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A bottom-up approach for raising students participation in environmental
campaigns By
GREEN BRAINERS Boss, Cecilia, Mart, Suzuho
Outline 1. Introduction
1.1 Background: concepts definition 1.2 Solid waste pollution in Thailand 1.3 Chula Zero Waste campaign CU
2. Research design 2.1 Problem identification and hypotheses 2.2 Conceptual framework 2.3 Research questions and objectives 2.3 Significance of the study
3. Methods 3.1 Stakeholders 3.2 Questionnaire design
4. Results 5. Discussions and conclusions 6.References
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1.1 Background: concepts definition Pro-environmental behavior: Behavior that consciously seeks to minimize the negative impact
of one‘s actions on the natural and built world” (Kollmuss and Agyeman, 2002) Environmental awareness: the attitude regarding environmental consequences of human
behaviour. Starting from the typical definition of attitude, environmental awareness is a predisposition to react to environmental issues in a certain manner (Culiberg and Rojšek, 2008: 132).
Bottom- up initiatives: Represent a more decentralised system of information delivery and public engagement call for more inclusionary forms of dialogue between lay publics and elites using new forms of communicative practice aimed at consensus building and mediation in order to transform the “paternalism” of traditional forms into inclusionary argumentation(Owen, 2000; Anable, et. al, 2006).
Why it matters? Findings indicate support for the added value of a bottom-up approach compared to other mechanisms and identify that this may be partly explained by the extent to which such activities offer a more supportive environment for behaviour change to take place.
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1.3 Chula Zero Waste campaign Objectives of the campaign: 1) To develop solid waste and hazardous waste management system in CU to provide a model for university waste management in the city. 2) To develop and integrate knowledge on the reduction, separation and management of solid and hazardous waste in the curriculum, teaching and activities for all levels from elementary to university. 3) To create the value of “Chulalongkorn non-waste” and show the importance of reducing and sorting waste at source into a corporate culture and a role model for the community and society.
Sustainable waste management plan in CU, Sujitra V, 6
1.3 Chula Zero Waste campaign action plan 1. Develop a way of working and providing basic information
- Project Development Plan - Survey and preparation of basic information on solid waste and hazardous waste and improvement database and website
- Research project on behavior, knowledge, attitudes towards waste of students and staff in the campus
2. Waste reducing at source - Foam and plastic bag reducing - My cup campaign - My bottle campaign - Food waste reduction
3. Develop and improve waste separation - Improve waste separation system
- Proper waste separation campaign - Green office - Hazardous waste and green market project
4. Improve waste collection system - Improve waste disposal station - Improve the garbage trucks to be hygienic and safe
5. Develop and improve organic waste management system - Improve waste collection system for food waste to be sent to biogas production system and to be learning source
- Increase the utilization of organic waste and the production from biodiesel from used oil 6. Develop content and teaching sustainable waste management
- Produce content and teaching materials on sustainable waste management for elementary and secondary school children - Produce content and teaching materials on sustainable waste management for scholars.
Sustainable waste management plan in CU, Sujitra V, 7
1.3 Chula Zero Waste campaign
Project: Waste reduction at source Start date: Nov, 2016 Method of implementation: 1. Cooperate with store in campus 2. Engage student to refuse plastic bag and try to use fabric bag or reuse plastic bag 3. People need to pay for plastic bags (From Feb 1, 2017). 4. Engage people to use their own cups by discounting on the drink’s cost. 8
Theoretical assumptions: 1. Bottom-up involvement can raise environmental awareness and
environmental involvement.
2. Enhanced bottom-up involvement and two-way communication can increase environmental campaign engagement.
2.1 Problem identification
Expert: University
Target population: Students
Communication/Knowledge
Mediacoverageyieldstheleastbehavioralreturn.Buttherewasahigherreturnfromac9vi9eswhichinvolveengagingpeopleinconversa9on
abouttheirbehavior(Wilson,2011)
Top down communication campaigns, as current at the time, tended to instruct rather than
engage people in finding solutions, tended to work less well than other forms of learning,
and failed to accommodate situations where people did not respond rationally to information
(Jackson, 2005).
