Environmental Education
Ghasem Zarei; Foroozan Ghazaei; Araz rashedi zahra
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This study aimed to investigate the role of environmental knowledge and attitudes toward sustainable consumption with behavioral intention and the use of household appliances with sustainable water consumption of women in Ardabil City in the winter of 2020. The research method is descriptive-correlational ...
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This study aimed to investigate the role of environmental knowledge and attitudes toward sustainable consumption with behavioral intention and the use of household appliances with sustainable water consumption of women in Ardabil City in the winter of 2020. The research method is descriptive-correlational and applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population of this study was women over 20 years old and users of household appliances in Ardabil. The data collection method is field type and data collection tools include a standard questionnaire of environmental knowledge of Pacho and Lavrador (2017), the attitude towards sustainable water consumption of Ahmad and Arfin (2018), the sustainable water consumption behavior of Kang. (2017) and the intention to purchase of a device with sustainable water consumption of Nguyen. (2016).in order to assess the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach's alpha coefficient and composite reliability coefficient were used, which indicated the reliability (above 80% and above 70%) of all research components.384 questionnaires were distributed and analyzed. The results indicate that environmental knowledge affects the behavior of sustainable water consumption but does not affect the use of household appliances with sustainable water consumption. the attitude towards sustainable water consumption has a significant effect on the intention to use home appliances with sustainable water consumption and sustainable water consumption, and finally, the intention to use home appliances with sustainable water consumption has a significant effect on sustainable water consumption behavior.
Environmental Education
Houman Gholampour Arbastan; Saeed Gitipour; Majid Baghdadi; Masood Rezaee
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Assessment of public awareness and preferences is the first step in monitoring the implemented training programs, as well as planning for a new training program in order to improve the level of public knowledge about waste management and eliminate existing deficiencies. Therefore, the main aim of this ...
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Assessment of public awareness and preferences is the first step in monitoring the implemented training programs, as well as planning for a new training program in order to improve the level of public knowledge about waste management and eliminate existing deficiencies. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to design a scientific and validated questionnaire to assess the knowledge and preferences of people of household hazardous waste management by municipalities. The designated questionnaire was distributed to 971 citizens, and data was collected and analyzed. The results obtained show that more than half of respondents are not aware that personal care products, home cleaners, medicines, vehicles, and home maintenance products are categorized as household hazardous waste. Also, only 5% of citizens are aware of the hazardous waste generation rate in household waste streams. In contrast, the knowledge level of the participants about the impacts of household hazardous waste mismanagement was assessed at an accepted level. Results of the conducted survey indicate that collection through apps and receiving educational content through social media are the most popular methods of waste collection and receiving information methods in relation to household hazardous waste. Furthermore, 67.8 and 92.9% of the respondents agree to pay gate fees and impose fines for violators of hazardous household waste management. Our findings illustrate that a lack of awareness of identifying and information about household hazardous waste quality and quantity could be improved by planning a training program and presenting it on social media.
Environmental Education
Siroos Ahmadi; Sayyed Samad Beheshti; Ehsan Kohansalkhoob
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This study has investigated the effective social factors on solid waste management behaviors (reduce, reuse, and recycle) in Abadan city. 395 people who were selected using the multi-stage random sampling method responded to the questions. Based on the descriptive findings, the mean age of the respondents ...
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This study has investigated the effective social factors on solid waste management behaviors (reduce, reuse, and recycle) in Abadan city. 395 people who were selected using the multi-stage random sampling method responded to the questions. Based on the descriptive findings, the mean age of the respondents is 32.5, and 53.7% are men and 46.3% are women. The analytical findings show that there is a positive and significant relationship between environmental attitudes and reusing and recycling. Mental norms in both dimensions of "descriptive norms" and "emphatic norms", and citizenship culture in both dimensions of "obligations" and "participation" have shown a positive and significant relationship with waste management behavior. In addition, age has a negative and significant relationship with waste reduction. The mean for solid waste management behavior is significantly different among differently educated groups. The mean for reusing among women is significantly higher than among men and the mean for reduction and reusing are significantly different between single and married people. The regression analysis indicates that the independent variables can explain 0.38 of the dependent variable and the perceived behavior control in its external dimension is the most powerful variable for predicting the dependent variable.
Environmental Education
Aida Esmaeilzadeh Seilabi; Amir Semiari; Mahdi Malmir
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Biodiversity is the root concept of ecological knowledge. The goal of the research is to evaluate the biodiversity concept perception among Iranian academic graduates to compare the findings derived from the sample population with definitions provided by international and national institutions. The research ...
