Are we Meeting the Goal of Responsible Environmental Behavior? An Examination of Nature and Environmental Education Center Goals

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Simmons, D. A. (1991). Are we meeting the goal of responsible environmental behavior? An examination of nature and environmental education center goals. Journal of Environmental Education, 22, 3, 16-21.
Examined the congruence between the expressed goals of nature and environmental education controls in the US and a proposed behavior model. Data were collected when 100 youth conf…

A Knowledge-Based Intervention for Promoting Carpooling

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Kearney, A. R., & De Young, R. (1995). A knowledge-based intervention for promoting carpooling. Environment and Behavior, 27, 5, 650-678.
Investigated the impact of a story-based intervention on employees' knowledge and attitudes about, and stated willingness to adopt carpooling. A total of 645 employees at 5 sites …

Green Consumers in the 1990s: Profile and Implications for Advertising

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Roberts, J. A. (1996). Green consumers in the 1990s: Profile and implications for advertising.. Journal of Business Research, 36, 3, 217-231.
The passage of time and incipient change call for another look at the demographic and attitudinal correlates of ecologically conscious consumer behavior (ECCB). As concern for the…

Buyer Characteristics of the Green Consumer and their Implications for Advertising Strategy. Special Issue: Green Advertising

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Shrum, L. J., McCarty, J. A., & Lowrey, T. M. (1995). Buyer characteristics of the green consumer and their implications for advertising strategy. Special Issue: Green advertising. Journal of Advertising, 24, 2, 71-82.
Determined the extent to which particular consumer attitudes and beliefs are related to interest in purchasing environmentally safe products. Data from 3,264 respondents to the DD…

Values and their Effect on Pro-Environmental Behavior

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Karp, D. G. (1996). Values and their effect on pro-environmental behavior. Environment and Behavior, 28, 1, 111-133.
Used the 56 item Schwartz Scale of Values (S. H. Schwartz, 1992) to examine the structure of values and to assess the effect of these values on environmental behavior. The 2-dimen…

The Prediction of Household Recycling of Newspapers: The Role of Attitudes, Intentions, and Situational Factors

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Boldero, J. (1995). The prediction of household recycling of newspapers: The role of attitudes, intentions, and situational factors. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 25, 5, 440-462.
Tested I. Ajzen and T. J. Madden's (see PA, Vol 75:10653) theory of planned behavior for observed household newspaper recycling. The effects of recycling in the past, individual's…

Changes in Euro-American Values Needed for Sustainability

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Clark, M. E. (1995). Changes in Euro-American values needed for sustainability. Journal of Social Issues, 51, 4, 63-82.
Discusses the worldview that gives rise to contemporary Euro-American values. It is argued that this worldview is no longer adaptive, due to some of the underlying subconscious be…

Determinants of Responsible Environmental Behavior

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Nemiroff, L. S., & McKenzie-Mohr, D. (1992). Determinants and distinguishing variables of pro-disarmament behavior and responsible environmental behavior.. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 7, 1, 1-24.
Two experiments examined the variables characteristic of individuals who engage in responsible environmental behavior. In Exp 1, 142 Canadians (mean age 36 yrs) completed a phone …

Value Orientations, Gender, and Environmental Concern

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Stern, P. C., Dietz, T., & Kalof, L. (1993). Value orientations, gender, and environmental concern. Environment and Behavior, 25, 3, 322-348.
Expanded on S. H. Schwartz's (1977) norm-activation model of altruism by offering an integrative theoretical model of environmental (EV) concern. The model presumes that action in…

Actively Caring for the Environment: An Integration of Behaviorism and Humanism. Special Issue: Litter control and Recycling

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Geller, E. S. (1995). Actively caring for the environment: An integration of behaviorism and humanism. Special Issue: Litter control and recycling. Environment and Behavior, 27, 2, 184-195.
Integrates perspectives from behavior-based psychology (BBP) and person-based psychology (PBP) to summarize ways to protect the environment. Community-based interventions are need…

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