Promoting pro-environmental behaviour in a community in Singapore – from raising awareness to behavioural change. Issue 7 (3rd July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wi, Andy; Chang, Chew-Hung
• Is Part Of: Environmental education research. Volume 25:Issue 7(2019)
• Page Start: 1019
• Page End: 1037
• Publication Date: 2019-07-03
• Subjects: Climate change education -- environmental education -- pro-environmental behaviour change -- Singapore -- Transformative Education for Climate change (TrEC); Environmental education -- Research -- Periodicals; 333.7207
• DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2018.1528496
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1350-4622

Abstract

Abstract: Despite heightened awareness about climate change, individuals remain rather indifferent to the issue. The reasons being that many public education programmes rely essentially on information dissemination and do not help individuals understand the given information. The authors believe that there is potential of environmental education for understanding and promoting pro-environmental behaviour. The proposed transformative education for climate change (TrEC) programme focuses on three elements (knowledge, skills and values) to help individuals understand environmental issues and to empower them to take pro-environmental action. This mixed method study was conducted in collaboration with various government agencies and 173 residents in a housing estate in Singapore. The findings suggest that with better understanding (knowledge) about the climate change issue, individuals can make informed decisions (attitude) and be encouraged to adopt pro-environmental behaviour (action).