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Biodiversity is the root concept of ecological knowledge. The goal of the research is to evaluate the biodiversity concept perception among Iranian academic graduates to compare the findings derived from the sample population with definitions provided by international and national institutions. The research methodology is based on field analysis by a structured questionnaire with an emphasis on one open question; what is your definition of biodiversity? The result of the content analysis of 137 responses is categorized based on the respondents' educational group into four categories; technical & engineering, natural and biological sciences, humanities & social sciences, and architecture & art, which indicates the fact that the responses of the sample population can be categorized at two-level; theoretical knowledge (holistic and partial attitudes) and practical knowledge (conservative, interactive and developmental approaches). Finally, based on the findings of this study, graduates of Iranian universities, at the level of theoretical knowledge, possess a deeper understanding than responsible institutions, which indicates a high awareness of the theoretical level of the biodiversity concept. However, at the level of empirical knowledge, the codes derived from the analysis of the responses don’t provide clear and significant themes, and this shows insufficient knowledge of the academic community about the dimensions of biodiversity in practice and experience.The concept of biodiversity is one of the most fundamental concepts of ecological knowledge. This research was conducted with the aim of measuring the conceptual understanding of the Iranian academic graduates of the concept of biodiversity and comparing the findings of the studied sample with the definitions provided by international and national institutions. The research method is based on field analysis and a structured questionnaire centered on this "open" question that; What is your definition of the concept of biodiversity? The results of the content analysis of 137 complete and meaningful responses based on the respondents' educational group in four categories; technical & engineering, natural and biological sciences, humanities & social sciences, architecture & art, express the fact that the sample population studied can be divided into two levels of theoretical knowledge (holistic and partial perspectives) and practical knowledge (conservative, interactive, and developmental approaches). The results showed that at the level of theoretical knowledge, the respondents referred to deeper themes of the concept of biodiversity than media and responsible institutions, which indicates a high awareness of the theoretical level of the concept of biodiversity among the studied sample. At the same time, at the level of practical knowledge, the answer codes do not provide clear and significant themes about the concept of biodiversity, and this indicates the insufficient knowledge of the studied sample about the dimensions of biodiversity in the field of practice and experience.
Environmental Education
Afshar Kabiri
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Environmental culture can reduce environmental issues by increasing environmental awareness and lead to responsible behavior towards environment and protection of water resources. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between rural environmental culture and water consum-ption pattern. It is ...
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Environmental culture can reduce environmental issues by increasing environmental awareness and lead to responsible behavior towards environment and protection of water resources. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between rural environmental culture and water consum-ption pattern. It is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of nature and method. The statistical population of this study includes rural households in the south of Lake Urmia catchment located in the cultivation project "Cooperation in the revitalization of Lake Urmia through the participation of local communities in the establishment of sustainable agriculture." Using multi-stage cluster sampling method 372 households were selected as a sample. The analysis and observation unit of this research is the head of rural households who used a questionnaire tool and technique to collect data. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between environmental attitudes and beliefs, environmental knowledge and awareness, social trust and environmental Concern with water consumption pattern and 35% of the variance of water consumption pattern is explained by environmental culture components. In terms of impact among environmental culture variables, people's trust in responsible institutions with a beta of 50% has the most impact, so based on the results of the research can be said that the most important component to improve water consumption pattern, reform water governance and efforts to build and Restoring the social trust of the villagers to the environmental authorities and the local water governancy.
Environmental Education
Seyedeh Fatemeh Alavi Foumani; Ali Gholipour Soleimani; Hamidreza Rezaee Kelidbari
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The state of the world's environment reveals the fact that in recent decades, due to human activities and increasing consumerism, Earth has suffered irreparable damage and the world is witnessing unprecedented growth in environmental degradation, just as consumers activities can lead to deteriorating ...
