Pay More, Fly Less? Changing Attitudes to Air Travel

Butt, Sarah; Shaw, Andrew

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“…However, those who express moral concern for the environment often fail to behave in ways compatible with their stated views. This discrepancy, which is not unique to environmental issues, is commonly referred to as the judgement-action gap [18][19][20][21]. Importantly, the judgementaction gap tends to increase as the personal costs of one's moral beliefs grow [22].…”

Section: Emotional Connectedness To Naturementioning

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Connectedness to Nature and Pro-Environmental Behaviour from Early Adolescence to Adulthood: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Canada

Anderson

Krettenauer

2021

Sustainability

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Previous research has demonstrated that emotional connectedness to nature is among the strongest predictors of pro-environmental behaviour. This study investigated the influence of age, gender and living context on emotional connectedness to nature and pro-environmental behaviour in a Canadian sample. Study participants completed an environmental survey, which assessed demographic data as well as levels of emotional connectedness to nature and pro-environmental behaviour. The study contained 1251 participants equally divided across gender, sampled from four different age groups in rural versus urban living contexts throughout Canada. Study results revealed that emotional connectedness to nature was the strongest predictor of pro-environmental behaviour in comparison to the other factors. It was found that adults displayed significantly higher levels of emotional connectedness to nature and pro-environmental behaviour in comparison to adolescents, and that females displayed higher levels of both emotional connectedness to nature and pro-environmental behaviour in comparison to males. Moreover, urban and rural participants significantly differed in their levels of pro-environmental behaviour, but not in their levels of emotional connectedness to nature.

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Section: Emotional Connectedness To Naturementioning

confidence: 99%

Connectedness to Nature and Pro-Environmental Behaviour from Early Adolescence to Adulthood: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Canada

Anderson

Krettenauer

2021

Sustainability

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“…Stradling and colleagues note that there are major difficulties in persuading people to change their behaviour, irrespective of their beliefs about the environment and climate change. Similarly, regarding flying, Butt and Shaw (2009) found that while 70 per cent of people agree that air travel has a serious effect on climate change, 63 per cent also agree that people should be able to travel by plane as much as they like. As Urry (2008) observed, we are evidently ‘locked‐in’ to current modes and patterns of travel and communications, and reluctant to accept limitations on personal mobility and freedom.…”

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“…About one quarter agreed with the statement 'It takes too much effort to do things which are environmentally friendly' and 'I don't believe my behaviour and everyday lifestyle contribute to climate change'. While a majority believed that if people used a car less or flew less, it would contribute to reducing carbon emissions, few respondents thought that many people were willing to do this: moreover, 24 per cent said they 'don't really want to' use a car less or fly less frequently (see also Butt and Shaw, 2009). Evidence about people's awareness of hydrogen energy is very limited, principally because it is such a new and emergent technology.…”

Section: Public Attitudes Towards Hydrogen Energy and The Environmentmentioning

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The ‘Value-Action Gap’ in Public Attitudes towards Sustainable Energy: The Case of Hydrogen Energy

Flynn

Bellaby

Ricci

2009

The Sociological Review

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There is now increasing evidence that the public has become much more aware of global warming, climate change and environmental risks. This has been repeatedly demonstrated in a number of official surveys and other research. However, the salience of these issues varies; for some social groups, there are other more significant problems and urgent priorities. It has also been found that while expressing strong beliefs about the negative consequences of global warming, or dependence on fossil fuels, or more positive approval of alternative and renewable energy sources, people do not seem to have translated those opinions into practical actions to limit their energy use in their domestic consumption, lifestyles, or travel patterns, for example. It is this apparent 'discrepancy' between stated beliefs (and values) and behaviour, which comprises the so-called 'value-action gap'. Various writers have observed this in different contexts previously, as will be discussed below. In this chapter, we examine the importance of the value-action gap in relation to hydrogen energy and the emerging hydrogen economy. Qualitative and quantitative data are presented from a series of focus groups and a telephone questionnaire survey of selected samples in seven different areas of England and Wales 1 . The chapter first gives a very brief outline of the nature of hydrogen energy and its potential uses as an innovative technology. Secondly, it reviews selected literature about public attitudes towards environmental and energy issues and the apparent valueaction gap. Findings from our recent research are then discussed. Finally, some general conclusions are offered to account for the ambivalence revealed in this case of hydrogen energy, and the disjunction between people's awareness of an energy crisis and their reluctance to change behaviour. Hydrogen energy and the 'hydrogen economy'With the rapid depletion of fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, oil), governments and energy corporations have been increasingly investing in research and development in alternative and sustainable (renewable) energy sources. The Stern

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Pay More, Fly Less? Changing Attitudes to Air Travel

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Connectedness to Nature and Pro-Environmental Behaviour from Early Adolescence to Adulthood: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Canada

Connectedness to Nature and Pro-Environmental Behaviour from Early Adolescence to Adulthood: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Canada

The ‘Value-Action Gap’ in Public Attitudes towards Sustainable Energy: The Case of Hydrogen Energy

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