Search for dissertations about: "environmental consciousness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words environmental consciousness.

2. 1. Young People's "Sustainability Consciousness" : Effects of ESD Implementation in Swedish Schools

   Author : Daniel Olsson; Niklas Gericke; Chang-Rundgren Shu-Nu; Anna Uitto; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Compulsory school; Adolescents; Education for sustainable development; Pupils’ perceptions; Sustainability attitudes; Sustainability behavior; Sustainability consciousness; Biology; Biologi;

   Abstract : The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development is approaching its end and it is important to investigate the effects of the efforts to implement education for sustainable development (ESD) nationally, before decisions on forthcoming efforts are made. There are few investigations of the effect of ESD implementation that take a broad approach. READ MORE

4. 2. Student 'sustainability consciousness' and decision making on sustainability dilemmas : Investigating effects of implementing education for sustainable development in Swedish upper secondary schools

   Author : Teresa Berglund; Niklas Gericke; Shu-Nu Chang Rundgren; Franz Rauch; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sustainable development; education for sustainable development; dimensions of sustainable development; upper secondary students; conceptions; sustainability consciousness; decision making; Biology; Biologi;

   Abstract : The central role of education for sustainable development (SD) has been emphasized since the 1990s. SD involves the three areas of environment, economy and society, with a focus on the relationships between environmental protection and human development. READ MORE

5. 3. Tourism, Ecosystem Functions, and Human-Environmental Relations

   Author : Stefan Gössling; Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social geography; Ecology; Zanzibar; world system theory; sustainable tourism; sustainable development; rainforests; human-environmental relations; groundwater; environmental consciousness; ecotourism; ecosystem functions; economic transition; cost-benefit analysis; coastal zone management; coastal communities; climate change; Air-traffic; biodiversity; Environmental technology; pollution control; Ekologi; Zanzibar; Socialgeografi; Miljöteknik; kontroll av utsläpp;

   Abstract : The thesis aims at deconstructing the sustainable tourism paradigm: can tourism be "a global strategy for sustainable development", as the tourist industry claims? And will developing countries in particular profit from tourism development?To most international organizations and institutions (from the World Wide Fund for Nature to The World Bank), tourism, if carefully managed, is a positive, sustainable development tool. However, the research presented in this thesis exposes this view as unrealistically optimistic for at least three reasons: first of all, global environmental change caused by tourism has never been investigated and integrated with the discourse on sustainable tourism development. READ MORE

6. 4. Student Sustainability Consciousness : Investigating Effects of Education for Sustainable Development in Sweden and Beyond

   Author : Daniel Olsson; Niklas Gericke; Jelle Boeve-de Pauw; John Piccolo; Jan Činčera; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Education for sustainable development; effects; environmental and sustainability education; holism and pluralism; students; sustainability consciousness; Biology; Biologi;

   Abstract : Environmental and sustainability education has been an important part of education worldwide for many years, aiming to foster pro-environmental behavior among young people. Education for sustainable development (ESD) and its teaching components holism (the approach to the content) and pluralism (the approach to teaching) has been launched as the educational approach to support this aim by empowering young people with action competence for a sustainable future. READ MORE

7. 5. Environmental System Analysis of Waste Management : Experiences from Applications of the ORWARE Model

   Author : Anna Björklund; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; municipal solid waste MSW ; waste management; waste management planning; model; environmental systems analysis; life cycle assessment LCA ; substance flow analysis SFA ; substance flows; environmental impact; energy; uncertainty; Chemical engineering; Kemiteknik;

   Abstract : Waste management has gone through a history of shiftingproblems, demands, and strategies over the years. In contrastto the long prevailing view that the problem could be solved byhiding or moving it, waste is now viewed as a problem rangingfrom local to global concern, and as being an integral part ofseveral sectors in society. READ MORE