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Wight, Philip A. "From Citizens to Consumers: The Countercultural Roots of Green Consumerism." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1368030088.
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Place, Belinda Mary. "Nature doesn't grow on trees : an analysis of environmental discourse." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1996. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7162.
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This thesis examines the issue of environmentalism through a study of the construction of the environment or the 'natural world' in contemporary society. It tackles the issue through a close analysis of a selection of material which engages with the environment in different ways. This material has been selected in order to identify methods of organisation and strategies of argument which are present across a range of texts and also to investigate the way in which environmentalism is entwined with other issues in society, such as science, feminism and consumerism. After exploring theories of discourse in the work of Raymond Williams, Claude Levi-Strauss, Roland Barthes and Judith Williamson, a framework of analysis is worked out. This is then used and modified in an examination of how representations of the environment feature in advertisements, eco-feminist texts and popular scientific discourse, and the way in which they become the focus of various discursive practices and techniques.
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Sutdhibhasilp, Noulmook. "Environmental adult education, two case studies of Thai non-governmental organizations promoting green consumerism." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0020/NQ45639.pdf.
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O'Brien, Abigail. "Green Looks Good on You: The Rhetoric and Moral Identity of Conscious Consumption Blogs." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1161.
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Conscious consumption blogs are at the center of a particular online community where eco-friendly products are popularized. Through the lens of these blogs, this paper analyzes discourse around identity, purchasing, sustainability, lifestyle, community, and activism, to investigate the forces at work in the conscious consumption movement and identify where there is a need for a shift towards a more political environmentalism. As an environmentalist strategy, conscious consumption disproportionately centers the consumer angle, constructing personal possessions as symbols of sustainability. Language analysis reveals strong individualistic messages about personal belief, preference, and benefit which overwhelm any sense of communal good. Instead, motivation is tied to personal morals (holding oneself accountable for the environmental impact of consumption). In place of organized action, the goal of conscious consumption is self-fulfillment as a result of progressing on one’s personal journey. This is encouraged through self-education, voluntary awareness campaigns and leading by example. Overall, conscious consumption blogs’ strong emphasis on self improvement contributes to individualization of responsibility, discouraging followers from collectively imagining new political possibilities outside of individual households.
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SALMI, MILLA. "Social or environmental labelling- Consumers’ knowledge, attitudes and preferences." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-18012.
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Social or environmental labelling- Consumers’ knowledge, attitudes and preferencesEngelska nyckelord: labelling, social or environmental labelling, eco-labelling, sustainability, transparency, fashion consumer, visual/verbal communication, consumer buying behaviour, green consumerism.Sammanfattning på engelska: In the recent years the Swedish fashion retailers have increased their range of various social or environmental labels on their garments which in return has created confusion amongst the fashion consumers. Currently, there are approximately fourteen different third-party labelling standards in Sweden and a diverse range of self-controlled labelling standards. The reason for this increase can partly be explained by the increasing pressure from various actors to act more sustainably and ethically, and companies having realized a competitive advantage by adopting sustainable strategies. This study provides a preliminary exploration into the types of social and environmental labels that are available on the Swedish market and consumers’ knowledge, attitudes and preferences regarding these labels. Based on two focus group discussions held at two different occasions, respondents indicated that environmental labelling of clothing could influence their purchase decision positively if product related attributes (design and quality) have the same standard as non-sustainable clothing. Although consumers’ knowledge about the social or environmental labels is relatively low, they have an increased interest to learn more about the various labels and the potential environmental impact the fashion industry may cause. However, the growing involvement of taking social or environmental issues into consideration does not always lead to consumers actually purchasing eco-friendlier clothes, and thus these two “identities” are not yet compatible with each other.Additionally, consumers respond differently to positive and negative labelling, where negative labelling seems to have a stronger effect on their feelings and may influence their purchase decision. When it comes to the design of the label, visual and verbal communications are additives and a label should also have a numerical rating system, which states how sustainable a garment is in comparison to other garments. Furthermore, the logo should be more coherent with the fashion industry in terms of colours and illustrations. Moreover, consumers think that there is a lack of information at the point of purchase regarding the social and environmental labels and this should be addressed with either QR-code or by providing a simple brochure.<br>Program: Textilt management, fashion management
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Van, Kenhove Nathalie, and Lotti Biro. "Advertising Skepticism : The influence of demographic factors, consumerism and green washing in the organic food industry." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-53651.
