Do you think human beings could change their attitudes towards the environment?

Do you think human beings could change their attitudes towards the environment? the answer is Yes. But let’s elaborate on the answer below.

The cultural and economic background of people is likely to influence their views with regard to the environment. The views will ultimately influence the attitudes towards our environment. Attitudes towards the environment can generally be categorized into one of three positions: the development ethic, the preservation ethic, or the conservation ethic. Each of these attitudes, according to J Rank, represents a generalized moral code for interaction with the environment.

Environmental attitudes are described as ‘the collection of beliefs, affect and behavioural intentions a person holds regarding environmentally-related activities or issues’ (Schultz, Shriver, Tabanico, & Khazian, 2004, p.

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Changing people’s negative attitudes towards the environment

Lack of education about the environment leads to people engaging in actions that destroy their natural environment they live in. Because of negative attitudes, people polute every bit of environmental space. Because of lack of education about the environment, people may cause:

• air pollution,
• water pollution,
• soil pollution,
• light pollution,
• noise pollution.

In order to change people’s negative attitude towards the environment, people need to be educated and take part in actions that restores and sustain nature.

List of Positive Attitudes categories towards the environment?

• Development ethic: Development ethics is a field of enquiry that reflects on both the ends and the means of economic development
• The preservation ethic: protects the environment from harmful human activities. For example, conserving a forest typically involves sustainable logging practices to minimize deforestation. Preservation would involve setting aside part or even all of the forest from human development (National Geographic).
• The conservation ethic: resource use, allocation, exploitation, and protection. Its primary focus is upon maintaining the health of the natural world: its forests, fisheries, habitats, and biological diversity.