scholarly journals An Application of the New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) Scale in a Greek Context

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stamatios Ntanos ◽  
Grigorios Kyriakopoulos ◽  
Michalis Skordoulis ◽  
Miltiadis Chalikias ◽  
Garyfallos Arabatzis
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm ◽  
Core Elements ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm Scale

Measuring and analyzing public perceptions of the environment are becoming core elements in promoting environmental sustainability, which is a key goal to be achieved. The New Ecological Paradigm Scale (NEP) is used as a unidimensional measure of environmental attitudes as it is developed in order to measure the overall relationship between humans and the environment. A high NEP score is associated with high ecocentric orientation. This research aims to measure and analyze citizens’ NEP score in a Greek area. Overall, the statistical analysis verified the existence of the NEP subscales, indicated increased environmental awareness among the respondents and revealed that the respondents’ NEP score is correlated with the area of residence. Furthermore, the NEP score is correlated at a statistically significant level with respondents’ willingness to pay for renewable energy expansion.

scholarly journals Ecological knowledge and connectedness to nature as predictors of farmers’ ecological attitudes

2021 ◽  
pp. 435-445
Author(s):  
Jelena Despotovic ◽  
Vesna Rodic
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm ◽  
Connectedness To Nature ◽  
Responsible Behaviour ◽  
Insight Into

Environmental attitudes are one of the determinants of farmers? ecologically responsible behaviour. However, it is not easy to determine factors which influence individuals? environmental attitudes. The literature suggests the existence of a number of influencing factors. In this paper, the environmental attitudes of the farmers? in Vojvodina have been tested in relation to environmental knowledge and connectedness to nature, which are important elements of environmental awareness. As far as the authors know, these variables have not yet been linked to the concept of the new ecological paradigm (NEP), and this paper provides new insight into the relations between the NEP scale and the selected elements of environmental awareness. A multiple regression was conducted to see if environmental knowledge and connectedness to nature predicted the environmental attitudes. The results show that both variables explain 9.6% variance in NEP values. The results show that the farmers? environmental knowledge and their connectedness to nature are statistically significant, but in a small percentage explain the achieved values on the NEP scale. ?herefore, one can say that the tested variables are predictors of environmental attitudes, but they are also influenced by other factors which need to be investigated in the future researches.

scholarly journals Public Perceptions and Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy: A Case Study from Greece

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stamatios Ntanos ◽  
Grigorios Kyriakopoulos ◽  
Miltiadis Chalikias ◽  
Garyfallos Arabatzis ◽  
Michalis Skordoulis
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Public Perceptions

scholarly journals The Impact of the Environmental Documentary Movies on Pre-service German Teachers’ Environmental Attitudes

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunus Alyaz ◽  
Erkan Isigicok ◽  
Esim Gursoy
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm ◽  
Ecological Paradigm ◽  
Before And After ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm Scale ◽  
The Impact

This study examines the environmental attitudes of Turkish pre-service teachers of German as a foreign language using the German version of The Revised New Ecological Paradigm Scale (RNEP) and aims to compare New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) level of participants before and after a larger research project that uses documentary movies as a language teaching material. The comparisons were made according to demographic variables such as gender, age, education and language level when determining the NEP levels. A total of 170 pre-service German teachers (147 females, 23 males; age 17-32) contributed to the study. The findings from the present study indicate that environmental education is the most consistent factor in its relationship to levels of environmental concern, which was supported by the previous literature. The results suggest that trans-disciplinary environmental education is prior and necessary for individuals to increase their awareness and to develop abilities to reflect on their environmental responsibilities. The results of the present study also evidence that the use of environmental documentary movies have an important potential to foster environmental awareness of pre-service teachers.

scholarly journals Millennial Tourists’ Environmentally Sustainable Behavior Towards a Natural Protected Area: An Integrative Framework

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8545
Author(s):  
Farzana Sharmin ◽  
Mohammad Tipu Sultan ◽  
Alina Badulescu ◽  
Dorin Paul Bac ◽  
Benqian Li
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm ◽  
Natural Protected Areas ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Sustainable Behavior

In the last few years, natural protected areas have been facing great challenges and degradation around the world. Among this, environmental sustainability has become a priority to create harmony between tourists and nature. Tourists visiting protected areas are becoming progressively more concerned regarding the environment. Moreover, the United Nations (UN) “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” have highlighted the potential role of young tourists to contribute to sustainable tourism. However, very few studies have focused on tourists’ environmentally sustainable behavior towards natural protected areas. To fill the existing gap in the literature, this study aims to provide a theoretical framework that includes environmental sustainability awareness (ESA) in measuring millennial tourists’ environmentally sustainable behavior (ESB). Thus, this study delivers an integrated approach based on the value-belief-norm (VBN) theory and the concept of the new ecological paradigm (NEP) towards protected areas. A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted from one of the protected areas located in the north of Sichuan province of China, and 511 responses were obtained for statistical analysis. Results of the structural statistical analysis showed that the unified model includes a satisfactory level of predictive power for tourists’ ESB, which was superior to existing theories and concepts. The findings also revealed that all proposed relationships of the variables were significant and identified the positive influence of environmental sustainability awareness in generating the ESB. This study contributes towards sustainable tourism development and the conservation of protected areas, with several practical implications for local authorities in terms of millennial participation.

Determinan Yang Mempengaruhi Perilaku Pembelian Produk Hijau Di Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-68
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mathori ◽  
Uswatun Chasanah
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Purchasing Behavior ◽  
Perceived Effectiveness ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Green Purchasing

This study aims to identify the determinants that influence the attitudes of consumers of green purchases and the willingness to pay more on green products, specifically on energy-saving lighting products. The variables studied included environmental knowledge, environmental awareness and perceived effectiveness. The sample of this study was 196 students, but out of 196 respondents after the questionnaire was distributed only 189 could be processed. Validity and reliability test results show valid values of loading factors of more than 0.4 while for reliability testing using the cronbach’s alpha criteria above 0.5 indicates reliable. Through the multiple linear regression analysis, the variables of environmental knowledge, environmental awareness and effectiveness are felt to have a positive and significant effect on the attitude of buying and willingness to pay more. Green purchasing attitudes and willingness to pay more have a positive and significant effect on green purchasing behavior. Green purchasing attitudes have a greater influence on green purchasing behavior compared to willingness to pay more.

scholarly journals Experimental and survey-based data on willingness to pay for seafood safety and environmental sustainability certification in Nigeria

Data in Brief ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 105540
Author(s):  
Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku ◽  
Nhuong Tran ◽  
Lauren Pincus ◽  
Vivian Hoffmann ◽  
Carl Johan Lagerkvist ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Seafood Safety
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