Children Participatory Design Workshops: An Approach for Built Environment Education (BEE)

Environmental issues hidden in medical education: What are the effects on students’ environmental awareness and knowledge?

In an era characterized by escalating environmental challenges, this study endeavors to illuminate the levels of environmental literacy and pollution awareness among undergraduate students in the state of Telangana, India. Employing a robust quantitative approach, the research delves into the intricacies of these students' environmental knowledge and their cognizance of pollution issues. Through rigorous statistical analysis, the study seeks to unravel the correlation between the depth of students' environmental understanding and their awareness of pressing pollution concerns. The primary objective of this investigation is to offer a nuanced understanding of the environmental consciousness within this pivotal demographic. By strategically combining elements of environmental literacy and pollution awareness, the study aims to paint a comprehensive picture of the ecological awareness prevalent among undergraduate students in Telangana. The use of rigorous statistical methods provides a scientific lens through which to scrutinize the potential interplay between knowledge acquisition and real-world environmental concerns. As part of the study's core methodology, the researchers employ a structured questionnaire that gauges students' comprehension of key environmental concepts, such as biodiversity, climate change, and sustainable practices. The subsequent statistical analysis seeks to discern patterns, correlations, and variations in responses, offering valuable insights into the current state of environmental awareness among this critical demographic. The findings generated by this study are not only informative but also hold the potential to guide future educational initiatives and policy formulations. By providing a glimpse into the environmental awareness landscape among undergraduate students in Telangana, the research serves as a foundation for informed decision-making in the realms of environmental education and awareness campaigns. This study, therefore, acts as a valuable snapshot, capturing the intricate relationship between environmental literacy and pollution awareness, which is pivotal for shaping the environmental stewardship of the future.

Environmental awareness and changing attitudes toward “green consumption” are becoming evident in emerging countries’ markets. Using an extended theory of planned behavior, this paper aims to examine emerging countries’ business students’ intentions to purchase green vehicles. Stratified random sampling was used to select study participants, and data were collected through face-to-face interviews. Results revealed that environmental knowledge and awareness have a significant influence on business students’ favorable attitudes toward green vehicles. Further, a significant association between attitudes toward green vehicles, perceived behavioral controls, and intentions to purchase green vehicles was observed. Findings serve to inform managers and policy makers who are formulating strategies for maximizing value creation in an era of increasingly environmentally aware consumers in emerging markets. Ultimately, this policy will help to promote green technology initiatives, and encourage higher rates of adoption of eco-friendly vehicles in emerging countries.

Residents’ environmental literacy is the basis of sustainable development. The structure of environmental literacy and the interaction among its elements is a very important topic, which has been rarely studied. By using the literature analysis method to analyze the existing research of scholars, it can be concluded that the connotation of environmental literacy is composed of environmental knowledge, environmental awareness, and environmental behavior. The environmental literacy and structure of Qingdao residents can be measured by questionnaire survey. It has been found through a more in-depth structural analysis that environmental knowledge and environmental awareness will influence but cannot decide environmental behavior all by themselves; high-level environmental knowledge and high environmental awareness do not necessarily lead to a high-level environmental behavior but low-level environmental knowledge and low environmental awareness almost inevitably lead to a low-level environmental behavior. This finding is of great value for the government to formulate environmental policies scientifically, carry out environmental education more effectively, comprehensively improve residents’ environmental literacy and improve their environmental behavior.

Cepogo Village, Boyolali Regency, faces waste management challenges caused by economic growth and population increase. The high volume of waste generated in Cepogo is a severe environmental problem, totalling around 72 tons per month. One of the leading causes of this problem is the lack of citizen participation in segregating waste at the source. This study aims to identify factors that influence waste segregation behavior by using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) as a reference model developed by adding variables such as government role, law enforcement, social norms, environmental awareness, environmental knowledge, and situational factors. Analysis of 61 participants using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) showed that attitudes were most significantly influenced by environmental awareness, which influenced intentions and behavior. In addition, the role of government and situational factors influence intentions, although they do not directly influence behavior. Recommendations include the implementation of educational campaigns to increase environmental awareness and knowledge and the development of government policies that support waste separation, including providing adequate facilities to support the process.

The first of the research objectives discussed in this article was to analyze the differences related to the valuation of particular factors influencing the purchase process in the smartphone industry, expressed by respondents with different sensitivity and environmental awareness, as well as the assessment of their knowledge about the impact of smartphones on the natural environment. The second objective of the research was to determine whether the level of environmental sensitivity, awareness and knowledge about the impact of smartphones on the environment has a statistically significant influence on the respondents’ choice of smartphone brand. The survey was conducted using an on-line questionnaire, distributed by a specialized research agency on a representative sample of over 1000 Polish residents. In order to identify the various customers clusters, the expectation-maximization algorithm and the v-fold cross-validation were used. Additionally, in order to analyze the significance level of differences between clusters the nonparametric Mann-Whitney U-test was carried out. The results show unequivocally that people with a different approach to ecological issues demonstrate statistically significant differences in their purchasing behaviors in the smartphone industry. Furthermore, it was noticed that in the case of comparing some smartphones brands, there is a statistically confirmed difference in the environmental sensitivity and awareness of the customers who use them. Moreover, the research has shown that in Polish customers’ consciousness smartphones are mistakenly considered to be relatively safe and environmentally friendly products.

