Knowledge and Environmental Citizenship

Smederevac-Lalić, Marija; Finger, David C.; Kovách, Imre; Lenhardt, Mirjana; Petrović, Jelisaveta; Đikanović, Vesna; Conti, Daniela; Pauw, Jelle Boeve-de

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-20249-1_5

Cited by 27 publications

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“…According to Smederevac-Lalic et al (2020), environmental citizenship behaviors have a norm-driven nature. Therefore, we adopted the norm-activation model developed by Schwartz (1977) as our basic model to explore environmental citizenship behavior.…”

Section: Theoretical Background and Hypothesesmentioning

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Environmental citizenship behavior and sustainability apps: an empirical investigation

D’Arco

Marino

2022

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Purpose This study aims to investigate the moderating effect of sustainability app on environmental citizenship behavior on the basis of norm-activation model. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire survey, which comprises five variables (i.e. awareness of consequences, ascription of responsibility, personal norms, environmental citizenship behavior in a private sphere and environmental citizenship behavior in a public sphere) measured through 16 items, was conducted in the USA by using Amazon Mechanical Turk. With 549 valid respondents’ answers in hand, the collected data were analyzed applying a multi-group structural equation modelling technique with IBM SPSS AMOS 23 software program. Findings The results revealed that there is a positive and significant relationship between awareness of consequences, ascription of responsibility, personal norms and environmental citizenship behavior in both private and public sphere. Furthermore, this study attested that sustainability apps utilization has a moderating effect on the predictors of environmental citizenship behaviors. Originality/value Past studies have seldom examined the contribution of mobile apps to environmental sustainability. This paper enriches the extant academic literature in the field of technology for behavior change, and bears significant implications on how sustainability apps can be adopted by governments, policymakers, organizations and teacher educators to engage people and stimulate environmental citizenship behaviors.

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Section: Theoretical Background and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental citizenship behavior and sustainability apps: an empirical investigation

D’Arco

Marino

2022

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“…Educating the locals about climate change impacts and awareness regarding impacts specifically on food security can assist in providing the active and dynamic knowledge about the values development; transformation approaches and acceptance; and imply knowledge generation, ultimately helping the local communities in creating and molding their basic strengths, abilities, knowledge, behaviors, skills and attitudes ( Goldman et al, 2020 ; Smederevac-Lalic et al, 2020 ). Further, it helps the individuals in different social communities regarding the climate change challenges aiming toward managing better quality food systems and environment concerning food security ( Rahman et al, 2014 ; Unsworth et al, 2016 ).…”

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Uncovering the Research Gaps to Alleviate the Negative Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security: A Review

Uzair²,

et al. 2022

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Climatic variability has been acquiring an extensive consideration due to its widespread ability to impact food production and livelihoods. Climate change has the potential to intersperse global approaches in alleviating hunger and undernutrition. It is hypothesized that climate shifts bring substantial negative impacts on food production systems, thereby intimidating food security. Vast developments have been made addressing the global climate change, undernourishment, and hunger for the last few decades, partly due to the increase in food productivity through augmented agricultural managements. However, the growing population has increased the demand for food, putting pressure on food systems. Moreover, the potential climate change impacts are still unclear more obviously at the regional scales. Climate change is expected to boost food insecurity challenges in areas already vulnerable to climate change. Human-induced climate change is expected to impact food quality, quantity, and potentiality to dispense it equitably. Global capabilities to ascertain the food security and nutritional reasonableness facing expeditious shifts in biophysical conditions are likely to be the main factors determining the level of global disease incidence. It can be apprehended that all food security components (mainly food access and utilization) likely be under indirect effect via pledged impacts on ménage, incomes, and damages to health. The corroboration supports the dire need for huge focused investments in mitigation and adaptation measures to have sustainable, climate-smart, eco-friendly, and climate stress resilient food production systems. In this paper, we discussed the foremost pathways of how climate change impacts our food production systems as well as the social, and economic factors that in the mastery of unbiased food distribution. Likewise, we analyze the research gaps and biases about climate change and food security. Climate change is often responsible for food insecurity issues, not focusing on the fact that food production systems have magnified the climate change process. Provided the critical threats to food security, the focus needs to be shifted to an implementation oriented-agenda to potentially cope with current challenges. Therefore, this review seeks to have a more unprejudiced view and thus interpret the fusion association between climate change and food security by imperatively scrutinizing all factors.

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“…Research shows a gap between having environmental knowledge and demonstrating environmentally friendly attitudes and pro-environmental behaviour (UNCED, 1992). The right kind of knowledge of the environment is essential for pro-environmental behaviour and, therefore, for EC, was argued by Smederevac-Lalic M. et al (2020). However, knowledge such as environmental systems knowledge and action related knowledge must be linked to values and real life.…”

Section: Pro-environmental Behaviour and Environmental Value Orientat...mentioning

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The Missing Pedagogical Link for Malaysian Environmental Citizenship: An Emerging Model of Interconnectedness of Knowledge Domains and Values Mediation

Daniel¹,

Sivapalan²,

Lee³

et al. 2022

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In Malaysian education, an approach to inculcate Environmental Citizenship (EC) comprising positive attitudes and pro-environmental behaviour is to try and improve Sustainable Development (SD) awareness based upon knowledge of the environment, social, cultural, and economic domains. However, will the increase of knowledge of these domains suffice for enhancing EC? The paper discusses a 2019-2020 nationwide survey conducted to determine the EC status and SD awareness. The study had 1976 respondents, and statistical analysis revealed that the overall self-perceived EC and SD awareness levels were high among Malaysians. However, correlational analysis between the EC and the SD knowledge component domains revealed low associations indicating a lack of interconnectedness between the domains. Environmental values, investigated as an exploratory variable in the study, appeared to have a mediating role between the EC and SD awareness component domains. Further analysis using PLS-SEM software revealed that values did play a mediating role. Based on these findings, the paper argues for an emerging model for a missing pedagogical link in transforming Malaysian EC through SD awareness education for pro-environmental behaviour. Implications for an education policy are discussed.

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Knowledge and Environmental Citizenship

Cited by 27 publications

References 30 publications

Environmental citizenship behavior and sustainability apps: an empirical investigation

Environmental citizenship behavior and sustainability apps: an empirical investigation

Uncovering the Research Gaps to Alleviate the Negative Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security: A Review

The Missing Pedagogical Link for Malaysian Environmental Citizenship: An Emerging Model of Interconnectedness of Knowledge Domains and Values Mediation

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