15 pages, This study leverages group-based control theory to explore how fresh starts reinvigorate consumers with low motivation to engage in collective environmental efforts. Typically, individuals with low control over their circumstances show less inclination toward collective goals. However, fresh starts can enhance the influence of perceived control on collective environmental engagement, with global identity mediating this relationship. This hypothesis was supported by two empirical studies. The first study analyzed data from 10,430 corporate participants in an energy-saving initiative, revealing that smaller organizations, which likely experience lower levels of control, made substantial energy-saving efforts early in the year, although this effect diminished over time. The second study of 108 college students found that a fresh start mindset and desire for control, mediated by global identity, enhance environmentally responsible behaviors. These findings suggest that fresh starts can effectively connect control perceptions with proactive environmental actions, underscoring their potential to foster collective environmental efforts.
9 pages., Via online journal., Intergenerational environmental communication (IGEC) was examined using pre- and post-survey research after child participation in a groundwater environmental education (EE) program. The EE program increased child knowledge, but did not significantly increase parent knowledge. There was also a significant difference between perceived levels of environmental communication (EC) between child and parent, with parents indicating higher levels of EC than their children. Participants reporting low EC levels had significantly less interest in, concern for, or knowledge about environmental issues. Several key factors initiated IGEC between children and their parents, including saving household money by changing environmental behaviors, exposure to media sources that reported environmental news, and school activities such as homework related to environmental issues. Environmental educators should be cautious when implementing EE programs, as additional considerations are essential to determine what influence, if any, child participants have beyond the classroom. Continued research is needed to increase EC between children and their parents with the hope of improving intergenerational approaches to environmental issues.
11 pages, Background and Objective: Greenwashing as a concept has lately appeared to attract the attention of several practitioners and scholars.
This study aims to examine the effects of greenwashed labels on Lebanese consumersʼ trust, while accounting for the mediating role that
personal, social and environmental factors play. Materials and Methods: An online questionnaire was addressed to a sample of 227
consumers aged between 19 and 24 years old, in order to investigate their opinion towards labels that feature particular green attributes
on chocolate bars. This study adopts exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling for the analysis of data. Results: A
negative association exists between greenwashed labels and consumersʼ trust. The presence of personal and environmental factors as
mediators between greenwashed labels and consumersʼ trust does not indicate remarkable influence. Social factors alone are seen to
play the mediating role that affects the relation of the relevant variables. Conclusion: The suspicious greenwashing practices of many
corporations have today raised consumersʼ concerns. In general, many Lebanese consumers currently hold unfavorable perspectives
towards products that feature unverified green claims on their labels. Corporations targeting the Lebanese market should therefore
diminish their greenwashing activities and design truthful labels that generate trust among consumers.
Mitloehner, Frank (author / University of California-Davis)
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2016-04
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11025
Notes:
Via online., "A white paper, defining the role animal agriculture and other sectors of societ play in their respective contribution of greenhouse gasses, as the societal concerns grow to seek a sustainable global future." ... "Now is the time to end the rhetoric and separate facts from fiction around the numerous sectors that contribute emissions and to identify solutions for the global food supply that allow us to reduce our impact on the planet and its resources."
4 pages., "In "Shooting War: 18 profiles of conflict photographers," Sebastiao Salgado tells author Anthony Feinstein why he spends years exploring a single theme. Includes not only the destruction of human life, but also the violence inflicted on on the land and the ruination of the environment.