The rapid development of ecotourism provides a win–win path for ecological and environmental protection and sustainable economic development. However, environmental problems are increasingly prominent in ecotourism destinations, which seriously hinders their sustainable development. This study explored how environmental knowledge, environmental perceived value, perceived consumption effectiveness, and environmental attitudes stimulate and shape environmentally friendly tourist behaviors. A sample survey of 406 tourists at Taibai Mountain National Nature Reserve in China was conducted, and structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to assess the causal relationships in the formation of environmentally friendly behaviors. The results show that environmental knowledge has a significant positive impact on environmental attitudes, environmental perceived value, and perceived consumption effectiveness. Further, environmental perceived value has a significant positive impact on environmental attitudes and environmentally friendly behavior; environmental attitudes and environmental behavior have a significant positive impact; environmental awareness has a significant positive impact on environmental behaviors; and perceived consumption effectiveness has a significant positive impact on environmentally friendly behaviors and is the most important direct predictor. Overall, the results reveal the formation mechanism of environmental friendly behavior, and provide a scientific basis and theoretical support for the stimulation and shaping of environmentally friendly tourist behaviors in ecotourism destinations.

In this study, we tried to understand the environmental awareness of consumers of concious beauty and to investigate the relationship with purchasing behavior. A total of 200 subjects were surveyed online to measure general characteristics, environmental awareness, and purchasing behavior. Data analysis is performed by SPSS v. US>Utilized the 25.0 program. As a result of frequency analysis, factor analysis, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis, the higher the environmental awareness, the higher the purchasing behavior (p<.001). Environmental issues (β=.244, p<0.01), environmental responsibility (β=.197, p<.05), environmental intentions (β=.195, p<.05), and environmental knowledge (β=.159, p<.05) were found to have statistically significant positive (+) effects on satisfaction. A sense of environmental responsibility by sub-factor of environmental awareness (β=.399, p<.001), environmentally friendly action intentions (β=.187, p<.05), and environmental problems (β=.160, p<.05) have statistically significant positive (+) effects on repurchase intentions. Environmentally conscious action intent (β=.258, p<.01), environmental responsibility (β=.207, p<.05), environmental issues (β=.158, p<.05), environmental knowledge (β=.136, p<.05), statistically significant positive (+) influence on this brand loyalty was found to be found to be significant.” These results suggest that the higher the environmental awareness of Conscious Beauty consumers, the higher the purchasing behavior. Subsequent research seems to require research on the consumption value felt by considered beauty consumers in the purchasing process.

In this study, we explore the potential of data from large-scale assessments to provide insights into how students’ environmental knowledge could address the global challenge of environmental threats to humanity and the transition to sustainable development. We analyze data from the 2015 PISA survey to understand the extent to which 15-year old students in 54 countries are aware of these challenges. We find that students’ science activities, self-efficacy and environmental knowledge are positively associated with their awareness about environmental challenges. Students’ environmental awareness, in turn, is associated with environmental pessimism, or their outlook on the future of environmental issues. Students who are more engaged with environmental science are more aware about environmental issues and feel less optimistic that environmental issues will improve in the future. Such pessimistic attitudes about the future may be a precursor to pro-environmental behavior. Our results provide a cross-national picture of students’ engagement with environmental issues and insight into the potential of large-scale assessment data to inform environmental education policies promoted by individual countries and international organizations.

As global citizens, we need to develop environmental awareness to protect the environment. This study aims to compare students’ environmental awareness before and after implementing film circles and investigate their attitudes towards the use of film circles in an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) classroom. The participants were 30 dual program students in education and social development, also regarded as pre-service social studies teachers. A mixed-method study, using the one-group pre-test-post-test design, was conducted. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods were included. The instruments included film circle lesson plans, an environmental awareness assessment with 3 domains, including environmental knowledge, attitudes and behaviours, and an attitude towards film circles questionnaire. The findings revealed that the students believed that their environmental knowledge, attitudes and behaviours improved. They also had positive attitudes towards the use of film circles in raising their environmental awareness in the ESP classrooms. This study appears to echo the integration of environmental issues or themes into English classrooms.

The relevance of the study is due to the understanding of the impossibility of solving environmental problems only by technical means and the need for worldview changes in this regard. Today, the problem of environmental awareness belongs to the so-called global socio-philosophical problems studied by world and national philosophy. In today's conditions, it is important to study the dynamics of environmental consciousness, which is seen as a holistic phenomenon that requires a person to have an active attitude towards nature and himself. The main function of ecological consciousness is to ensure optimisation of relations in the society-nature system, prevention of a global environmental catastrophe, and resolution of the global environmental crisis. Therefore, we cannot underestimate the importance and necessity of developing environmental awareness in the younger generation.Environmental knowledge is of particular importance for university students as future environmental managers. After all, mastering any profession should be based on the priority role of environmental knowledge and relevant skills, which will allow them to predict the consequences of their professional activities. In addition, it helps to involve students in creative cognitive activities. However, the awareness of modern youth about environmental issues is fragmented and undifferentiated; they are better aware of global environmental problems than of the problems of their local area. A significant number of students consider themselves uninvolved in solving environmental problems. Therefore, the necessary conditions for developing students' environmental awareness should be: understanding their own responsibility for the state of the environment and their dependence on it; developing a system of values that includes nature; developing practical skills and a certain behavioural strategy.In this context, it is important not only to understand the concept of "environmental awareness" and its structural elements, but also to search for factors that influence its formation in students. After all, only by understanding the specifics of the process of forming environmental awareness in students, it is possible to solve the problems faced by young people on the way to understanding their own place in the world, building environmental behaviour, etc.

