Abstract

Many studies have explored pro-environmental actions. This paper aims to extend the concept of pro-environmental action in the context of binary themes or perspectives. The extended conceptualisation is drawn from a study that investigates the influence of residential outdoor environmental education courses on Malaysian participants’ environmental attitudes and behaviours using a life history approach. Data analysis revealed six binary pro-environmental actions: conforming/transforming action, compulsory/optional action, intentional/unintentional action, public/private sphere action, activist/non-activist action, and biospheric/anthropocentric-oriented action. The binary actions presented in this paper pull together all of the binary themes, both pre-existing ones and those emerging from the current study data. The paper provides recommendations about how one can contribute to environmental quality and positively impact the sustainable development agenda.

摘要

许多研究探索了环保行动。本文旨在在二元主题或观点的背景下扩展环保行动的概念。扩展的概念化来自一项研究，该研究使用生活史方法调查了住宅户外环境教育课程对马来西亚参与者的环境态度和行为的影响。数据分析揭示了六种有利于环境的二元行动：一致行动/转变行动，强制行动/可选行动，有意/无意行动，公共/私人领域行动，活动家/非活动家行动以及以生物圈/以人为中心的行动。本文介绍的二元行动将所有二元主题（既有主题又从当前研究数据中浮现出来）汇总在一起。