Knowledge of sustainable development among geography students in Slovenia

Abstract

Waste separation is also an integral part of sustainable practices. Tudi ločevanje odpadkov je sestavni del trajnostnega ravnanja. GREGOR KOvAČIČGregor Kovačič, Valentina Brečko Grubar, Knowledge of sustainable development among geography students in Slovenia ABSTRACT: The paper presents the results of the survey conducted among geography students of the three public universities in Slovenia regarding their knowledge of sustainable development and the ways of gaining this knowledge. On the basis of 160 questionnaires, distributed mainly among the first-level students, we concluded that the students assess their knowledge of sustainable development as very good. However, they lack knowledge about social aspects of sustainable development. They gained most of their respective knowledge through formal education. The knowledge of sustainable development improves in the course of study years on the first level and particularly on the second level. This fact and the answers regarding connectedness of study programmes with the topic of sustainable development (also the courses mentioned by the students) show that sustainable development is well integrated into geography study programmes.

Photocatalytic Activity of Titania/Polydicyclopentadiene PolyHIPE Composites

“…In this context, hierarchical macroporous polymeric photocatalysts were synthesized by the ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of Pickering‐HIPEs. In order to obtain tough and robust materials exhibiting extraordinary mechanical strength dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) monomer was used in the continuous phase as polyHIPE from DCPD have previously shown extraordinary good mechanical properties . Moreover, in order to gain photocatalytic activity to the resulting polyHIPEs surface modified TiO 2 (SM‐TiO 2 ) nanoparticles were used for emulsion stabilization.…”

“…In order to obtain tough and robust materials exhibiting extraordinary mechanical strength dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) monomer was used in the continuous phase as polyHIPE from DCPD have previously shown extraordinary good mechanical properties. [33][34][35] Moreover, in order to gain photocatalytic activity to the resulting polyHIPEs surface modified TiO 2 (SM-TiO 2 ) nanoparticles were used for emulsion stabilization. The photocatalytic activity of the materials was demonstrated by the heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation experiments, in which 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) was used as a model compound.…”

Analysis of the Consciousness of University Undergraduates for Sustainable Consumption

“…Regarding the sustainability dimensions, the threefold approach already has an institutional statement [54,55], which recognizes that regardless of the multiple meanings of the term, the three domains-social, environmental, and economic-are basic. Nonetheless, the concept of sustainability has placed greater emphasis on its environmental aspect than on its economic and social approaches and students tend to understand sustainability only from its environmental perspective [19,48,[56][57][58][59][60][61]. The only behavior classified as normative is that of recycling, while no social or economic behavior has been classified as sustainable [45].…”

“…There is no unanimity regarding the degree of development of the dimensions of sustainability throughout the studies. Many studies conclude that environmental attitudes and behaviors are progressively higher as students advance in their studies [17,19,30,61,63,[69][70][71][72]. To contrast, other authors, such as Kollmuss and Agyeman [73], conclude that a higher level of education does not translate into an increase of behavior in favor of the environment.…”

Odnos do trajnostnega razvoja in viri znanja o trajnostnem razvoju študentov geografije v Sloveniji

“…41% of stu dents mar ked that the con nec ted ness of the con tents of Slo ve nian geo graphy study program mes with SD is mo derate, which is around 7% more that it was es tab lis hed in the for mer study (Ko vačič and Brečko Gru bar 2016). Sta ti sti cally sig ni fi cant cor re la tion bet ween the con nec ted ness of the con tents of Slo ve nian geo graphy study pro gram mes with SD and uni ver sity, year and le vel of the study and gen der was not es tab lis hed.…”