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In 2016, it is no longer possible to deny the existence of global warming and its harmful effects on our planet and the environment. Not only experts, but also consumers, have become increasingly concerned about the environment. This increased awareness and concern has increased consumers’ interest in purchasing environmentally friendly food products, and has caused companies to focus on programs intent on reducing their environmental impact and helping the environment. Companies have introduced more environmentally friendly food products, accessible on a large scale, and have changed their communication to focus more on green products and green product attributes. Scandinavian countries have some of the largest numbers of organic food consumers in Europe and the world, with the Swedish organic food industry measuring the highest growth rate in organic food sales in 2015. Therefore, this study focuses on the Swedish green food industry. A major way for companies to make consumers aware of their available environmentally friendly food products is through green advertising. An increasingly frequent problem, however, is that consumers tend to distrust these green ads. They have knowledge of green washing practices and misleading information in green advertising. In this thesis, the relationships between green consumerism, green washing and green advertising skepticism were investigated. The potential relationship between demographic factors such as gender, age, income and level and area of study, and green advertising skepticism were tested as well. A research model with three main hypotheses was used in this thesis. The results showed a significant relationship between green consumerism and green advertising skepticism when green washing was a moderator. There was also a significant negative relationship between attitude towards green products and green advertising skepticism and a positive relationship between environmental concern and green advertising skepticism. There existed no significant relationship between the tested demographic factors and green advertising skepticism in the Swedish green food industry.
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Farrer, Joan. "Wool : from straw to gold : an ecological assessment of the lifecycle of wool from cradle to grave and beyond resulting in yarns composed of 100% post consumer waste." Thesis, Royal College of Art, 2000. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/wool(7e0cff0d-33df-4717-9172-24ef43f85720).html.
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The objective of this research is to document the complex journey of wool from cradle to grave and beyond and to analyse the ethical and environmental cost of production from the farm to the knitwear factory, to retail and finally as post-consumer waste. The research findings make a contribution to the growing commercial and consumer in debate in this arcs. Under the spotlight is wool growing including genetic and chemical manipulation and environmental degradation. Human exploitation at manufacturing sites, in some of the poorest countries of the world is discussed. Finally, the involvement of government, charitable and commercial institutions in the business of textile waste disposal which currently takes the form of landfill, incineration and Third World dumping is highlighted. Experiments have been undertaken to produce a small range of knitwear yarns and garments composed of a blend of wool. cotton and polyester. regenerated from 100% post consumer waste originally in the form of wool garments, jeans and drinking bottles. This has involved an innovative collaboration with the local Authority, community groups, a national charity. a textile reclamation company, spinner and commercial knitter. The aim of the research both theoretical and practical is to demonstrate that there are practical ways to 'close the loop' and to flag up the need for design in the 21' Century to focus on post-consumer issues and the manufacture of aesthetic commercially viable products made from non-virgin materials.
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Cedergren, Anders. "Personal, Behavioral, and Environmental Influences on Employer Facilitated Health Consumerism among Employees of a Large Health System: A Mixed Methods Study." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1384425919.
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Isenhour, Cindy. "BUILDING SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES: EXPLORING SUSTAINABILITY POLICY AND PRACTICE IN THE AGE OF HIGH CONSUMPTION." UKnowledge, 2010. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/1.
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This dissertation is an attempt to examine how humans in wealthy, post-industrial urban contexts understand sustainability and respond to their concerns given their sphere of influence. I focus specifically on sustainable consumption policy and practice in Sweden, where concerns for sustainability and consumer-based responses are strong. This case raises interesting questions about the relative strength of sustainability movements in different cultural and geo-political contexts as well as the specific factors that have motivated the movement toward sustainable living in Sweden.
