An increasing number of inorganic ultraviolet filters (UVFs), such as nanosized zinc oxide (nZnO) and titanium dioxide (nTiO2), are formulated in sunscreens because of their broad UV spectrum sunlight protection and because they limit skin damage ...
Shengwu Yuan +5 more
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Protecting the environment for self-interested reasons. Altruism is not the only pathway to sustainability [PDF]
Concerns for environmental issues are important drivers of sustainable and pro-environmental behaviors, and can be differentiated between those with a self-enhancing (egoistic) vs. self-transcendent (biospheric) psychological foundation. Yet to date, the
Bonaiuto, Marino +2 more
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On the Way to Intercollegiate Campus: Green Promises and Real Ecological Student Practices
The article discusses the issues of creating intercollegiate campuses and the gap between the statements about the environmental sustainability of projects and the environmental awareness and behavior of their future users.
M. N. Kicherova +2 more
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Genetic and environmental influences on eating behavior - a study of twin pairs reared apart or reared together [PDF]
This study examined the relative influence of genetic versus environmental factors on specific aspects of eating behavior. Adult monozygotic twins (22 pairs and 3 singleton reared apart, 38 pairs and 9 singleton reared together, age 18-76 years, BMI 17 ...
Bouchard, Thomas J. +8 more
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The Impact of Environmental Values, Attitudes and Ethics on the Environmental Behaviors of Ranchers’Members of Rangeland Cooperatives in Gonbad Kavous County [PDF]
The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of environmental values, attitudes and ethics with environmental behaviors among ranchers’ members of rangeland cooperatives in Gonbad Kavous.
Muhammad Reza Mahboobi +3 more
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Social Capital, Environmental Knowledge, and Pro-Environmental Behavior [PDF]
As the value form of public access to environmental information, the impact of social capital on pro-environmental behavior cannot be ignored. Based on the data of the Chinese General Social Survey 2013 (CGSS2013), this study measures social capital from four aspects—social trust, social norms, social network, and social participation—and it ...
Wan, Qinyuan, Du, Wencui
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The effect of intention to act and knowledge of environmental issues on environmental behavior
Intention to act and environmental issues knowledge has been assumed as the two variables which affect people’s environmental behavior. This study aimed at determining the correlations between variables (i.e.
Fauzul Iman +2 more
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Pro-Environmental Behaviors and Environmental Improvement
Fostering pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) among the young generation is imperative. Based on a micro-survey of Chinese college students, the authors used Logit and ordered Logit model to obtain empirical information on perceived past environmental quality and current PEBs.
Boqiang Lin, Kai Wei
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The influence of ecological concern on green purchase behavior
The present paper seeks to address a gap in the literature regarding green marketing and examines the relationship between ecological concern, inward and outward environmental attitudes, purchasing behavior and environmental behavior as antecedents of ...
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Global Climate Change: A Civic Republican Moment for Achieving Broader Changes in Environmental Behavior [PDF]
These comments were given by Professor Hope Babcock on April 17, 2008 for the fourteenth annual Lloyd K. Garrison Lecture on Environmental Law at Pace Law School.
Babcock, Hope M.
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