical sample related to environmental education based on curriculum elements is 138 articles in different years, of which 57 articles were selected in 2016-2020. Excel software was used to report and record the information required to provide the required information from the worksheet designed by the researcher. The reliability of the research was obtained through the contrast of research findings. The analysis of the findings is based on Roberts' six-step pattern, which is consistent with the elements of the curriculum used, using open and axial coding methods. Based on the findings, because environmental education develops awareness and increases environmental sensitivity, it is the most important method in educating individuals in identifying and dealing with environmental problems. Environmental Education is influenced by these seven factors: Assessment, education method, formal education, informal education, public education, and lifelong education and sustainable development. The results in most of the studies suggest the effectiveness of informal education over formal education. In recent years, environmental education has been considered more important in all cases and for all groups. So, environmental education is essential to society in general.
Environmental Education
Ali Saeidi; Hamed Meiboudi
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Acquiring environmental knowledge is the first step towards environmental sustainability, and basically, the condition for the future survival of humanity is environmental knowledge, the ability to understand the principles of knowing the environment and living based on them. Green school standards, ...
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Acquiring environmental knowledge is the first step towards environmental sustainability, and basically, the condition for the future survival of humanity is environmental knowledge, the ability to understand the principles of knowing the environment and living based on them. Green school standards, which include physical space, organizational culture, and educational goals, provide an overview of a green school. One of the important duties of green schools is to provide a suitable field for environmental education for students. The aim of the current study is to identify the challenges of evaluating environmental education in green schools in Iran. In this paper using a survey method challenges were identified and investigated and then the data were analyzed by using SPSS software. After calculating the Pearson correlation coefficient between the variables and the determination coefficient, the research hypotheses have been examined using the correlation coefficient significance test. The results show that only the diversity of educational content and ambiguity in information sources are considered challenges in evaluating environmental education in green schools. Together, these two variables can predict up to %18.1 of the variance of challenges.
Environmental Education
Farzaneh Askari; Fatemeh Parasteh-Ghombavani; Fahimeh Alsadat Haghighi
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The present study was conducted to aim at investigating the necessity to pay attention environmental education based on futures studies in elementary school. This study is a practical and descriptive research has been done in two parts. Content analysis and Delphi technique. In content analysis, statistical ...
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The present study was conducted to aim at investigating the necessity to pay attention environmental education based on futures studies in elementary school. This study is a practical and descriptive research has been done in two parts. Content analysis and Delphi technique. In content analysis, statistical sample, all textbooks of elementary school in the year 2019-2020 were done through descriptive statistics and with checklist tool through Excel. The checklist consisted of 7 main components and 30 sub-components, the validity of which was confirmed by experts in educational sciences and its reliability was calculated by to Holste’s method be 0.92. In the second part, the results of content analysis were provided to 30 experts in the field of futures studies, environment and curriculum through Delphi technique, who were selected by snowball method. This technique was continued in three rounds until the maximum information was reached. The agreement in the second and third rounds of Delphi in SPSS 26 was calculated by Kendall as 0.584 and 0.787. Finally, the results of the Delphi showed that, in the opinion of experts, the content of elementary school textbooks in terms of environmental education need to be revised and modified. And the two issues of waste and air should be given priority due to the crises that they will create in the future. It was also suggested that in reviewing the environmental content of textbooks, in the first period of elementary the skill-based approach and in the second period the research-based approach should be considered.
A. Mardani; S.M Marashi; M. Safaei Moghadam; S.J. Hashemi
Volume 4, Issue 3 , June 2016, , Pages 56-67
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The aim of this study is to analyze religious principles of “environmental protection" as a training goal through a descriptive, analytic, deductive approach. The appendix which begins with description and results in the analysis and deduction. The essence of the research is qualitiative, and its ...
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The aim of this study is to analyze religious principles of “environmental protection" as a training goal through a descriptive, analytic, deductive approach. The appendix which begins with description and results in the analysis and deduction. The essence of the research is qualitiative, and its type is fundamental research. Required data were gathered from electronic and library resources. The results of the study revealed that environmental knowledge has an important role in attitude framing and subsequent behavior appropriate to the environment. In addition, generating such attitudes in the frame-work of training goal is among the responsi-bilities of education system. The environmental protection as a goal of education should be based on religious grounds because nature, based on the holy Quran- as a God's creation- is systematic, purposeful, and also is manifestation of the divine names and attributes and is governed by divine wisdom. Furthermore, the nature is at the service of human beings based on Quran.
