Autor según el artículo: Fernández M; Cebrián G; Regadera E; Fernández MY

Departamento: Pedagogia

e-ISSN: 1660-4601

Autor/es de la URV: Cebrián Bernat, Gisela

Palabras clave: Sustainable development goals Sustainability Environmental education Ecological footprint Consumption

Resumen: © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. In the last decade, universities worldwide have adopted various measures intended to promote sustainability in higher education and include it in the curriculum. However, although this paradigm shift appears to be contributing to students’ acquisition of the knowledge, skills and values necessary to fight for a more sustainable world, serious global crises such as the present SARS-CoV-2 pandemic oblige us to rethink our behaviour and spur us to accelerate the move towards a deep-seated commitment to the environment and people. Therefore, the aims of this study were (a) to explore consumption habits in students at four Spanish universities by analysing their individual ecological footprint (EF); (b) to develop indices of connection with nature and a proenvironmental attitude and to determine relationships between these indices and students’ consumption. Among other factors, our results showed that private university students have a higher EF than public university students; that food consumption has the greatest impact on individuals’ EF; and that those who consume more sustainably do not show a more proenvironmental attitude or feel a greater connection with nature. Therefore, we conclude that there was no apparent direct relationship between study participants’ convictions and their daily behaviour. There is a pressing need in education to demonstrate the connection between our actions and their environmental impact.

Áreas temáticas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Serviço social Saúde coletiva Química Public, environmental & occupational health Public health, environmental and occupational health Psicología Pollution Odontología Nutrição Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Interdisciplinar Health, toxicology and mutagenesis Geografía Geociências Farmacia Environmental studies Environmental sciences Ensino Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Educação física Educação Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo

Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Direcció de correo del autor: gisela.cebrian@urv.cat

Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-8434-9888

Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-08-05

Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/23/8826

URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health. 17 (23): 1-15

Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Fernández M; Cebrián G; Regadera E; Fernández MY (2020). Analysing the relationship between university students’ ecological footprint and their connection with nature and pro-environmental attitude. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health, 17(23), 1-15. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17238826

DOI del artículo: 10.3390/ijerph17238826

Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Año de publicación de la revista: 2020

Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications