Essays about: "Pro climate behaviour"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 28 essays containing the words Pro climate behaviour.

1. 16. Can we talk climate? : building agency, trust and action towards climate change mitigation through Timeout Day dialogue

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Anna von Zweygbergk; [2019]
   Keywords : public engagement; dialogue; empowerment; climate change; value-action gap; trust; agency; participatory democracy; environmental democracy;

   Abstract : The latest IPCC report on climate change from October 2018 highlights an urgent need for climate change mitigation on all sectors of the society, including that of an individual citizen. This research looks at how participation in a constructed facilitated dialogue can affect in creating understanding of the societal changes needed to mitigate climate change, whether this can influence individuals' willingness and perceived ability in taking action and hence provide a possible tool for bridging the value-action gap between environmental values and pro-environmental behaviour. READ MORE

3. 17. Hope and Hopelessness in Environmental Discourse - Planetary Boundaries contra Ecological Modernisation

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Julia Schneider; [2018]
   Keywords : Climate anxiety; Hope; Planetary boundaries; Discourse analysis; Ecological modernisation; Social constructivism; Environmental discourse;

   Abstract : Med sin grund i klimatutmaningen och en utbredd klimatångest, försöker den här uppsatsen förstå hoppfullhet i miljödiskursen genom en socialkonstruktivistisk lins. En diskursanalys har genomförts av tre videokällor med talare som på olika sätt agerar som röster för miljörörelsen. READ MORE

4. 18. (Un)knowingly needing support : an exploration into the importance of social support and relations for climate-friendly Danes

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Mette Orup; [2018]
   Keywords : social support; social relations; relational strain; climate-friendly behaviour; grounded theory; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Many studies on how to encourage pro-environmental behaviour have been done. However, they have tended to focus on individual behaviour in isolation of social interactions despite increasing scepticism about the effectiveness of this approach in promoting the necessary transition toward a more sustainable society. READ MORE

5. 19. Seeing is believing is doing? : On the role of future-oriented imagination in developing motivation for a sustainable lifestyle

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Viktoria Vingmarker; [2018]
   Keywords : environmental psychology; future-oriented imagination; pro-environmental behaviour; pro-environmental self-identity; sustainable development; sustainable lifestyles;

   Abstract : The environmental and climate-related sustainability challenges facing the world today are complex, accelerating and urgent, and they call for change from multiple stake­hol­ders. While govern­ments, busi­nes­ses and other insti­tutions hold a high degree of responsibility for initia­ting and enabling the neces­sary change processes towards sustainable practices, so do also individuals and com­munities. READ MORE

6. 20. Bedövningsmetoder vid grisslakt : en etisk jämförelse mellan koldioxid och skjutning på gård

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

   Author : Jeremy Rocchio; [2018]
   Keywords : bedövning; slakt; gris; koldioxid; skjutning; etik;

   Abstract : Slaktgrisar måste bedövas innan avblodning i Sverige och koldioxidbedövning är den vanlig-aste metoden. Syftet med den här litteraturstudien är att jämföra två diametralt olika bedöv-ningsmetoder, skjutning på gård och koldioxidbedövning, från två normativa etiska teorier, nyttoetik och dygdetik. READ MORE