Sustainable development contributions among University of Madeira (Portugal) students

Spínola, Hélder

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Spínola, Hélder

Abstract(s)

Sustainable development is highly dependent on the implementation of environmental education programs, which has as its ultimate goal to produce environmentally literate citizens that undertake environmentally friendly actions. Efforts on environmental education along past years are now perceived on the increase of citizens awareness on European countries and, particularly, in Portugal. However, we still have a lack of information on the prevalence of specific behaviors that contributes to sustainability, influenced by a new attitude toward the environment. The determination of pro-environmental behaviors prevalence in higher education students is an important approach to understand to which extend the next leading generation is, in practice, committed with the goals of sustainable development. Therefore, present study evaluates the prevalence of a specific set of behaviors (water savings, energy savings, environmental criteria on shopping, and mobility) on the University of Madeira students and discusses their commitment with sustainable development.

Keywords

Pro-environmental behaviors Sustainable development Environmental education Higher education students Madeira (Portugal) . Faculdade de Ciências da Vida

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/1365

Citation

Spínola, H. (2012). Sustainable development contributions among University of Madeira (Portugal) students. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Social, Behavioral, Educational, Economic, Business and Industrial Engineering, 6 (6), 1464-1468.