The Rising of Green Society: Low-Carbon Consumption as a Result of Environmental Education in China

This article analyzes the factors that influence low-carbon consumption of college students, with the purpose of guiding environmental education in Chinese universities. To that end, a theoretical framework is proposed on the basis of interviews with several groups incombination with literature anal...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Science and Technology Education, 2018-06, Vol.14 (6), p.2169
Main Authors: Weng, Lie’en, Hu, Shuigen, Tao, Zhujun, Xu, Jingrui
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Carbon
Climate change
College students
Colleges & universities
Consumption
Consumption patterns
Economic development
Education
Emissions
Energy conservation
Environmental education
Environmental impact
Environmental quality
Grounded theory
Mass media
Questionnaires
Social change
Society
Sustainable development
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This article analyzes the factors that influence low-carbon consumption of college students, with the purpose of guiding environmental education in Chinese universities. To that end, a theoretical framework is proposed on the basis of interviews with several groups incombination with literature analysis using grounded theory and empirical verification methods. The study finds that external environment changes, individual psychological awareness, individual living habit, product technology development and low-carbon consumption intention are positively related to low-carbon consumption patterns. Finally, this paper points out that cultivating environmental education concepts of college students should make full use of different policy tools and adhere to the following principles: the combination of various policies and measures, the participation of multiple stakeholders, the popularization of low-carbon concepts, the demonstration of governments, the effectiveness of mass media, clearly defined laws and regulations and informal system construction.
ISSN:1305-8223
1305-8215
1305-8223
DOI:10.29333/ejmste/85939