The data presented here supports the need for multigenic theories of sustainable consumerism. Rather than relying on dominant theories of reflexive modernization, there is a need for locally and historically grounded analyses. The Swedish case illustrates that the relative strength of sustainable living is linked not only to high levels of awareness about social, economic and ecological threats to sustainability, but also to a strong and historically rooted emphasis on equality in Sweden. In this context, sustainable living is often driven by concerns for global equity and justice. The research therefore affirms the findings of those like Hobson (2002) and Berglund and Matti (2005) who argue that concerns for social justice often have more resonance with citizen-consumers - driving more progressive lifestyle changes than personal self-interest.
Yet despite the power of moral appeals, this research also suggests that the devolution of responsibility for sustainability - to citizens in their roles as consumers on the free market – has failed to produce significant change. While many attribute this failure to “Gidden’s Paradox” or the assumption that people will not change their lifestyles until they see and feel risks personally, the data presented here illustrates that even those most committed to sustainable living confront structural barriers that they do not have the power to overcome. The paradox is not that people can’t understand or act upon threats to sustainability from afar; but rather that it is extremely difficult to live more sustainably without strong social support, market regulation and political leadership. Sustainability policy must work to confront the illusion of choice by breaking down structural barriers, particularly for people who do not have the luxury of choosing alternatives.
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Johansson, Hanna, and Johanna Gustafsson. "How do edible insects fly among Swedish consumers? : Exploring consumers’ evaluation of edible insects as a meat substitute." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-40182.
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Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative research paper was to explore how consumers with an environmental identity evaluate new, environmentally friendly substitutes for meat, with edible insects given as an example. Problem: An increasing number of Swedish consumers show an overall negative attitude towards consuming meat, mainly due to environmental concerns, and express this by identifying themselves as vegetarians or flexitarian. Edible insects possess the potential to become an environmentally friendly, nutritious and innovative meat substitute in Sweden. Although the demand for new environmentally friendly meat substitutes is high, the intentions of consuming edible insects are low in Western societies. This causes researchers to ask why this conflict is. Methodology: In order to fulfill the purpose and to answer the research question, a qualitative research approach was adopted. Eight semi-structured interviews were used in the empirical data collection process. The chosen target group was vegetarians and flexitarians of Generation Y, and the sample was chosen through judgmental sampling. Findings: This empirical study examines an extensive confusion and conflicted standpoints among consumers when evaluating edible insects. However, the authors examine a high willingness and positive attitude towards consuming edible insects. Five key factors that influence the evaluation of edible as a meat substitute have been identified: the animalistic qualities of insects, if insects are perceived as meat or vegetarian, if edible insects are ‘green’, proof and facts, and what product category edible insects belong to.
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Poncio, Anna Paula. "O senso de cidadania ambiental na sociedade contemporânea: estudo de caso realizado no município de Céu Azul-PR." Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, 2015. http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/1811.
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Previous issue date: 2015-07-24<br>In times of increased preoccupation with environmental issues, this research aims to verify which are the actions that legitimize the idea of Environmental Education as stimuli for individual and collective environmental attitudes. For that, we look to approach the formation of present society (which fundaments in the marketization and consumption culture) as a practice and the concept of ecological subject (defended by Carvalho, 2001), as a theoretical parameter. As such, we can affirm that currently the behaviour of people is influentiated by the so called unnecessary necessities, and, against that logic, the Environmental Education comes as an instrument capable of modifying the pattern of social and environmental relations, by effecting the established actions at the concept of environmental citizenship, next to the concept of environmental subject. This citizen blooms as a being capable of acting to the rules presented by the ruling system, empowered by the libertary pretension of the existing borders, constituting itself as a part of a new perspective to the environmental and political act in place. So being, the practical part of the work was performed (em português o resumo foi alterado, precisa alterar aqui também) in the city of Céu Azul/PR, by Survey, with