Extending the concept of pro-environmental action and behaviour: a binary perspective
Many studies have explored pro-environmental actions. This paper aims to extend the concept of pro-environmental action in the context of binary themes or perspectives. The extended conceptualisation is drawn from a study that investigates the influence of residential outdoor environmental education...
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| description | Many studies have explored pro-environmental actions. This paper aims to extend the concept of pro-environmental action in the context of binary themes or perspectives. The extended conceptualisation is drawn from a study that investigates the influence of residential outdoor environmental education courses on Malaysian participants’ environmental attitudes and behaviours using a life history approach. Data analysis revealed six binary pro-environmental actions: conforming/transforming action, compulsory/optional action, intentional/unintentional action, public/private sphere action, activist/non-activist action, and biospheric/anthropocentric-oriented action. The binary actions presented in this paper pull together all of the binary themes, both pre-existing ones and those emerging from the current study data. The paper provides recommendations about how one can contribute to environmental quality and positively impact the sustainable development agenda. |
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| spelling | upm-889352021-10-04T22:27:56Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88935/ Extending the concept of pro-environmental action and behaviour: a binary perspective Syed Abdullah, Sharifah Intan Sharina Many studies have explored pro-environmental actions. This paper aims to extend the concept of pro-environmental action in the context of binary themes or perspectives. The extended conceptualisation is drawn from a study that investigates the influence of residential outdoor environmental education courses on Malaysian participants’ environmental attitudes and behaviours using a life history approach. Data analysis revealed six binary pro-environmental actions: conforming/transforming action, compulsory/optional action, intentional/unintentional action, public/private sphere action, activist/non-activist action, and biospheric/anthropocentric-oriented action. The binary actions presented in this paper pull together all of the binary themes, both pre-existing ones and those emerging from the current study data. The paper provides recommendations about how one can contribute to environmental quality and positively impact the sustainable development agenda. Routledge 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88935/1/PRO.pdf Syed Abdullah, Sharifah Intan Sharina (2020) Extending the concept of pro-environmental action and behaviour: a binary perspective. Environmental Education Research, 26 (12). 1764 - 1786. ISSN 1350-4622; ESSN: 1469-5871 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13504622.2020.1850645 10.1080/13504622.2020.1850645 |
| spellingShingle | Syed Abdullah, Sharifah Intan Sharina Extending the concept of pro-environmental action and behaviour: a binary perspective |
| title | Extending the concept of pro-environmental action and behaviour: a binary perspective |
| title_full | Extending the concept of pro-environmental action and behaviour: a binary perspective |
| title_fullStr | Extending the concept of pro-environmental action and behaviour: a binary perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Extending the concept of pro-environmental action and behaviour: a binary perspective |
| title_short | Extending the concept of pro-environmental action and behaviour: a binary perspective |
| title_sort | extending the concept of pro-environmental action and behaviour: a binary perspective |
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