Environmental Education
D. Karimi; Ashraf Enayati
Volume 1, Issue 1 , December 2012, , Pages 59-74
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Following the Earth Conference in 1992 and the preparation of Agenda 21 and Its 36th chapter which is about environmental education and training for sustainable development, and regarding four main themes of this chapter, all implying the stability of training, and also, because we are in the decade ...
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Following the Earth Conference in 1992 and the preparation of Agenda 21 and Its 36th chapter which is about environmental education and training for sustainable development, and regarding four main themes of this chapter, all implying the stability of training, and also, because we are in the decade of education for sustainable development now, all countries have tried to design and suggest ways for the stability of education. Therefore, in this conference all countries unanimously agreed upon “training of sustainable development in schools as a whole”. This approach put emphasis on implementation of what has been learned to reduce the gap between values in action through integrating formal and informal training programs .In “schools as a whole” approach which is sustainable school in essence, it is necessary to consider a framework for sustainable school with emphasis on its dimensions and indexes. In this article, all of these items have been described completely, and in the end, it has been concluded that training for sustainable development in schools is in it’s initial phase and the managers have come to understood it’s necessary, but there is no clear framework for its implementation.
Environmental Education
S Salehi; Z Ghaemi asl
Volume 1, Issue 3 , December 2013, , Pages 67-79
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This research examines the role of environmental education in environmental protection behavior of students. The research method in this study was the survey method that uses simple random sampling, 350 high school students from Babol (Mazandaran province) were selected as a sample for study. Required ...
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This research examines the role of environmental education in environmental protection behavior of students. The research method in this study was the survey method that uses simple random sampling, 350 high school students from Babol (Mazandaran province) were selected as a sample for study. Required information for this research was collected by using questionnaires and in spring 2012. Research data processed by using SPSS statistical software, where analytical and descriptive statistics were analyzed. The results showed that students' awareness of environmental problems in general is high, and in specific environmental problems is low. Also, there are significant differences, between environmental behaviors in different educational levels, but this difference was not observed among different fields of study. Finally, the findings showed that new environmental attitude has a positive impact on environmental protection behavior, but knowledge and environmental education has little impact on environmental behavior. This research examines the possible reasons for this matter.
Environmental Education
mostafa veisy; Maryam Larijani; Elahe Jahandideh
Volume 2, Issue 5 , November 2013, , Pages 73-81
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A great deal of the country’s energy resources are wasted for a number of reasons including inappropriate technology, low price of energy, and carelessness in energy consumption. Women can change the course of risky behaviors against environment. We decided to inform rural women, of the optimized ...
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A great deal of the country’s energy resources are wasted for a number of reasons including inappropriate technology, low price of energy, and carelessness in energy consumption. Women can change the course of risky behaviors against environment. We decided to inform rural women, of the optimized energy consumption patterns and examine the effect of material and immaterial incentives on them. This was a semi-experimental study. There was no sampling, so all the women of Cheshmeh Sefid village in Kermanshah, who were over 13 years of age and made up a population of 68 women were studied. The instrument of the study was a 23- item questionnaire. Then they were randomly divided into two groups. One group was studied using material and the second used immaterial incentives. Improvement of these women’s awareness proved a positive effect. Regarding the awareness raise, there was no significant difference between learning and the kind of incentive. Material incentives proved to be more effective than immaterial incentives.
Ali Reza Parsa
Volume 4, Issue 4 , September 2016, , Pages 74-65
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The growth of science and technology, after the renaissance was leading to greater domination of human beings over nature and its indiscriminate exploitation. This phenomenon led to the emergence of the environmental crisis. This event made the necessity of attention and recognition of crisis causes ...
