Thinking Globally and Acting Locally?: Environmental Attitudes, Behaviour and Activism

The role of Islamic microfinance in poverty alleviation and environmental awareness in Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia

“…A further 21.67% said they would only report the damage to their superiors, indicating that a minority of the respondents were more passive regarding environmental damage. Steel (1996) suggests that attitude intensity is correlated with self-reported environmental behavior and political activism in environmental issues, controlling for socio-demographic factors. Respondents with environmentally-protective attitudes reported that they were "thinking globally and acting locally".…”

Teachers' conceptions of nature and environment in 16 countries

“…The impact of environmental attitudes on behaviour is a controversial issue as, for instance, Steel (1996) reported a considerable correlation whereas Diekmann and Preissendörfer (1998) highlighted the discrepancy. We did not monitor individual effective, not even reported, behaviour, but we intended to relate teachers' environmental attitudes with three supplementary questions measuring teachers' declared involvement in environmental matters (Table 2b).…”

Tasmanian landowner preferences for conservation incentive programs: A latent class approach

“…Younger people who were preoccupied with pursuing other activities were found less likely to participate in incentive schemes than older people by Steel (1996) and Lynch, Hardie eta/. (2002) in the USA and Dupraz, Vanslembrouck eta/.…”

“…The potential interaction between environmental attitudes and other variables leads both Kaiser, Wolfing et a/. (1999) and Steel (1996) to the conclusion that the direct relationship between environmental attitude and behaviour is tenuous. However, in a robust analysis these interactions would be identified.…”

“…Environmental attitudes are also positively related to higher income and the attainment of higher education levels (Stern and Dietz 1994;Steel 1996). The potential interaction between environmental attitudes and other variables leads both Kaiser, Wolfing et a/.…”