the application of 2.345 questionnaires, with 24 closed questions. The choosing of this city happened intentionally, once this town presents an environmental twist, the presence of the Iguacu National Park in 72% of its territory. The collected data was analysed statistically with the help of Microsoft Office Excel® (2007) and IBM SPSS® Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (version 21) and by the Content Analysis technique, in which objective was to averigate the consumption pattern imposed by the capitalist economical system that is drenched in the choosing population. Parting from the collected information, we can conclude that the population cares with the environmental issues surveyed; but doesn t apply them or completely get involved. In this sense, we defend in this study the necessity of changes in behaviour and practices development for the sake of the environment and the environmental preservation by its participants, because the damages are still seen as not an individual responsibility issue.<br>Em tempos de crescente preocupação com a questão ambiental, esta pesquisa procurar verificar quais são as ações que legitimam a ideia da Educação Ambiental como estimuladora de atitudes ambientais individuais e coletivas na sociedade contemporânea. Para tanto, procuraremos abordar a formação da sociedade contemporânea (que se fundamenta na mercantilização e na cultura do consumo) como prática e o conceito de sujeito ecológico (defendido por Carvalho, 2001), como parâmetro teórico. De pronto, podemos afirmar que atualmente o comportamento das pessoas é influenciado pelas chamadas necessidades desnecessárias e, contra esta lógica, a Educação Ambiental (EA) surge como instrumento capaz de modificar o padrão das relações socioambientais, por meio da efetivação das ações estabelecidas no conceito de cidadania ambiental, próximas às do conceito de sujeito ecológico. Este cidadão desponta como um ser capaz de atuar frente às regras conferidas pelo sistema vigente, empoderados pela pretensão libertária das fronteiras existentes, constituindo-se como parte de uma nova perspectiva para a ação política ambiental em exercício. Assim, o estudo foi realizado no Município de Céu Azul/PR, por meio da pesquisa Survey, com aplicação de 2.345 questionários, com 24 perguntas fechadas. A escolha desse município ocorreu de forma intencional, uma vez que o local apresenta um diferencial ambiental que é a presença do Parque Nacional do Iguaçu em 72% do seu território. Os dados coletados foram analisados estatisticamente com o auxílio dos Softwares Microsoft Office Excel® (2007) e IBM SPSS® Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (versão 21) e por meio da técnica de Análise de Conteúdo, cujo objetivo foi averiguar se o padrão de consumo imposto pelo sistema socioeconômico capitalista está arraigado na população escolhida. A partir das informações coletadas, podemos concluir que a população se preocupa com as questões ambientais pesquisadas; mas, não as reflete e nem se envolve por completo. Neste sentido, defendemos neste estudo a necessidade de que haja mudança no comportamento e no desenvolvimento de práticas realizadas em prol do ambiente e da preservação ambiental pelos participantes, pois, os danos causados ao ambiente ainda são vistos como um problema alheio à responsabilidade de cada um.
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Whitener, Olivia. "Farm to Label: A Critique of Consumer Activism in the Sustainable Food Movement." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2019. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/202.
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“Local,” “organic,” “natural,” and “Fairtrade” are just several of the many claims adorning the food products that line grocery store shelves. These promises of environmental sustainability and social responsibility are pillars of the “good food revolution” sweeping the nation as consumers demand alternatives to the products of the industrial food system. Green consumerism, the premise that consumer demand for environmentally sustainable goods will bring about ecologically beneficial outcomes, is at the heart of the sustainable food movement. This thesis takes a critical look at the operation of green consumerism in the food system. It explores the ideology and shortcomings of neoliberal consumer-citizenship that informs the “vote with your fork” rhetoric promoted throughout alternative food markets. Examining the plant-based foods movement as a case study, it attempts to shed light on aspects of food production that are obscured by the promises of “conscious consumption,” such as environmental impacts, accessibility, and reinforcement of the dominant dietary and patriarchal paradigm. Ultimately, the emphasis on consumerism as a means to remedy the failures of the industrial food system instead perpetuates social inequalities and environmental exploitation while relieving powerful institutions and the public of the responsibility to enact significant change. This thesis concludes with recommendations for a multi-sectored approach to the good food revolution that incorporates government, corporate, and grassroots action to bring about a truly sustainable food system.
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Gunnbjörnsdóttir, Björk. "Come/post : A Playful Contribution to Rehabilitate Soil." Thesis, Konstfack, Industridesign, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-7329.
