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The Impact of Environment on Climate Change Action Smith-Manchip, Jessie; Ng, Grace; McKeown, Gabriel; Kim, Yoo Jung; Cahyadi, Kezia Reinata

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Our study explored the effect of one’s immediate environment on their likelihood of engaging in pro-environmental behaviour. Specifically we survey participants in three different locations across UBC Vancouver campus, two of these locations were defined as urban (one indoor and one outdoor), and one was defined as natural. When comparing the results from all three conditions there was no significant effect on petition signing behaviour. However, we did find a significant effect on petition signing between our indoor urban and natural environment. We hypothesise that the lack of an effect found at our outdoor urban condition may be due to the fact that it wasn’t perceived as urban by participants. Overall our research suggests that environmental context may influence one’s likelihood on engaging in pro-environmental behaviours, however, more research is needed to confirm or deny this, as well as to undercover the mechanisms by which this may work. Based on our results we suggest that people canvassing for petition signatures for environmental issues do so in a natural environment such as a park to increase efficiency. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”

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Title
The Impact of Environment on Climate Change Action
Alternate Title
Environment and Climate Action
Creator
Smith-Manchip, Jessie; Ng, Grace; McKeown, Gabriel; Kim, Yoo Jung; Cahyadi, Kezia Reinata
Contributor
University of British Columbia. Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research; University of British Columbia. Campus and Community Planning
Date Issued
2019-04-04
Description
Our study explored the effect of one’s immediate environment on their likelihood of engaging in pro-environmental behaviour. Specifically we survey participants in three different locations across UBC Vancouver campus, two of these locations were defined as urban (one indoor and one outdoor), and one was defined as natural. When comparing the results from all three conditions there was no significant effect on petition signing behaviour. However, we did find a significant effect on petition signing between our indoor urban and natural environment. We hypothesise that the lack of an effect found at our outdoor urban condition may be due to the fact that it wasn’t perceived as urban by participants. Overall our research suggests that environmental context may influence one’s likelihood on engaging in pro-environmental behaviours, however, more research is needed to confirm or deny this, as well as to undercover the mechanisms by which this may work. Based on our results we suggest that people canvassing for petition signatures for environmental issues do so in a natural environment such as a park to increase efficiency. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Subject
Climate; Biodiversity; Community
Genre
Report
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report; University of British Columbia. PSYC 321
Date Available
2019-12-17
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0387190
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/72819
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; Science, Faculty of; Psychology, Department of; Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES), Institute for
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Undergraduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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