Sustainable Development Contributions among University of Madeira (Portugal) Students
Sustainable development is highly dependent on the
implementation of environmental education programs, which has as
its ultimate goal to produce environmentally literate citizens that
undertake environmentally friendly actions. Efforts on environmental
education along past years are now perceived on the increase of
citizens awareness on European countries and, particularly, in
Portugal. However, we still have a lack of information on the
prevalence of specific behaviors that contributes to sustainability,
influenced by a new attitude toward the environment. The
determination of pro-environmental behaviors prevalence in higher
education students is an important approach to understand to which
extend the next leading generation is, in practice, committed with the
goals of sustainable development. Therefore, present study evaluates
the prevalence of a specific set of behaviors (water savings, energy
savings, environmental criteria on shopping, and mobility) on the
University of Madeira students and discusses their commitment with
sustainable development.
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UNEP in Tbilisi, 14 - 26 October, 1977.
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[8] A. Agresti. A Survey of Exact Inference for Contingency Tables.
Statistical Science: 7: 1992, 131-153.
[1] UN. Report of the World Commission on Environment and
Development. United Nations. General Assembly Resolution 42/187, 11
December 1987.
[2] UNESCO. Final Report of the Intergovernmental Conference on
Environmental Education organized by UNESCO in co-operation with
UNEP in Tbilisi, 14 - 26 October, 1977.
[3] UNESCO. Environmental education in the light of Tbilisi conference.
Paris, France: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization, 1980.
[4] H.R. Hungerford and R.B. Peyton. Teaching environmental education.
Portland, ME: J. Weston Walch, 1976.
[5] C. Carapeto. Educação Ambiental. Lisboa. Universidade Aberta, 1998.
[6] J. F. Almeida, A.V. Lima, A. Figueiredo, et al. Os Portugueses e o
Ambiente: I Inquérito Nacional ├ás Representa├º├Áes e Atitudes Face ao
Ambiente, Oeiras, Celta Editora, 1999.
[7] J. F. Almeida, A. V. Lima, A. C. Ferreira, et al. Os Portugueses e o
Ambiente: II Inquérito Nacional ├ás Representa├º├Áes e Atitudes Face ao
Ambiente, 2001.
[8] A. Agresti. A Survey of Exact Inference for Contingency Tables.
Statistical Science: 7: 1992, 131-153.
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implementation of environmental education programs, which has as
its ultimate goal to produce environmentally literate citizens that
undertake environmentally friendly actions. Efforts on environmental
education along past years are now perceived on the increase of
citizens awareness on European countries and, particularly, in
Portugal. However, we still have a lack of information on the
prevalence of specific behaviors that contributes to sustainability,
influenced by a new attitude toward the environment. The
determination of pro-environmental behaviors prevalence in higher
education students is an important approach to understand to which
extend the next leading generation is, in practice, committed with the
goals of sustainable development. Therefore, present study evaluates
the prevalence of a specific set of behaviors (water savings, energy
savings, environmental criteria on shopping, and mobility) on the
University of Madeira students and discusses their commitment with
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