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In this project I will explore food waste and how we can study and partake in nature’s ecosystem, in our daily lives, using a playful approach. One-third of all food produced in the world is wasted. Our systems encourage consumeristic behaviours and wastefulness, they encourage exponential growth in preference to circularity. Human disconnection to nature’s ecosystems is resulting in depleting, eroding and polluted soils. Soil is the foundation of life, humans would not exist without it. Our food exists because of soil and we obtain energy from the food we eat - unfortunately, the nutrients in our food are declining due to intensive industrial farming. Compost enhances the soil, nourishes the life within it. We can think of nutrients as our source of energy. This flow of energy in nature goes from soils to plants, to animals, fungi, microorganisms, bacteria and back to its origin - the soil. Organic matter is fundamental to create viable habitat and preserve water in the soil. Why are not all of us composting? How can composting be involved in our everyday life? My ambition is to make a playful and low tech, human-powered composting machine. Where children can collaborate with older generations, together, learning how to turn their food waste to compost, while playing. With low tech machines run by human energy, I implement movements and play to evoke curiosity. While having fun I want to change our thoughts of waste to valuable resources.
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Ractliffe, Tamzin Pascoe. "Environmental concern, knowledge, and the enactment of environmental citizenship in a retail food environment: an investigation into the perceptions and behaviours of Cape Town consumers." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19993.
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Sustainable consumption has long been recognised as essential for the achievement of sustainable development. Whilst early efforts to achieve sustainable consumption focused on using technological innovation and process efficiencies to reduce the resource intensity of products, create new, less toxic, more environmentally friendly products, and/or improve the efficiency of production processes, the inadequacy of production-based approaches alone has been widely accepted. More recent efforts to achieve sustainable consumption have highlighted that a change in the behaviour of individuals is a prerequisite for its achievement. A significant body of research has focusing on trying to understand the determinants of pro-environmental behaviour and specifically the intersection of environmental concern and environmental knowledge in the manifestation in pro-environmental behaviour. The relatively recent concept of environmental citizenship, premised on the existence of concern and knowledge, and rooted in issues of environmental and social justice, has gained traction as an alternative means by which to achieve both sustainable development and sustainable consumption. This dissertation presents research findings from a mixed-method empirical study of the food consumption behaviour of a purposive sample of upper middle income South African retail food consumers. Applying the notion of environmental citizenship, it considers the influence of critical variables widely identified as key to the expression of pro-environmental behaviour, viz. desire to act, knowledge to act, and ability to act. Specifically it considers the relationship between environmental knowledge, environmental concern and pro-environmental behaviour, as well as the barriers and situational factors in the food retail environment which are reported to inhibit the practice of sustainable consumption behaviour. It then considers whether improvements in objective knowledge have an impact on the enactment of environmental citizenship through an increase in pro-environmental behaviour practices. The main conclusion drawn from the findings of this dissertation is that environmental concern and knowledge are positive predictors of pro-environmental behaviour. However, a low incidence of pro-environmental behaviour was evident in the study sample overall. This is most likely as a result of low levels of environmental concern and general lack of objective knowledge although a significant additional barrier could be the lack of a mature market for sustainable food in South Africa. In keeping with international studies, health concerns appear to be both most prevalent and most influential in determining the practice of pro-environmental behaviours. The study also suggests that efforts to increase levels of objective knowledge may have an impact on the practice of sustainable food consumption behaviours.
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Stokes, Staci Ann. "Deception in environmental advertising : consumers' reactions to greenwashing." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1462.
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Albloushy, Hayat. "Examining the effects of knowledge, environmental concern, attitudes and cultural characteristics on Kuwaiti consumers' purchasing behavior of environmentally sustainable apparel." Diss., Kansas State University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/32568.
