THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITY IN SPREADING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AMONG STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE ENVIRONMENTAL CITIZENSHIP

Abstract

This study aims at identifying the nature of environmental citizenship and the role of university in spreading environmental awareness among students through the introduction of environmental culture. Moreover, it explores the methods to develop this culture through environmental education. Another aspect that this study identifies is the role of environmental media as far as the orientation toward descriptive method of analysis is concerned through administering a questionnaire. The latter is composed of three axes that were applied to a sample of 32 forms distributed to a group of master students (first year) in various fields of economics.

Keywords

• environmental citizenship, environmental awareness, environmental education, environmental media, environmental culture