The effect of values on carbon footprint and attitudes towards pro-environmental behavior

Tolppanen, Sakari; Kang, Jingoo

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124524

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“…Individuals with strong altruistic values are more concerned about the environment's well-being. That is to say, altruism can stimulate people's pro-environmental behaviors in China, which echoes the findings in Western countries [31,34,48]. Our finding confirms the universal influence of altruistic values given its wide effects in countries with different cultural backgrounds.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

“…Altruistic values reflect people’s concerns for the welfare or benefits of the whole society and the environment rather than for maximizing an individual’s benefits [ 30 , 31 ]. Previous studies suggest that altruistic values are a powerful predictor of pro-environmental behaviors [ 32 , 33 , 34 ]. People who give the first priority to altruistic values are more likely to participate in pro-environmentally activities than those who give their first priority to egoistic values [ 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 ].…”

Section: Theoretical Framework and Research Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Go Green and Recycle: Analyzing the Usage of Plastic Bags for Shopping in China

Wang

2021

IJERPH

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The extensive usage of plastic bags has caused detrimental environmental damage, and an influx of research efforts have been undertaken to reduce people’s usage of plastic bags. However, studies regarding people’s reuse of plastic bags are still scarce. Therefore, this study is motivated to bridge this research gap by examining the determinants of old plastic bag usage and consumers’ maximum willingness to pay price for plastic carrier bags via a semi-structured online survey on a random sample of 777 Chinese consumers. Descriptive summary, KW test, and logistic regression were used to identify potential determinants and their influence on consumers’ usage of old plastic bags. The findings indicate that consumers’ age, altruistic values, and their perceived plastic ban effectiveness are positively associated with the usage of old plastic bags. Specifically, the elder and altruistic consumers who are positive for plastic ban effectiveness are more likely to reuse old plastic bags. Furthermore, when plastic carrier bags are priced at RMB 2.0, 81.2% of the surveyed consumers say they will stop buying them. Based on the pricing setting experience from the Irish plastic bag policy, we suggest that the optimal price of plastic carrier bags is RMB 12.0, which is also six times of the consumer’s maximum willingness to pay price.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: Theoretical Framework and Research Hypothesesmentioning

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Go Green and Recycle: Analyzing the Usage of Plastic Bags for Shopping in China

Wang

2021

IJERPH

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“…In our exploratory analysis, environmental values were significant predictors of ecological footprint calculator outcome. This finding is in line with past research about the relationship between environmental values and individual pro-environmental behaviours [33,35], and extends recent findings about the relationship between values and carbon footprint [69]. As a result, ecological footprint calculators may consider focusing on values as an alternative to knowledge, a practical implication which will be discussed in more detail in the following section.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Why Ecological Footprint Calculators Should Move beyond Information Provision – An Empirical Study of the Relationship between Environmental Knowledge and Ecological Footprint

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Barendregt²

2021

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Ecological footprint calculators are digital tools that help individuals calculate their environmental or climate impact, with the aim of stimulating pro-environmental behaviour change. These footprint calculators typically take an information-provision approach, but this strategy assumes that increased levels of knowledge result in increased levels of pro-environmental behaviour (i.e., a reduced footprint). This is not a given – existing literature on the relationship between environmental knowledge and pro-environmental behaviour is inconclusive, and this relationship may be different from that of environmental knowledge and ecological footprint. As such, we investigated the relationship between environmental knowledge and ecological footprint as estimated by a footprint calculator. 448 Dutch participants completed an online survey, including an ecological footprint calculator. We found no evidence for a relationship between environmental knowledge and ecological footprint calculator outcome. Rather, an exploratory analysis of our data showed that environmental values were more important predictors of ecological footprint. The finding that increased levels of knowledge are not related to a reduced ecological footprint suggests that calculators would do well to move beyond information provision, and employ additional behaviour change strategies. Based on our exploratory analysis, we provide several concrete examples of potential strategies.

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“…Furthermore, some studies have found that certain values and ideologies affect university students' climate actions (e.g. Tolppanen & Kang, 2021).…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These differences are affected by many factors, such as values (e.g. Steg et al, 2014;Tolppanen & Kang, 2021), attitudes (see e.g. Steg & Vlek, 2009), ease of taking action (e.g.…”

Section: Individuals Mitigating Climate Changementioning

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The blame-game: pre-service teachers views on who is responsible and what needs to be done to mitigate climate change

Tolppanen

Kärkkäinen

2021

International Journal of Science Education

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To mitigate climate change, immediate actions are needed, but who is responsible for taking these actions and what actions will people support? This article examines pre-service teachers' (N = 230) views on who is responsible for mitigating climate change and what they perceive as the most effective ways to do so. The data consist of essays, analysed through inductive and deductive content analysis. The findings show that although pre-service teachers present a multitude of ways to mitigate climate change, there is a divide in what is seen as the best practice and who is viewed as responsible. Furthermore, most pre-service teachers present a simplistic or biased view about who is responsible for mitigative actions. Only a small proportion of pre-service teachers seem to examine climate change mitigation through a systems thinking approach, where individuals, governments and businesses all play a role in climate change mitigation. Six profiles were formed to describe the different ways how individuals see responsibility in the context of climate change. Furthermore, an educational model, that can help develop systems thinking, was created. The significance of the findings and the model are discussed in relation to holistic climate change education.

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The effect of values on carbon footprint and attitudes towards pro-environmental behavior

Cited by 65 publications

References 40 publications

Go Green and Recycle: Analyzing the Usage of Plastic Bags for Shopping in China

Go Green and Recycle: Analyzing the Usage of Plastic Bags for Shopping in China

Why Ecological Footprint Calculators Should Move beyond Information Provision – An Empirical Study of the Relationship between Environmental Knowledge and Ecological Footprint

The blame-game: pre-service teachers views on who is responsible and what needs to be done to mitigate climate change

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