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Doctor of Philosophy<br>Apparel, Textiles, and Interior Design<br>Kim Hiller<br>This study examined the effects of knowledge of apparel and textile (AT) manufacturing’s impacts on the environment, environmental concern, attitudes toward environmentally sustainable apparel (ESA), and the cultural characteristics of adult, female Kuwaiti nationals on purchasing behaviors of ESA. This study was conducted because Kuwait is a large consumer market for apparel goods and there was a gap in the existing literature on sustainable apparel with regards to Kuwait. To measure the independent variables of knowledge related to the environmental impacts of AT manufacturing, environmental concern, attitudes towards ESA, and the cultural characteristics of Kuwaiti women on the dependent variable of ESA purchase behavior intentions, a mixed methods approach was used. This mixed method approach included a survey instrument featuring five different scales to acquire data through quantitative methods on a population of Kuwaitis acquired through snowball sampling. Semi-structured interviews were then utilized to acquire further data for a qualitative data analysis. The results were then analyzed through descriptive statistics, regressions, and coding. The data analysis of the quantitative survey responses of the female Kuwaiti nationals showed that their level of knowledge on the environmental impacts of the AT industry was low, their level of environmental concern was neutral, their ESA attitudes were neutral, and their ESA purchase intentions were slightly positive. Regression results found that environmental concern had no relationship with ESA attitudes, knowledge about AT related environmental issues positively influenced ESA attitudes, and both knowledge about AT related environmental issues and ESA attitudes had a positive influence on ESA purchase intentions. Additionally, the cultural dimensions of the surveyed population showed high power distance and collectivism, low long-term orientation and uncertainty avoidance, and intermediate levels of masculinity and indulgence. The qualitative interview revealed that Kuwaiti culture is strongly influenced by the Islamic religion, and the culture supports high levels of consumerism and ostentatious consumption. A majority of qualitative participants did not express any attitudes toward ESA, and none of the participants had purchased ESA products previously. This could be because female Kuwaiti nationals are limited in their knowledge related to AT environmental risks and are generally unaware of ESA and its purpose. The study’s data could be used to provide educators with information through which to tailor curricula towards the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of Kuwaiti nationals. Additionally, this information could be essential for manufacturers and retailers of ESA products, so that they can produce and sell ESA affectively in Kuwait.
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Newton, Bronwyn Melissa. "Sustainability? : towards 'citizen-consumers' at three environmental visitor attractions." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.440396.
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Anjum, Nomana. "An environmental assessment of office interiors from the consumers' perspective." Thesis, University of Dundee, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.367298.
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Andersen, Laura Mørch. "Information provision to consumers as an instrument of environmental regulation." Kbh. : Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2008. http://www.econ.ku.dk/Forskning/Publikationer/ph.d_serie_2007-/red130.pdf.
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Sun, Bin. "Essays on environmental economics and resource management." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1180553781.
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Wagner, Sigmund A. "Environmentally-oriented consumer behaviour : a cognitive study with implications for communications management." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319031.
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Haque, Farhan. "Consumers' Evaluation of Environmental Practices in the Textiles and Apparel Industry." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1596455122017525.
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Saddler, Sarah Jane. "Echo boomer demographics : housing in Japan and environmental perceptions of consumers." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/32323.
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Demographic trends and population density drastically affect many aspects of a country's economy and social structure. In Japan, the trend is one of population decline, with large cohorts of citizens in two main segments termed the 'baby boomer' and the 'echo boomer' generations. The purpose of this research is to explore opportunities for imported wood products and to assess perceptions towards environmental issues pertaining to the residential housing market among the demographic segment in Japan known as the baby boomer echo cohort. This cohort is made up of the children of the baby boomers who are now between 26 and 41 years of age and currently comprise 13% of the Japanese population. Many of these consumers are currently entering the residential housing market and are looking to create and live in urban homes with their newly formed families. This major step by a large cohort is important for Canadian wood producers as Japan is the primary off shore market for its wood products, the primary construction materials for homes in Japan. It is critical to observe the behaviours of this sizeable segment in order to predict future trends for housing trends in urban Japan.<br>Forestry, Faculty of<br>Graduate
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Soni, Amit. "An analysis of scientific computing environments : a consumer's view." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/43797.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computation for Design and Optimization Program, 2008.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 53).<br>In the last three decades, with rapid advancements in the hardware and software industry, a large number of commercial and free open source languages and software have evolved. Many of these are Very High Level Languages (VHLLs) which can be easily used for scientific computing purposes such as algorithm testing and engineering computations. However, this vast pool of resources has not been utilized to its full potential. In this analysis, we will be looking at various simple and complex problems and how they can be approached in various languages. All the results will be uploaded on a website in the form of a wiki intended to be accessible to everyone. By analyzing standard problems encountered frequently in scientific computing, this wiki provides the users a performance based report which they can use to choose the best option for their particular applications. Simultaneously, a lexicon of standard codes will help them in learning those options which they want to use so that fear is not a barrier. The analysis also addresses some incompatibility issues within languages and their impact. This work is a preliminary investigation as part of Professor Alan Edelman's participation in the Numerical Mathematics Consortium. We expect the scientific computing community to benefit from this research as a whole, as this analysis will give them better alternatives for their computational needs.<br>by Amit Soni.<br>S.M.