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The growth of science and technology, after the renaissance was leading to greater domination of human beings over nature and its indiscriminate exploitation. This phenomenon led to the emergence of the environmental crisis. This event made the necessity of attention and recognition of crisis causes and strengthen of environmental ethics clear to everyone. Presenting temporary solutions and also philosophical and religious theories emerged among nature enthusiasts and scholars following this feeling. Lynn White believed that Christianity arrogance towards nature was the cause of this environmental crisis and introduced the anthropology of monotheistic religions (Judeo-Christian) as the main cause of this crisis. His viewpoint was criticized by Christian critics, but according to Islamic anthropology which has some views in common with Christian anthropology, not only Lynn White’s utterance on environmental ethics is inaccurate but Islam can be the new religion that "Lynn White" has offered to save nature. This research using descriptive-analytical method to collect library information including the recognition, study, and classification of information, data analysis and summarization on the subject matter and by analyzing of Lynn White’s view point in explaining the causes of the environmental crisis emergence has criticized this view based on the Islamic anthropology. The results of this research show that Lynn White's viewpoint in dealing with Islamic anthropology is unable to explain the causes of the environmental crisis emergence in accordance with fact.
Abolfazl Khosravi
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One of the main challenges for managers in recent days is their main focus on sustainable development. Sustainable development with various dimensions such as economic sustainability, social sustainability, political stability and environmental sustainability requires a holistic approach, but the priority ...
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One of the main challenges for managers in recent days is their main focus on sustainable development. Sustainable development with various dimensions such as economic sustainability, social sustainability, political stability and environmental sustainability requires a holistic approach, but the priority of some programs and policies in each of the sustainable development axes is in line with the requirements of the same region and country. On the other hand, social responsibility of organizations and companies is not merely viewed as a moral obligation or social marketing, but a great element in the missing link between government policies and corporate policies. This research has been selected to prioritize the dimensions of sustainable development as well as the dimensions of social responsibility of managers with the Delphi approach of the experts and the hierarchical analysis method, according to the opinion of social sustainability experts as the best criterion for sustainable development and management responsibility as a preferred option. Accordingly, it can be done in the role of managers in industrial and metropolitan communities, with priority being given to social sustainability and the involvement of environmental strategies in the responsibilities of managers.
S. Mohammadi; S. Manoochehri; M. Talati
Volume 6, Issue 1 , December 2017, , Pages 83-99
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Nowadays, in the modern approaches to rural, capacity building considered as a basic principle in the adoption and implementation of programs, and there is a great emphasis on activities of non-governmental associations in order to improve community capacities. Environment, as a ground for the activities ...
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Nowadays, in the modern approaches to rural, capacity building considered as a basic principle in the adoption and implementation of programs, and there is a great emphasis on activities of non-governmental associations in order to improve community capacities. Environment, as a ground for the activities and rural development, is one of the major fields of rural development which according to the unfavorable situation of its exploitation, environmental, non-governmental organizations, with promotional and educational activities scan play an effective role in promoting the capacities of local community in the conservation and sustainability of it. In this regard, in the present applied research, the role of the environmental NGO association, Chiya, has been measured in the development of the capacities of Marivan villagers in a descriptive - analytical approach. The result of this approach in the first place, is to explain the role of NGOs in capacity development of rural communities, to protect the environment and then a comprehensive understanding of the status quo, in order to provide practical solutions for achieving rural environmental sustainability through capacity development of the local community. Information gathered through documentary methods and field-based questionnaires distributed randomly among 250 heads of households in the received group and 160 heads of household (determined through Cochran's sample size) in the villages which has not received educational and promotional activities of non-governmental environmental association of Chiya. Data analysis through inferential statistics (Chi-square, Wilcoxon, t-test, Friedman, Pearson correlation) indicated that the effective role of Chiya NGO activities in capacity development of villagers to protect the environment in two periods: before and after the activity. Also there is a significant difference between the level of capacity development of the villages receiving and not receiving the educational and promotional activities of Chiya association in order to protect the rural environment.
A. Rezaei; A. Jalalian
Volume 6, Issue 2 , March 2018, , Pages 83-100
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The basis of the formation of international environmental law is based on soft law. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the influence of the 1972 Stockholm Declaration on the process of teaching and institutionalization of the principles and concepts governing the environment by documentary ...
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The basis of the formation of international environmental law is based on soft law. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the influence of the 1972 Stockholm Declaration on the process of teaching and institutionalization of the principles and concepts governing the environment by documentary method and as a descriptive-analytical research. The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, as the first major conference on international environmental issues, stems from the rapid growth of global awareness of the international environment in the 1960s. Given the fact that the final document of this conference is in the category of non-binding documents, it is questionable whether this statement was valid in the process of education and the institutionalization of environmental rights. In this regard, due to the necessity of explaining more non-binding documents in international environmental law, it was attempted to study the documents and resources affected by the statement. Studies have shown that this statement, as a milestone in the process of education and development of environmental rights, recognizes the right to a healthy environment, has drawn close attention to the environment and fundamental human rights, and proposes the formation of international institutions , Such as UNEP and the Global Environment Facility, have integrated the process of global cooperation in the field of structural development and education of environmental rights, and by collecting common principles and concepts in a non-binding legal text, it's manifestation and ratification in the next binding documents Has provided.
