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Understanding the effect of environmental studies in lifestyle by analyzing the awareness, knowledge and attitudes of Faculty of Environmental Studies' students in UPM regarding the consumption of eco label products

Eco labeling can be served as an essential tool for environmental protection and sustainable development. However, it depends too much on consumers’ buying power. Thus, it is crucial to study the awareness, knowledge, and attitude of the consumers towards Eco labeling and Eco label products. A numbe...

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Main Authors:	Sharaai, Amir Hamzah, Ibrahim, Siti Zaharah, Mohd Nor, Najwa, Kifli, Shahidah Madzidah, Ismail, Nor Fakira, Samsuddin, Nur Syahirah, Bahari, Khairunnisa
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Language:	English
Published:	American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information 2015
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46798/1/46798.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46798/ http://ajbasweb.com/old/ajbas_April_2015.html
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spelling	my.upm.eprints.467982018-09-21T06:57:27Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46798/ Understanding the effect of environmental studies in lifestyle by analyzing the awareness, knowledge and attitudes of Faculty of Environmental Studies' students in UPM regarding the consumption of eco label products Sharaai, Amir Hamzah Ibrahim, Siti Zaharah Mohd Nor, Najwa Kifli, Shahidah Madzidah Ismail, Nor Fakira Samsuddin, Nur Syahirah Bahari, Khairunnisa Eco labeling can be served as an essential tool for environmental protection and sustainable development. However, it depends too much on consumers’ buying power. Thus, it is crucial to study the awareness, knowledge, and attitude of the consumers towards Eco labeling and Eco label products. A number of 250 students from Faculty of Environmental Studies in UPM were selected as the respondents using random sampling method. Descriptive analysis and Spearman’s correlation between awareness and attitude, knowledge and attitude, and awareness and knowledge were also used in this study. Results showed that most of the respondents are aware and know about the Eco labeling. However, most of them are restrained from buying the Eco label products due to the money constraints. It also indicated that those correlations have a significant, but with different relations. Relation between awareness and attitude (r=0.203) showed a very weak pattern, relation between attitude and knowledge (r=0.360) showed a weak pattern, while relation between awareness and knowledge (r=0.666) showed a moderate pattern. These significant correlations showed that environmental studies do affect the Faculty of Environmental Studies students’ lifestyle for better environmental protection and sustainable development. American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information 2015-04 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46798/1/46798.pdf Sharaai, Amir Hamzah and Ibrahim, Siti Zaharah and Mohd Nor, Najwa and Kifli, Shahidah Madzidah and Ismail, Nor Fakira and Samsuddin, Nur Syahirah and Bahari, Khairunnisa (2015) Understanding the effect of environmental studies in lifestyle by analyzing the awareness, knowledge and attitudes of Faculty of Environmental Studies' students in UPM regarding the consumption of eco label products. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 9 (7). pp. 106-109. ISSN 1991-8178 http://ajbasweb.com/old/ajbas_April_2015.html
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description	Eco labeling can be served as an essential tool for environmental protection and sustainable development. However, it depends too much on consumers’ buying power. Thus, it is crucial to study the awareness, knowledge, and attitude of the consumers towards Eco labeling and Eco label products. A number of 250 students from Faculty of Environmental Studies in UPM were selected as the respondents using random sampling method. Descriptive analysis and Spearman’s correlation between awareness and attitude, knowledge and attitude, and awareness and knowledge were also used in this study. Results showed that most of the respondents are aware and know about the Eco labeling. However, most of them are restrained from buying the Eco label products due to the money constraints. It also indicated that those correlations have a significant, but with different relations. Relation between awareness and attitude (r=0.203) showed a very weak pattern, relation between attitude and knowledge (r=0.360) showed a weak pattern, while relation between awareness and knowledge (r=0.666) showed a moderate pattern. These significant correlations showed that environmental studies do affect the Faculty of Environmental Studies students’ lifestyle for better environmental protection and sustainable development.
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author	Sharaai, Amir Hamzah Ibrahim, Siti Zaharah Mohd Nor, Najwa Kifli, Shahidah Madzidah Ismail, Nor Fakira Samsuddin, Nur Syahirah Bahari, Khairunnisa
spellingShingle	Sharaai, Amir Hamzah Ibrahim, Siti Zaharah Mohd Nor, Najwa Kifli, Shahidah Madzidah Ismail, Nor Fakira Samsuddin, Nur Syahirah Bahari, Khairunnisa Understanding the effect of environmental studies in lifestyle by analyzing the awareness, knowledge and attitudes of Faculty of Environmental Studies' students in UPM regarding the consumption of eco label products
author_facet	Sharaai, Amir Hamzah Ibrahim, Siti Zaharah Mohd Nor, Najwa Kifli, Shahidah Madzidah Ismail, Nor Fakira Samsuddin, Nur Syahirah Bahari, Khairunnisa
author_sort	Sharaai, Amir Hamzah
title	Understanding the effect of environmental studies in lifestyle by analyzing the awareness, knowledge and attitudes of Faculty of Environmental Studies' students in UPM regarding the consumption of eco label products
title_short	Understanding the effect of environmental studies in lifestyle by analyzing the awareness, knowledge and attitudes of Faculty of Environmental Studies' students in UPM regarding the consumption of eco label products
title_full	Understanding the effect of environmental studies in lifestyle by analyzing the awareness, knowledge and attitudes of Faculty of Environmental Studies' students in UPM regarding the consumption of eco label products
title_fullStr	Understanding the effect of environmental studies in lifestyle by analyzing the awareness, knowledge and attitudes of Faculty of Environmental Studies' students in UPM regarding the consumption of eco label products
title_full_unstemmed	Understanding the effect of environmental studies in lifestyle by analyzing the awareness, knowledge and attitudes of Faculty of Environmental Studies' students in UPM regarding the consumption of eco label products
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