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Maruniak, Andrea Leshner Glenn. "A mediation model of the impact of for- and non-profit environmental advertising." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6579.
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The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on November 18, 2009). Thesis advisor: Dr. Glenn Leshner Includes bibliographical references.
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Ozcan, Timucin. "Involuntary switching behavior in restricted decision environments : consumer responses to stockouts /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2008. http://0-digitalcommons.uri.edu.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3328726.
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Xue, Xiang. "Determinants of Consumer Behavior in an e-Commerce Environment." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2002. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/XueX2002.pdf.
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Adams, Sheree-Ann W. "Role of corporate social / environmental responsibility in cruise consumers' behaviour decision making." Thesis, Leeds Beckett University, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683936.
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Budianschi, Corina, Farrah Blair Ekeroth, and Marija Milanova. "Eco-friendly Flights? : A Consumer's Perspective." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-18171.
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Background: The environmental impacts of tourism have recently become a high-profile topic due to the increasing amount of attention devoted to issues such as climate change. The harmful effects of aviation, in particular, have led airline companies to adopt proactive sustainability agendas. In light of this, this study seeks to explore the extent of environmental awareness amongst consumers as well as the effects that corporate sustainability measures have on the decision-making process of air travelers. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether or not consumers value environmental responsibility within the airline industry and to determine the factors that influence the consumer decision-making process. Method: This thesis utilizes a mixed-method approach, with both quantitative and qualitative methods employed. Quantitative data was collected through a survey distributed online and to travelers at Göteborg Landvetter airport, with a total of 95 respondents. Additionally, an in-depth interview was conducted with Stefan Gössling, a prominent researcher within the field of tourism. Findings: The results of this thesis reveal relatively low awareness amongst consumers with regard to the environmental actions of airlines. Although consumers appear to have a general knowledge of the negative impacts of air travel, they are reluctant to alter their own flying behavior. Additionally, the results of the survey reveal that consumers are not yet familiar with the concept of eco-friendly flights or the sustainable options that are available to them when purchasing flight tickets. Ultimately, when buying from airline companies, consumers place greater emphasis on other factors such as costs, services and the availability of desired routes.
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Damon, Maria. "An empirical study of environmental policy and technology adoption phasing out toxic antifouling paints on recreational boats /." Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2007. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3273809.
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Miser, Martha Freymann. "The Myth of Endless Accumulation: A Feminist Inquiry Into Globalization, Growth, and Social Change." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1317997334.
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Douglass, James G. "Community dynamics in submersed aquatic vegetation: Intermediate consumers as mediators of environmental change." W&M ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539616634.