A.R Kafashzadeh; H. Darvish; R. Rasoli; M.E. Sanjaghi
Volume 5, Issue 4 , September 2017, , Pages 85-97
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The main aim of this study is to evaluate the areas influencing the optimal NGOs participation in governmental policy-making process (Environmental Protection Agency in Tehran). In this study, 13 organizations were selected as the statistical population. The sample size was determined using Cochran's ...
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The main aim of this study is to evaluate the areas influencing the optimal NGOs participation in governmental policy-making process (Environmental Protection Agency in Tehran). In this study, 13 organizations were selected as the statistical population. The sample size was determined using Cochran's formula of 378 people.The sampling method of the study is also using available sampling. After collecting the data by using a structured questionnaire, structural equation modeling and hypothesis testing was conducted based on Partial Least Squares approach. The results showed that in general, the construct in the model affecting areas on the participation of non-governmental organizations in policy-making of the Environmental Protection Agency explain almost 61 percent of the variance.Also from the viewpoint of members,environmental NGOs can participate in the creation of environmental decisions and monitor and evaluate the implementation of environmental decisions and have an important role in environmental policy-making process.
Environmental Education
Mohaddethe Taherpourmansour; Sadegh Salehi
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Economic activities in Mazandaran province have long been focused on agricultural and livestock products. Farmers have always used water resources for their activities, but after the collapse of traditional system, attracting capital and changing the direction of investment, a new type of production ...
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Economic activities in Mazandaran province have long been focused on agricultural and livestock products. Farmers have always used water resources for their activities, but after the collapse of traditional system, attracting capital and changing the direction of investment, a new type of production has been formed alongside this traditional method, which is based on production for profit. The purpose of this study is to investigate and explain the role of investment growth on agriculture in creating unstainability in water resources of Mazandaran province. The present study, applying Schneiberg’s production treadmill theory, seeks to answer this fundamental question: What effect has the growth of investment on agriculture had on the unsustianability of Mazandaran's water resources? In this research, quantitative method and strategy of secondary data analysis and comparative study have been used. The results of the present study showed that investment in the main inputs of agricultural production and conversion industries and agricultural services has increased and at the same time, the consumption of aquifers in the province has increased from 791 million cubic meters in 1389 to 1377 million cubic meters in 1398. . In addition, the research results show an increase in pollution of water resources in Mazandaran. In general, the results of the present study indicate that the growth of investment affects unsustainability of water resources and therefore, Schneiberg's production treadmill theory is confirmed.
Mohsen Rezaei; Farzam Babaei; Hooman Bahmanpour
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The purpose of this research is to evaluate and prioritize the effective components in attracting and promoting the participation of NGOs in solid waste management in Tehran. Two statistical societies, including managers of NGOs and Waste Management Department of Tehran Municipality, were studied to ...
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The purpose of this research is to evaluate and prioritize the effective components in attracting and promoting the participation of NGOs in solid waste management in Tehran. Two statistical societies, including managers of NGOs and Waste Management Department of Tehran Municipality, were studied to study and analyze the factors affecting participation in waste management and ranking the options through questionnaires and decision matrix, respectively. The questionnaire was prepared on a five-point Likert scale. Data were analyzed by SPSS 20.0 using factor analysis. The results were used as alternatives in multivariate decision making, including TOPSIS and ANP, and in the Expert selection software environment. The results of factor analysis showed that based on Kayser's criterion, five suitable components were detected that their specific value was more than 1. The first component had the highest share (21.551%), and the fifth component had the lowest percentage (10.446%) in explaining the variance of all variables. In total, the five components were able to estimate 71.56% of the variance of all variables. Based on the results of the network analysis process, the "Facilitation and Remedies of Legal Barriers" option (final weight of 232/0) has had the most significant impact on the participation of public organizations in waste management in Tehran. The distance between options with the ideal solution and the perfect solution picture showed that the First option with the least distance (0.554) had the most significant impact on the environmental, health and economic impact Implementation of the participation plan of NGOs in waste management in Tehran.
