Exploring of students’ sustainability awareness on energy management and climate change mitigation in higher education institutions
: The increasing use of energy by humans is affecting the climate change. In light of the pressing nature of this issue, it is imperative that comprehensive and integrated efforts be undertaken with the involvement of multiple stakeholders, including higher education institutions. Univer...
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| Language: | English |
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Serbian Geographical Society
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Glasnik Srpskog Geografskog Društva |
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| Online Access: | https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-3593/2025/0350-35932501185R.pdf |
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| Summary: | : The increasing use of energy by humans is affecting the climate change. In
light of the pressing nature of this issue, it is imperative that
comprehensive and integrated efforts be undertaken with the involvement of
multiple stakeholders, including higher education institutions.
Universities, as institutions of higher learning, bear the responsibility of
fostering greater comprehension and awareness among the younger generation
regarding the management of energy and the mitigation of climate change.
This study aimed to analyze student sustainability awareness to initiatives
establishing a sustainable higher education environment, with a focus on
energy management issues and climate change mitigation in campus. A total of
426 respondents from four universities in East Java, Indonesia,
participated in this survey research. The data were collected using an
online questionnaire that measured several indicators of student
sustainability awareness, including environmental knowledge,
pro-environmental behavior, environmental attitudes, and environmental
behavior intentions. The data analysis technique employed descriptive
statistics in conjunction with the statistical software package SPSS version
22 for analyzing the relationship between variables. The findings indicated
that the level of student sustainability awareness at the four universities
was classified as "very good," with a percentage of 55.35%. The results
indicate that male students have a higher score (80.38) than female students
(80.2) based on the demographic characteristics of the respondents. The
findings of this research are intended to serve as a reference for higher
education institutions seeking to enhance students' comprehension and
engagement in energy management and climate change mitigations. |
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| ISSN: | 0350-3593 2406-078X |