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Environmental Concern

It has been found that wealthier countries tend to have greater levels of environmental concern 1.

Nature experiences, especially in childhood, have been found to foster greater environmental concern and more pro-environmental behaviors 2,3,4,5,6.

References

  1. Franzen, A., Vogl, D. "Two decades of measuring environmental attitudes: A comparative analysis of 33 countries". Global Environmental Change 23(5), pp. 1001-1009. October 2013. ↩

  2. Rosa, C. D., Profice, C. C., Collado, S. "Nature Experiences and Adults’ Self-Reported Pro-environmental Behaviors: The Role of Connectedness to Nature and Childhood Nature Experiences". Frontiers in Psychology 9:1055. June 2018. ↩

  3. Dunlap, R. E., Hefferman, R. B. "Outdoor recreation and environmental concern: An empirical examination". Rural Sociology 40(1):18. April 1975. ↩

  4. Lawrence, E. K. "Visitation to natural areas on campus and its relation to place identity and environmentally responsible behaviors". The Journal of Environmental Education 43(2), pp. 93-106. January 2012. ↩

  5. Bjerke, T., And, C. T., Kleiven, J. "Outdoor recreation interests and environmental attitudes in Norway". Managing Leisure 11(2), pp. 116-128. February 2007. ↩

  6. Zhang W, Goodale E, Chen J. "How contact with nature affects children’s biophilia, biophobia and conservation attitude in China". Biological Conservation 177, pp. 109-116. September 2014. ↩