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The state of the world's environment reveals the fact that in recent decades, due to human activities and increasing consumerism, Earth has suffered irreparable damage and the world is witnessing unprecedented growth in environmental degradation, just as consumers activities can lead to deteriorating environmental conditions. The environmentally conscious behaviors such as green purchase behavior, can be agents of change, motivation and attention to the environment. The purpose of this research is to develop a model for implementing green purchase behavior that recognizes the dimensions of this behavior to determine the effective factors, operational strategies, and consequences of its implementation.The overall approach is qualitative and Grounded Theory has been done. Using purpose foul and snowball sampling methods, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 experts from the field of business researchers and environmental activists.The results of data coding led to the identification of 448 initial codes which finally cited the approach Systematic in the given data theory, paradigm model show that causal categories (environmental belief, health concern, green attitude, mental norm), causal categories (green purchase behavior), background categories (economic indicators, government support for capital Eco-friendly investments, the country's environmental policies, the impact of green consumption culture), interventionist category (distribution of green products, financial and economic constraints of households and promotion, encouragement to green purchase), strategies (Indian market strategies, prices, innovation), and the consequence (at the macro-level including increasing the level of health in society, development, and growth of organizational performance and promoting green lifestyle and at the micro-level including preference to buy environmentally friendly products and increase the repetition of purchases behavior) Impact on the implementation of green purchases behavior.
Environmental Education
Sorena Zandi; Behzad Barekat
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Ecocriticism as a field of study into the state of both human and non-human entities in an act of colonization. As such three of its most important concepts, Agency, Development and Displacement, are discussed to facilitate the understanding of this approach for the readers. Non-human agency advocates ...
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Ecocriticism as a field of study into the state of both human and non-human entities in an act of colonization. As such three of its most important concepts, Agency, Development and Displacement, are discussed to facilitate the understanding of this approach for the readers. Non-human agency advocates against a human-centric agency and for a dynamic relationship between human and non-human agency instead. As often witnessed in the aftermath of natural disasters such as an earthquake, natural events are unpredictable and not all in control of human beings. Then it can be stated that humans are not the only active agents in the environment but that instead we need to study the dynamic relationship between human and non-human agencies. The second concept, Development, is a bridge between colonialism and non-human agency, which entails the process of changing an environment in course of monopolizing certain products in a colonized country. Such changes usually have negative effects on the natives’ lives, such as losing their jobs, homes and impoverishment. This then leads to their displacement, seeking a new area where they can find new resources to survive and build their lives around. This is then a chained set of events as explained in the article, from the promise of a development that is in truth monopolizing one or more products, to the displacement of the natives from their homes and their struggle to survive.
Environmental Education
Gholamreza Khoshfar; Zahra Pazokinejad
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the semantic system of ecotourism resort owners about the effects of Coronavirus on the environment and nature to show how they understand, interpret and evaluate this phenomenon and its consequences. 12 owners of ecotourism resorts in Mazandaran province participated ...
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the semantic system of ecotourism resort owners about the effects of Coronavirus on the environment and nature to show how they understand, interpret and evaluate this phenomenon and its consequences. 12 owners of ecotourism resorts in Mazandaran province participated in this study. After discovering the basic concepts and major categories in the axial coding stage, the process of connecting the categories was done based on their properties. The environmental effects of Coronavirus as a core category, major categories under the headings of consumption, environmental attitudes, barriers, and solutions/strategies were revealed as major categories. Food consumption (packaged and home-made), consumption of hygienic chemicals, consumption of natural sources (water, energy) under the category of consumption, attitudes towards littering, biodiversity conservation, environmental pollution under the category of attitudes towards the environment, legal, individual and structural barriers were placed under the category of barriers to pro-environmental behaviors and creating opportunities for support, increasing environmental awareness and attracting public participation under the category of solutions/strategies. According to the respondents, the emergence of Coronavirus has increased littering in nature and due to its social fear, the volume of new waste (masks and gloves) has increased; however, the positive effects such as biodiversity conservation and reduction of air pollutants due to reduced traffic would be transient and temporary.
Environmental Education
vahid Azizi; Moslem Savari; Moein Sadeghi; Golamreza Yavari
Volume 1, Issue 4 , July 2013, , Pages 20-28
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This study analyzes the attitude of high school students in City of Hamadan toward environmental protection. A survey of 4104 high school students in Hamadan using the Cochran test, 240 persons were selected. To enhance the credibility of findings using stratified random sampling, 270 questionnaires ...
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This study analyzes the attitude of high school students in City of Hamadan toward environmental protection. A survey of 4104 high school students in Hamadan using the Cochran test, 240 persons were selected. To enhance the credibility of findings using stratified random sampling, 270 questionnaires were proportionally completed. The validity of the questionnaire by a panel of experts and its reliability through using Cronbach's Alfa were approved and the amount was calculated above (7/0). Data analysis was performed through using SPSS software. The majority of the students had positive attitudes towards environmental protection. Correlation analysis also showed that there is 1% positive and significant relationship between their attitude towards environmental protection, the use of the Internet and father's occupation. Also, one of the most important strategies to improve students' attitude towards environmental protection is using educational videos and creating environmental organizations.