E. Salehi Omran; L. Parhizkar; Kh. Hatamifar
Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2017, , Pages 89-99
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One of the causes of environmental crisis is the lack of environmental awareness. Certainly, one of the ways of creating it is proper training. As one of the most versatile tools for teaching in the country are textbooks, the present study aims at investigating the main components of environment teaching ...
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One of the causes of environmental crisis is the lack of environmental awareness. Certainly, one of the ways of creating it is proper training. As one of the most versatile tools for teaching in the country are textbooks, the present study aims at investigating the main components of environment teaching included in the sixth grade text books in Iran. The method of the study was content analysis using Shannon entropy analysis including texts, questions, exercises, and pictures of selected books. The findings showed that the highest significant correlation in social studies books was related to the component of the way of exploiting the renewable and non-renewable resources which was (.023%), and the least significant correlation was related to the components of population, ozone layer depletion, and the role of technology in environment as well as global warming. It is also showed that in the Persian text book (reading), the focus of attention was only on the soil components (.013%) and the human role in environmental protection (.002%). In the text book of science, (.004%) of focus was on the components of environment, jungles, and trees, and (.023%) to the ways of exploiting the renewable and non-renewable resources. In the sixth grade's thinking and research textbook, the attention was only on the jungles and trees without considering the other environmental components. In the text books of Quran, mathematics, work and technology, divine gifts, and Persian (writing), there is no attention to the environment. The results showed that there is not a balanced and comprehensive attention to the components of environmental education in the content of text books of the sixth grade in Iran.
Fariba Alidadyani; Mahboubeh Soleimanpouromran
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The aim of this study was relationship between systemic thinking and environmental protection behavior and social responsibility. This was a descriptive study of the correlation type and the statistic society. This was a descriptive study of the correlation type and the statistic society was 98 people ...
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The aim of this study was relationship between systemic thinking and environmental protection behavior and social responsibility. This was a descriptive study of the correlation type and the statistic society. This was a descriptive study of the correlation type and the statistic society was 98 people to sample. The nature and methods of descriptive and correlational study used. The study population included all employees of the Department of Environment North Khorasan 94 years, of which about 98 people to sample and census method used. Data, collected through three questionnaires systems thinking Goldman (2005) and behavior between environmental protection and Eisen (1975) and used Social Responsibility. Cronbach's alpha method was used to determine the validity of the questionnaire. Cronbach's alpha method was used to determine the credibility of the questionnaires. For system thinking, 0.94 environmental behavior was 0.96 and social responsibility was 0.96. The validity of the tool was a kind of content approved by the professors and experts.To analyze the data, descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage and mean) and inferential statistics (normal distribution of Kolmogorov - Smirnov , Pearson correlation test, regression test) and Stepwise regression test was used with SPSS version 19 software package. The results show that between systemic thinking and social responsibility, as well as the environmental behavior and social responsibility in meaningful level of 99% there is a significant relationship.
Maryam Larijani
Volume 6, Issue 3 , June 2018, , Pages 91-104
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The lack of sufficient awareness of the employees about safety, health and environmental guidelines at the work environment and consequently their non-standard behaviors in the areas mentioned above results in damage to themselves, the environment and their employers. Since education can play an effective ...
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The lack of sufficient awareness of the employees about safety, health and environmental guidelines at the work environment and consequently their non-standard behaviors in the areas mentioned above results in damage to themselves, the environment and their employers. Since education can play an effective role in promoting awareness and behavioral change among individuals, a study was conducted to determine “the impact of training on safety, health and environmental issues on the level of Awareness and behavior of employees in a zinc manufacturing Factory.” The present study was carried out using a quasi-experimental method with a test group. In this study, 26 employees of the ingot manufacturing unit in a Zinc factory who were selected by random sampling as a sample group was involved in the educational intervention in the areas of safety, health, and environment. Information gathering tools were researcher-made questionnaires on workers' knowledge and behavior, whose validity and reliability was obtained before the study, as well as the OSHA form for collecting records of recordable events to determine their safety performance. The Data analyzed by SPSS software version 22. The dependent t and Wilcoxon tests were used. The results of the tests showed that knowledge scores, behavior measurement, and the level of the safety performance of the workers after the training were improved and the practice was effective.
