“We don’t know enough”: Environmental education and pro-environmental behaviour perceptions

Environmental enteropathy and malnutrition: do we know enough to intervene?

Environmental enteropathy (EE) is a poorly defined state of intestinal inflammation without overt diarrhea that occurs in individuals exposed over time to poor sanitation and hygiene. It is implicated as a cause of stunting and malnutrition, oral vaccine failure and impaired development in children from low-income countries. The burden on child health of malnutrition alone, which affects 25% of...

Encouraging pro-environmental behaviour: An integrative review and research agenda

Environmental quality strongly depends on human behaviour patterns. We review the contribution and the potential of environmental psychology for understanding and promoting pro-environmental behaviour. A general framework is proposed, comprising: (1) identification of the behaviour to be changed, (2) examination of the main factors underlying this behaviour, (3) design and application of interv...

Environmental Factors in Birth Defects: What We Need to Know

Perceptions of environmental sustainability amongst mineworkers

Environmental sustainability needs to use resources efficiently and effectively from macro to micro level with a systematic approach. The dualistic relationship between ecosystem and human beings require considering ecological and social systems as well as economic factors known as the three-legged approach. Individuals and their perceptions are also important in this approach because of the ne...

Pro-Environmental Spillover

This report presents a review of the literature that underpins the different pathways through which the transition between two pro-environmental behaviours can occur. Its primary aim is to inform the theoretical part of a 2012 linkage project grant application for the Australian Research Council to be submitted by BehaviourWorks Australia. A special emphasis is on research where interventions h...