Is Environmental Training Critical to Environmental Sustainability Behaviour

Abstract

In the past few decades, concern for the environment has increased significantly with evidences of change in perception of people's values and attitudes towards the environment. This study presents the results of a survey carried out among postgraduate students undergoing training in environmental and non-environmental fields with the aim of comparing their environmental sustainable behaviour. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the impact of environmental training on the postgraduate students" awareness, perceptions and behaviours with focus on the attitudes of the respondents towards environmental sustainability, and how these attitudes affect their behaviour. A purposive sampling method was used to obtain data using a semi-structured questionnaire. The respondents comprised of 50 and 47 postgraduate students undergoing training in environmental and non-environmental respectively. The data was subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS. The results of the study revealed that most of the students in environmental fields readily transferred the knowledge acquired in their training to a sustainable behaviour.

Environmental Prioritization: Employee Beliefs about Environmental Concerns and Actions

“…Accurate assessment of if or how employers are achieving environmental goals remains problematic. Thus, findings support research noting environmental science literacy is necessary to transcend local and immediate issues unlikely to be most vital actions necessary for global health [33]. Aligning intentsocietal willto be environmentally-sustainable requires marrying scientific knowledge with corporate and organizational goal-achievement, and personal practice, that, in Australian culture, works to 'keep them honest' by improving environmental accountability practice.…”