Participation in the Next Generation of Agriculture Conservation Programs: The Role of Environmental Attitudes

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Luzar, E. J. & Diagne, A. (1999). Participation in the next generation of agriculture conservation programs: The role of environmental attitudes. Journal of Socio-Economics , 28, 3, 335-349.
Provides a behavioral analysis of wetland owners' decision to participate in the Wetland Reserve Program (WRP). The authors identify the WRP as an incentive based land use program…

Responsibility as a Predictor of Ecological Behavior

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Kaiser, F. G. & Shimoda, T. A. (1999). Responsibility as a predictor of ecological behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology , 19, 3, 243-253.
Tested responsibility's role as a predictor of ecological behavior, addressing the following questions: (1) What makes people feel responsible for the environment? (2) Do people a…

Environmental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior in Dutch Secondary Education

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Kuhlemeier, H., van den Bergh, H. & Lagerweij, N. (1999). Environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behavior in Dutch secondary education. Journal of Environmental Education, 30, 2, 4-14.
Examined the environmental knowledge, environmental attitudes, and environmentally responsible behavior via questionnaire in a nationwide sample of approximately 9,000 students (a…

Spillover Processes in the Development of a Sustainable Consumption Pattern

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Thogersen, J. (1999). Spillover processes in the development of a sustainable consumption pattern. Journal of Economic Psychology, 20, 1, 53-81.
Hypotheses about possible mechanisms for spillover processes between pro-environmental behaviors were developed and tested by means of structural equation modelling. Data were col…

Designing Effective Instructional Signs with Schema Theory: Case Studies of Polystyrene Recycling

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Werner, C. M., Rhodes, M.U. & Partain, K. K. (1998). Designing effective instructional signs with schema theory: Case studies of polystyrene recycling. Environment and Behavior, 30, 5, 709-735.
Two studies supported the hypothesis that signs designed to create a new polystyrene schema would be more effective than signs that did not address patrons' existing schemata. Sch…

Evaluating Adult Groundwater Education

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Gerakis, A. (1998). Evaluating adult groundwater education. Journal of Environmental Education, 30, 1, 20-24.
The Michigan Association of Soil Conservation Districts and the Michigan Soil Conservation Service organized a series of 1-day groundwater education workshops throughout Michigan.…

Reducing Solid Waste: Linking Recycling to Environmentally Responsible Consumerism

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Ebreo, A., Hershey, J. & Vining, J. (1999). Reducing solid waste: Linking recycling to environmentally responsible consumerism. Environment and Behavior, 31, 1, 107-135.
Examined through a mail survey, the relation between 654 Champaign-Urbana residents' beliefs about environmentally responsible consumerism and environmental attitudes, motives, an…

Reducing Household Energy Consumption: A Qualitative and Quantitative Field Study

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Brandon, G. & Lewis, A. (1999). Reducing household energy consumption: A qualitative and quantitative field study. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 19, 1, 75-85.
Investigated the effect of feedback conditions, income constraints, behavioural/structural aspects, environmental attitudes, and socio-demographics on energy consumption for 120 h…

Environmental Attitude and Ecological Behaviour

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Kaiser, F. G., Woelfing, S. & Fuhrer, U. (1999). Environmental attitude and ecological behaviour. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 19, 1, 1-19.
Based on I. Ajzen's (1985) theory of planned behavior, this study used a unified concept of attitude and a probabilistic measurement approach to overcome shortcomings (e.g., the l…

Increasing Recycling in Academic Buildings: A Systematic Replication

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Ludwig, T. D., Gray, T. W. & Rowell, A. (1998). Increasing recycling in academic buildings: A systematic replication. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 31, 4, 683-686.
Studied recycling behavior within an ABA multiple baseline design by placing recycling receptacles in 2 locations in academic buildings. During baseline, recycling receptacles wer…
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