Environmental attitudes (environmental knowledge, awareness, and concern) are important drivers of pro-environmental behaviour for key destination stakeholder groups, including tourists, tourism business staff and residents. However, limited attention has been given to how individual attitudes within each role collectively contribute to the environmental sustainability of tourism destinations.The goal of the study is to fill this gap by conceptually and empirically linking the micro- and macro-levels of analysis, respectively focused on individuals and the destination. First, the concept of Destination Environmental Orientation (DEO) is proposed to indicate the collective attitude of a touristic place or destination towards the environment having micro-foundations in individuals’ cognition, evaluation and affect. Then, focusing on local hotels’ staff as a key destination stakeholder category, the study shows the methodological potential of Symbolic Data Analysis (SDA) to measure DEO based on underlying individual-level data about environmental knowledge, awareness, and concern. Survey-based data are collected among employees in thirty-three hotels located in eleven tourism municipalities of Naples, a province in the Campania region (Italy). The research identifies three groups of tourism municipalities with significant differences in the level of environmental orientation. The findings suggest that these groups exhibit different patterns of functioning and three models are identified based on context-related factors, i.e., the level of tourism developement, the reliance of tourism areas on natural resources, and geograhical and functional proximity among tourism municipalities: the “Mature tourism destination” model, the “Island tourism destination” model, and the “Strategically positioned touristic place” model. The implications to sustainable tourism theory and practice are discussed.

PurposeAligned with the global commitment to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, this study investigated the role of mega events in promoting environmentally sustainable behaviors, with a specific focus on Expo 2020 Dubai.Design/methodology/approachThe context of the current study is Expo 2020 Dubai. Data was gathered from a convenience sample of 250 Expo 2020 Dubai visitors, and following data screening, the data was analyzed using AMOS 24 software following a two-step approach.FindingsThe study found that the implementation of environmentally sustainable practices significantly explained visitors’ environmental sustainability awareness. Moreover, the implementation of environmentally sustainable practices and environmental sustainability awareness positively influenced visitors’ awareness of consequences. Personal norms were found to be influenced by environmental sustainability awareness and awareness of consequences, while the relationship between the implementation of environmentally sustainable practices and personal norms was found to be insignificant. Finally, all predictors of intention to adopt environmentally sustainable behaviors were significant, with environmental sustainability awareness having the strongest impact, followed by the implementation of environmentally sustainable practices, personal norms and awareness of consequences.Practical implicationsThese findings contribute valuable insights into the potential influence of mega events on promoting environmentally sustainable behaviors, with implications for event organizers and policymakers working toward sustainable development objectives.Originality/valueDespite the significant impact of mega-events, few studies have explored how their sustainability practices affect environmental awareness and behavior. With rising global concern for climate change, examining the role of events like Expo 2020 Dubai in promoting sustainability is crucial. This research addresses this gap by investigating how mega-events can enhance environmental awareness and sustainable behaviors.

This study examines the relationships among environmental knowledge, environmental awareness, environmental concern, and employee ecological behavior to implement green practices across the hotel industry. Structural equation modeling with a bootstrapping estimation was used with 385 employees from international tourist hotels in Hong Kong. The results show that environmental knowledge positively influences environmental concern and ecological behavior. In addition, employee environmental awareness mediates the relationship between environmental knowledge and concern, while both environmental awareness and concern appear to mediate the relationship between environmental knowledge and ecological behavior. The theoretical and practical implications of study results are discussed and suggestions for future research are provided.

This study aims to examine the influence of green marketing, brand image, and environmental knowledge on purchase intention. The research employed a quantitative survey method distributing online questionnaries to 150 respondents who follow the Instagram account @sejauh_mata_memandang and are familiar with Sejauh Mata Memandang’s products. The collected data were analyzed using SmartPLS. The result show that green marketing and brand image have a positive and significant effect on both purchase intention and environmental knowledge. Furthermore, environmental knowledge has a positive influence on purchase intention and serve as a mediating variable that strengthens the relationship between green marketing and brand image with purchase intention. The research model explains 52,1% of the variance in the endogenous variable. These findings indicate that consistant green marketing strategies and brand image emphasizing sustainability values can enhance consumers’ environmental awareness. This knowledge ultimately encourages positive attitudes and purchasing decisions toward eco-friendly products. The practical implication of this research highlights the importance of integrating sustainability values into marketing strategies to foster consumer loyalty and increase purchase intention toward sustainable products.