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Bolstad, Rachel – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2021
Ten Auckland schools piloted a school carbon calculator between June and November 2021. The pilot aimed to build knowledge about: (1) how schools can use a School Carbon Footprint calculator to understand their school's carbon emissions, build knowledge about climate change mitigation, and take steps to reduce their school's carbon footprint; and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ecology, Sustainability, Conservation (Environment)
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de Waard, Esther F.; Prins, Gjalt T.; van Joolingen, Wouter R. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2020
Sustainability has become a prominent theme in society and can be considered as an integral part of scientific citizenship. This study investigates to what extent the production, use and re-use of (bio)plastics initiates students' reasoning and to identify the kind of content knowledge students put forward. The structure of students' arguments was…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Sustainability, Plastics, Knowledge Level
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Frauman, Eric – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2017
Sustainability has gained increasing importance amongst both academic research and organizational practice over the past two decades (Davis & Challenger, 2014). The primary purpose of this study was to examine environmentally sustainable practices among college outdoor programs, while also examining how college level policy and infrastructural…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Conservation (Environment), Higher Education, Outdoor Education
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Whitley, Cameron T.; Takahashi, Bruno; Zwickle, Adam; Besley, John C.; Lertpratchya, Alisa P. – Environmental Education Research, 2018
While Value-Belief-Norm (VBN) theory has been widely applied to various populations, it has seldom been tested on college students. This study extends VBN theory to examine what socio-psychological factors influence sustainability behaviors among university students. Undergraduate students are an interesting and novel population, as they are still…
Descriptors: Values, Beliefs, Theories, Sustainability
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Goyal, Ela; Gupta, Mahendra – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2014
Educational institutions have a vital role to play shaping the future of our environment. Education provides opportunities for students to become environmentally conscious citizens besides being educated. In this study, an attempt has been made to study the perception of management students and teachers in the city of Mumbai, India, to determine…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes