In this study, we approach environmental practices from a cultural point of view, focusing on the role of cultural capital. While previous studies have looked at educational attainment, we focus on another dimension of cultural capital i.e., cultural engagement. Against this background, we use data from the Flemish Survey on Socio-cultural Shift to (i) examine cultural engagement and distinction in Flanders though multiple correspondence analysis and (ii) investigate the relationship between people's cultural activities and their environmental practices through structural equation modelling. Firstly, we found three modes of cultural engagement. The primary distinction resides between the culturally engaged and disengaged. The second and third respectively distinguish a traditional and folksy musical orientation from more contemporary and eclectic tastes, and highbrow culture from emerging forms of cultural capital. Secondly, our study confirms that education relates positively to environmental practices, and more importantly shows that educational differences in cultural engagement can explain educational differences in environmental practices. General cultural engagement was the best predictor of environmental practices. Highbrow cultural capital was positively associated with conspicuous forms of environmental practices (e.g., shopping). In contrast, a traditional and folksy musical orientation seemed negatively related to environmental practices. In conclusion, our findings present strong evidence for a (re)conceptualization of environmental practices as a cultural taste and a potential form of cultural capital. Our study suggests that future research on social differentiation and cultural hierarchies should pay more attention to environmental practices.

在这项研究中，我们从文化的角度研究环境实践，重点关注文化资本的作用。虽然之前的研究着眼于教育程度，但我们关注文化资本的另一个维度，即文化参与。在此背景下，我们使用佛兰芒社会文化转变调查的数据来 (i) 通过多重对应分析检查佛兰德斯的文化参与和区别，以及 (ii) 通过结构方程模型调查人们的文化活动与其环境实践之间的关系. 首先，我们发现了三种文化参与模式。主要区别在于文化参与和脱离。第二个和第三个分别将传统和民间音乐取向与更现代和不拘一格的品味区分开来，将高雅文化与新兴的文化资本形式区分开来。其次，我们的研究证实教育与环境实践正相关，更重要的是表明文化参与的教育差异可以解释环境实践的教育差异。一般文化参与是环境实践的最佳预测指标。高雅文化资本与引人注目的环境实践形式（例如，购物）呈正相关。相比之下，传统和民间的音乐取向似乎与环境实践呈负相关。综上所述，我们的研究结果提供了强有力的证据，证明将环境实践（重新）概念化为一种文化品味和一种潜在的文化资本形式。我们的研究表明，未来关于社会分化和文化等级的研究应该更多地关注环境实践。