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2.1 Problem identification: Hypotheses
Main problem Main Hypothesis
Level of student involvement in the campaign
There is a lack of student involvement in the campaign.
Source of possible problems Hypotheses
Environmental Education 1. Students have not received enough environmental education.
Environmental Awareness 2. Students do not have environmental awareness.
Knowledge of the campaign 3. Students do not know about the campaign.
Understanding of the campaign 4. Students do not understand the campaign well.
Communication of the campaign 5. Communication of the Chula Zero waste is top-down.
Proposed solution Bottom-up scheme can improve student
involvement in the campaign and in environmental issues.
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2.2 Conceptual framework Expert
Target population
Environmental Campaign
Environmental awareness
Program implementation
Involvement
Bottom-up participation
Flow of communication:
Top-down
NOW Flow of
communication: Bottom-up and
two-way
PROPOSED
Two-way communication
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2.3 Research questions and objectives
General objective: To increase students involvement in environmental issues. 1) To assess students involvement in Zero Waste Campaign.
2) To identify the factors influencing students involvement in Chula Zero Waste.
3) To identify bottom-up pathways to increase environmental awareness and environmental participation in students.
Research questions 1) What is their level of environmental awareness and environmental education received?
2) What is the student's level of involvement in Chula Zero Waste?
3) What factors influence student involvement in the campaign?
4) What kind of system would increase students involvement in environment awareness and environmental Initiatives?
Objectives
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2.4 Significance of the study
Environmental awareness is the first step to pro-environmental behavior, therefore finding pathways to student participation in raising
environmental awareness is key to foster these behaviors and the involvement in environmental initiatives.
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3.1 Stakeholders: Target population
SHOULD
MUST
MAY
Academics
Students
Staff
Visitors
Sellers
General public
Other university
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For the analysis of the Chula Zero
Waste Campaign we determined
that the stakeholder we should interview
are the students.
3.2 Questionnaire design 1) Personal information 2) Environmental awareness and environmental education 3) Awareness of Chula Zero Waste Campaign 4) Bottom-up approach: Student involvement
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In addition, we interviewed a student who is deeply
involved in the campaign, so we could know more about Chula Zero Waste and its
needs.
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4.1 Profile of respondents
Others 15%
�Medicine 4%
Pharma 4%
Economics
6%
Science 7%
Accounting
7%Sport science
7%
Arts 11%
No answer
13%
Engineering
26%
FACULTY
Male 47% Female
53%
1.Sex
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<=19 20-24 25-29 30<=
2.Age range
4.2 Part I Main Hypothesis: There is a lack of student involvement in the campaign.
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2.37 2.15 2.261
2
3
4
5
IC
LevelofinvolmentinChulaZeroWastecampaign�
Female Male Total
Environmental Education
Environmental Awareness
Knowledge of the campaign
Understanding of the campaign
Communication of the campaign
We found that the students involvement in a scale from 1 to 5, scored an average of 2.26, proving our main hypothesis.
Then we proceeded to find the cause of this lack of participation.
Therefore, we surveyed the following factors.
H 1: Students have not received enough environmental education. H 2: Students do not have environmental awareness.
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2.54 3.74 3.53 2.86 3.57 3.75 2.7 3.655 3.64 1
2
3
4
5
Antropocentrism Spaceship Earth Technocentrism
Environmental Awareness
Female Male Total 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.8
1
2
3
4
5
Elementary school Junior high school High school University
Environmental Education Frequency
They scored more than 3, so the students have got enough environmental education so far.
According to the rate of Spaceship Earth construct, students showed that they have environmental awareness.. And females
in more proportion than males.
H3: Students do not know about the campaign
60% of those who answered "Don't know” were freshman.
Students know about the campaign!!
