WIT Press

Environmental Attitude Of Students In Higher Education In Five European Countries

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

17

Pages

11

Published

1996

Size

1,198 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/ET960061

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

K.C.W. Ip & A.J. Miller

Abstract

This paper presents the findings of a survey designed to measure environmental attitudes of students undertaking higher education. Participants included students from Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. The investigation attempts to assess personal preferences and inclination of subjects such as transportation, food, product consumption habits and response to environmental benevolent measures. Significant differences were found in groups with different country origins and sex. Patterns and tendencies of general environmental inclinations as a whole are highlighted. The difficulties, limitations and ongoing research work are also indicated. 1 Introduction Today's students will be tomorrow's leaders of industry and their a

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