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Mensen, Clara (2022)

The Influence of Environmental Education on Sustainable Behaviour

Bachelor thesis | Urban Studies (BA)

Due to anthropogenic practices and behaviours, the environment had been negatively affected, resulting in consequences for both nature and humans. In order to prevent further harm, emphasis has been laid upon behaving sustainably and spreading awareness. Environmental education is one of the methods that is able to spread awareness. The main objective of this thesis is based on creating a framework with recommendations in which environmental education is used to motivate people to perform sustainable behaviour. With a study done on three schools who are involved in sustainability and implementing environmental education, real life examples have been used to bring forward recommendations to other schools in the Netherlands.

Sustainable behaviour, environmental education, environmental awareness, behaviour change, sustainable development

Author

Mensen, Clara

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Sustainability

Supervisors

Roy Remme

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en