H4: Students do not understand the campaign well
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2.99 3.023.28
3.88
1
2
3
4
5
You'reinvolved Youunderstandtheobjec9ve
Youhavemoreenvironmental
awarenessfromthecampaign
Youunderstandtheproblemthatgeneratedthiscampaign
Youunderstandthatthiscampaignis
banaficialtosociarty
ThelevelofknowledgeofChulaZeroWastecampaignanddesignofit Students showed an average
knowledge of 3,34 on 4 items about Chula Zero
Waste. This means, they understand the
campaign’s objectives and contents.
H5. Communication of the Chula Zero waste is top-down
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6
9
18
29
40
77
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Others
Journalnewsoftheuniversity
Universitywebsite
Professors/academics
Friends
Billboardinuniversity
Howdidyoufindoutaboutcampaign?
The communication of campaign worked but their approach was
through typical top-down media such as billboards
and FB.
Flow of communication:
Top-down
4.2. Results: The solution: Bottom-up approach
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Who should do it?
Where?
Willingness to do itHow
Need
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9
50
64
76
108
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Others
�Grad student
External staff
Professors
Undergrad student
Who should lead environmental projects/initiatives in the campus?
Who should do it?
Where?
Willingness to do itHow
Need
5. Discussions: The Hypotheses and Chula Zero Waste
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Source of possible problems Hypothesis test results
Conclusions
Environmental Education
1 Students have not received enough environmental
education.
Students have received education and also have access to media that can enhance that, thus they can play an active role in their own
knowledge.
Environmental Awareness
2. Students do not have environmental awareness.
Students have entered a top university therefore it makes sense they have corresponding notion
of knowledge and awareness.
Knowledge of the campaign
3. Students do not know about the campaign.
The students learned about the campaign but they don’t seem to react to it.
Understanding of the campaign
4. Students do not understand the campaign well.
The students understood the contents of the campaign showing it’s up to them to act
accordingly.
Communication of the campaign
5. Communication of the Chula Zero waste is top-
down.
Social media and billboards were effective in transmitting the message but failed in engaging.
5. Discussions and conclusions Bottom-up approach: How
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Encourage undergrads
Create new online
platforms
Create student led discussion
groups/workshops
Create idea’s funding
programs
Identify specific needs
Who should do it?
Where?
Willingness to do itHow
Need
5. Discussions and conclusions Bottom-up approach:
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your professors
your own-self
the students community
the society
the environment
Would you participate in the campaign if you feel you can make a contribution to
Also is key that students feel that they
can make meaningful a contribution to
something.
5. Solution for Chula Zero Waste
Our group had interviews with the Professor who organized this project and the student who are deeply involved in this project. They already have tried to encourage students, enhance online platform, have group works, competition project, and so on. This project is mainly run by teachers from faculty of mass media, but the interviewee said it is ideal to have a student leader. ☜ Why? and what can we propose from our research??
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- We found that general idea is that student should lead projects, but how do an organizer and student leader think about this, in an actual case like CWZ?
5. Solution for Chula Zero Waste -Why do they need students leaders?(in the actual case)
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Student University/Teachers misunderstanding
Even we try to separate waste, the university put together when they collect it. So, it is useless to separate waste!!
The student will not separate, so when we collect the garbages, it is no problem to put together. After collecting, separate those waste.
1.The projects are run by professors but they work separately and do not have enough time to cooperate with each other, so it is ineffective. 2.This is top-down system and the students just engaged in a certain term and did not continue the projects because that was the one of the academic programs or they have to do other things than the project. 3.Each faculty/department has each rule and it was not unified among them.(for example, trash box color...)
Waste separation project
We need student leaders!
Other then misunderstanding problems...
5. Solution for Chula Zero Waste -What can we propose from our research to raise student’s
involvement? 1.The students hesitate to take the leadership ☜Having seminar or workshop not only for sharing ideas about environmental
issues, but also for letting them have courage to lead projects. 2.The students are willingly participate in the campaign when it really
contribute to the environment. However, each faculties/department has different rules and it is hard to unify and this reduces the impact.
☜ To maximize the impact, each department should have consensus on making a rule.
3. Some students think it is easy to give opinions in Chula, but others find difficulties in doing so. This might be because Chula’s policy which says students should obey the university is strong. ☜ The university might leave some room for the students expression. 35
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