Are Proenvironmental Commitments Motivated by Health Concerns or by Perceived Justice?

Kals, Elisabeth

doi:10.1007/978-1-4757-9927-9_13

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“…(cf., Kals, 1996b;Kals & Montada, 1994). A lack of ecological awareness explains environment endangering behaviors (Kals, 1996a), and denying environmental problems makes it easier to justifY the promotion of interests interfering with pollution control.…”

Section: Ecological Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…The more people recognize these topics as problems of injustice, the more they are willing to contribute to the reduction of these unjust imbalances. A denial of justice problems facilitates environment endangering behavior (see, for example, Clayton, 1994;Horwitz, 1994;Kals, 1996b;Kals, Maes, & Becker, 2001;Kals & Russell, in press;Opotow & Clayton, 1994;Syme et ai., 2000).…”

Section: Environmental Justice Appraisalsmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Sustainable Development and Emotions

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Maes²

2002

Psychology of Sustainable Development

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There is no doubt that destruction and pollution of the natural environment are two of the main social political problems of a globalized world. To a considerable extent, these ecological problems are due to behavior patterns. They evolved over the development of humankind, from hunter-gatherers living in primitively agrarian societies up to our technologically advanced modem societies. However, the lifestyles of many are maladapted, especially under our current condition of growing population density. Despite numerous attempts to reduce the threats of ecological damage, most of the global ecological problems and their long-term effects are still not under control, and are continuously getting worse (Umweltbundesamt, 1997

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Section: Ecological Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Environmental Justice Appraisalsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Sustainable Development and Emotions

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2002

Psychology of Sustainable Development

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“…AON is an emotional dimension indicating being pleased by contact with plants, animals, and the non-built environment. This factor reflects pleasurable emotions such as joy, serenity, well-being, and positive mood due to exposure to environments containing natural characteristics or that are entirely or almost entirely natural (Kals, 1996). It has been documented that being exposed to nature produces restorative effects on physical health, improves attention on the performance of cognitive tasks, and induces emotional well-being.…”

Section: Correlates Of Sbmentioning

confidence: 99%

Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions

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The role that higher education plays in the promotion of sustainable development outstands in the declarations on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), besides being a research priority in higher education. However, few studies exist that evaluate sustainable lifestyles among university students. The aim of this study was to analyze the mission and vision, processes and actions undertaken to promote sustainability in higher education institutions, and to compare the pro-sustainability orientation (PSO) reported by 360 students coursing first or last semesters at college. The study was intended to evaluate the influence that four higher education institutions in Sonora, Mexico, have on students' PSO. Results of the study indicate that a coherent PSO factor emerges from the interrelations among pro-environmental dispositional and behavioral variables reported by students. However, university programs and actions do not produce statistically significant differences between freshmen and senior students. Possible reasons explaining the lack of positive influence of those universities on students' PSO are discussed.

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“…Of course, this is not exclusive to environmental psychology since, as Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi (2000) acknowledge, psychology in general has been traditionally more interested in the negative aspects of human behavior and experience such as behavioral or mental alterations, suffering, and incapability. In the case of environmental psychology, for example, studies have been conducted to assess guilt or shame due to insufficient environmental protection (Kaiser, Schultz, Berenguer, Corral-Verdugo, & Tankha, 2008;Kals, 1996) or negative emotions such as indignation and anger generated from observing ecologically destructive acts (Montada & Kals, 1995). Furthermore, in some cases researchers aim to induce cognitive dissonance by making people feel bad (or feeling conscious of hypocrisy) due to their anti-environmental acting (Dickerson, Thibodeau, Aronson & Miller, 1992).…”

Section: Happiness As a Consequence Of Sustainable Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%