Values and Environmental Knowledge of Student Participants of Climate Strikes: A Comparative Perspective between Brazil and Germany
| Autor: | Renan de Almeida Barbosa, Christoph Randler, José Vicente Lima Robaina |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Multivariate statistics
collective action Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 Climate change 050109 social psychology Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 Collective action Renewable energy sources German Fridays for Future GE1-350 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Comparative perspective General linear model Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment 05 social sciences 050301 education environmental knowledge language.human_language Environmental sciences climate change Action (philosophy) environmental attitudes Sustainability language Psychology 0503 education Social psychology 2-MEV |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 14 Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 8010, p 8010 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su13148010 |
| Popis: | Climate change and its consequences have called for actions to mitigate it, triggering society to act and speak out about sustainability policies. Movements like Fridays for Future (FFF) spread beyond the young people pressed for action to combat climate change. The present study aimed to (1) assess the environmental attitudes (EA) and knowledge (EK) of Brazilian and German students and (2) verify whether the frequency of participation in climate strikes changes according to these EA and EK. A total of 658 students participated in our study, 327 from Germany and 331 from Brazil (mean age 25.21 ± 7.91). We applied the Two Major Environmental Values (2-MEV) model and three-dimensional questionnaires to measure EA and EK, respectively. We applied a multivariate general linear model to assess the influence of the variables simultaneously. FFF participation is affected by EA, with strikers showing higher Preservation (PRE) and lower Utilization (UTL) scores furthermore, our findings suggest that EK affects FFF participation, specifically system-related knowledge. The study adds to the increasing number of validations of the 2-MEV model in different languages and cultures and discusses the differences of EA and EK in student strikers and non-strikers between both countries. |
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