Is Environmental Awareness a Good Predictor of an Individual’s Altruism Level?

Aruga, Kentaka

doi:10.3390/su12197929

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“…As past donations to charities increase WTP for ecosystem services in our study, past donations to a charity might also indicate a willingness to engage in environmental and conservation projects too. As pointed out by De Oliveira et al (2011), our results support list-sharing from charities towards organisations who need not share their mission per se, which is supported by Aruga (2020) who finds an association between altruism and environmental awareness. Related to this, Nelson et al ( 2019) find that tourists are more willing to donate to bundled conservation issues rather than isolated issues when they explore real voluntary payments for conservation on a popular island (Nelson et al 2019).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 78%

Altruist Talk May (also) Be Cheap: Revealed Versus Stated Altruism as a Predictor in Stated Preference Studies

Iversen

Grimsrud

Mitani

et al. 2022

Environ Resource Econ

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Altruistic preferences have been found to be important for explaining the substantial non-use values identified in numerous stated preference surveys. However, studies analysing the effect of altruism on willingness to pay (WTP) have underestimated the challenges of measuring altruism by stated measures. We exploit a naturally occurring decision domain to investigate the role of altruism in stated preference studies. We employ a novel dataset, collected from an Internet survey panel, that contains respondents’ past donations of earned survey coins to charities and use these data to analyse the effect of donation behaviour on the same respondents’ WTP. We analyse donation behaviour across two contingent valuation surveys on environmental topics. Donators are proven givers in an anonymous and unrelated setting, much like decision-making in a dictator game. We find that respondents’ past donations are associated with higher WTP, even after controlling for stated measures of altruism, ecological, and environmental attitudes. The results suggest that measures of stated altruism fail to capture important aspects of altruism, implying that previous studies of altruism based on such measures may be questioned. The results also support research demonstrating that altruistic behaviour in one decision domain is a good predictor of altruistic behaviour in other domains.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 78%

Altruist Talk May (also) Be Cheap: Revealed Versus Stated Altruism as a Predictor in Stated Preference Studies

Iversen

Grimsrud

Mitani

et al. 2022

Environ Resource Econ

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“…Additionally, consumers informed about environmental sustainability issues are less likely to buy products that harm the environment (Aruga, 2020;Ahmed et al, 2021). High levels of sustainability awareness among consumers correlate with a stronger intention to purchase sustainable or green products, fostering pro-environmental intentions and behaviors (Li et al, 2020;Jaiswal & Kant, 2018;Jauhari, 2017).…”

Section: Sustainability Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tourist Engagement and Perceived Naturalness: Unveiling the Pathways to Sustainable Tourism and Purchase Intentions in Vertical Farming

Chen,

Huang,

Huang

2024

IBES

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With sustainable tourism and escalating food demands, vertical farming emerges as a pivotal innovation that bridges agricultural sustainability and tourism. This paper explores the role of tourist engagement at vertical farms in promoting sustainability awareness, altering perceptions of naturalness of vertical farm agricultural products, and shaping purchase intentions for these products. Utilizing Consumer Socialization Theory (CST) as a framework, the study delves into how tourist engagement at vertical farms can serve as a catalyst for enhancing the appeal and acceptance of sustainable agricultural practices. A cross sectional survey of 558 tourists in Malaysia and the Greater Bay Area of China was conducted using a quantitative approach. A Structural Equation Model (SEM) analysis revealed that tourist engagement significantly increases sustainability awareness and perceived naturalness, which, in turn, positively impacts purchase intentions. Interestingly, while tourist engagement directly increases purchase intentions, sustainability awareness does not directly increase purchase intentions, underscoring the nuanced role perceived naturalness plays in the decision making process. The findings underscore the importance of integrating vertical farming into the tourism experience as a strategy for promoting sustainable agricultural practices and increasing consumer acceptance. This study enriches the discourse on sustainable tourism's role in advancing sustainable agriculture, providing key insights for stakeholders in both the tourism and agriculture sectors to foster environmental stewardship and sustainable consumer behavior.

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“…Changing society's behaviour patterns regarding sustainable awareness starts with educating children from an early age. It is known that consumers who are aware of the awareness of sustainability issues are less likely to purchase products that can harm nature (Aruga, 2020); the higher the awareness, the higher the purchasing awareness for sustainable or green products (Li et al, 2020).…”

Section: Sustainability and Sustainable Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Investigating the effects of mathematics problems prepared in the context of sustainability on academic achievement, attitudes and awareness of sustainability

Arık Karamık

2023

LUMAT

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The concept of sustainability, which is important both in the national and international arena, constitutes the contextual perspective of this research. This study aims to investigate the effect of mathematical problems prepared from this point of view on academic achievement, academic attitude and awareness of sustainability. For this purpose, three sub-problems were determined. This study used exploratory sequential design, which is one of the mixed research methods. The study used an easily accessible sampling. 32 students studying in the second semester of the 7th grade were included in the study. The implementation of the study, which lasted 14 weeks, included the discussion, solving and interpretation of mathematical problems prepared in the context of sustainability. In the study, quantitative data were collected using the Academic Achievement Test (AAC) and the Scale on Attitude Toward Mathematics (SATM). Qualitative data of the study were collected using diagnostic forms, individual evaluation forms and individual interview forms. Parametric tests were used in the quantitative analysis, and a t-test was used for dependent groups. In the process of analyzing qualitative data, descriptive and content analysis was used. Findings show that there is a statistically significant difference between the pre-test and post-test academic achievement results and a significant increase in SATM. The qualitative findings support the quantitative findings. They also show the effects of mathematical problems prepared in the context of sustainability on sustainability awareness, the themes of interest, sensitivity and consciousness, and related sub-themes with pre- and post-application frequency values.

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Is Environmental Awareness a Good Predictor of an Individual’s Altruism Level?

Cited by 16 publications

References 37 publications

Altruist Talk May (also) Be Cheap: Revealed Versus Stated Altruism as a Predictor in Stated Preference Studies

Altruist Talk May (also) Be Cheap: Revealed Versus Stated Altruism as a Predictor in Stated Preference Studies

Tourist Engagement and Perceived Naturalness: Unveiling the Pathways to Sustainable Tourism and Purchase Intentions in Vertical Farming

Investigating the effects of mathematics problems prepared in the context of sustainability on academic achievement, attitudes and awareness of sustainability

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