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Natural ecosystems are strongly affected by changes in resource supply (bottom-up forces) and by changes in upper trophic levels (top-down forces). The extent to which these processes impact a system depends largely on the responses of organisms at middle trophic levels. In seagrass beds, a group of mid-level consumers known as mesograzers form a critical link in the chain of impact, connecting seagrass and epiphytic algae with predatory fishes and crustaceans. I observed dramatic seasonal and interannual changes in mesograzer abundance and species composition in eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds of lower Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, and endeavored to explain the top-down and bottom-up causes and consequences of those changes with field studies and controlled experiments. A field cage experiment showed that grazing, predation and nutrient enrichment all had strong effects on the eelgrass community, but that the effects of each factor varied for different community components (Chapter 1). A second experiment delved deeper into the predation dynamic by manipulating the diversity of both predators and mesograzers in macroalgal mesocosms. Increasing predator diversity increased the strength of predation, but increasing mesograzer diversity conferred resistance to some types of predation (Chapter 2). to assess the influence of top-down and bottom-up forces in a more natural context, I analyzed the long-term changes in biotic and abiotic components of an eelgrass bed at the Goodwin Islands National Estuarine Research Reserve. I found that abiotic processes had strong effects on both consumer and resource abundance, and could therefore initiate either top-down or bottom-up control of eelgrass community structure (Chapter 3). to examine this top-down and bottom-up control in more detail I explicitly compared the ecological relationships seen in the field to those observed in mesocosm experiments. Mesocosm experiments tended to find a greater influence of top-down effects and a lesser influence of bottom-up effects, relative to field observations (Chapter 4). Finally, I took a snapshot of the eelgrass food web itself by examining the gut contents and stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic ratios of predators, mesograzers, and plants. I found that direct grazing on eelgrass does occur, but that microalgae and detritus provide the main trophic support for the epifaunal community (Chapter 5). Overall, my results suggest that both top-down and bottom-up forces control eelgrass community structure via mesograzers, but that top-down control in the field is more subtle and more intimately tied with bottom-up control than has been indicated by some manipulative experiments.
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Wu, Fan, and 吴凡. "Determinants of environmental preference by housing consumers in Guangzhou, China, using analytic hierarchy process." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47299861.
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This study analyzes the determinants of housing environmental preference by
consumers in Guangzhou, China. Preferences of different housing environments
have been well researched by scholars in architecture, urban planning, and urban
environmental science. However, few studies shed light on housing environment
by measuring physical/tangible and social/intangible attributes with hierarchy
models. Based on the literatures on housing environment, preference, satisfaction
and housing quality, this thesis explores the housing environment preference by
identifying the environmental attributes which are grouped into three categories:
mobility, community facility, and community social capital.
The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is employed to estimate the relative
importance of those environmental attributes, which are further organized into a
hierarchical structure. Housing consumers and property experts in Guangzhou
participate in the survey and they represent a wide spectrum of environmental
performance demands as well as socio-environmental backgrounds in the sample.
Statistical weights of the factors based on their judgments are then generated.
It is found that mobility factors, including public traffic network, proximity to
workplace, have dominant importance in the housing environment. Social capital
factors and facility factors, including sense of safety, medical and health facility,
and education facility are also regarded important. Property experts and
consumers have diverse perspectives on the demand of end users as they represent
different interest groups. Furthermore, different age groups of housing consumers
attach different relative importance to the factors studied.
This study develops a method to assess the relative importance of the environment
factors in housing preferences, and provides a useful tool in the field of
environmental assessment. Instead of measuring the monetary value of different
attributes in the market, the findings of this thesis help to understand the general
demand pattern and preferences of consumers in the housing market based on
multidimensional values and benefits. It is hoped that the findings will offer
more information for urban planners and housing developers from a social and
cultural perspective.<br>published_or_final_version<br>Real Estate and Construction<br>Doctoral<br>Doctor of Philosophy
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Stols, Maria Jacoba. "The influence of pro-environmental motivation and intent on female consumers' apparel disposal behaviour." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60860.
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The apparel and textile industry plays an enormous role in the depletion of natural resources, pollution and other environmental problems. Pro-environmental efforts should thus be encouraged in all stages of the apparel supply chain, but also more specifically at the disposal stage during which consumers should be encouraged to adopt eco-friendly options such as donating, recycling and/ or reselling apparel. The aim of this study was to explore and describe female consumers' pro-environmental disposal motivation and intent regarding apparel in the South African context. The hypothesis and conceptual framework for this study was based on a combination of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and the Norm Activation Theory's (NAT) constructs as the underlying motivational factors that contribute to pro-environmental disposal intent. The research was carried out in the Gauteng province, South Africa. The sample comprised of 315 female consumers; female consumers were of particular interest since they tend to engage in pro-environmental behaviour to a larger extent than males. This quantitative study used a cross-sectional survey design for which a Qualtrics web-based questionnaire was developed. Data was captured and coded to be further subjected to descriptive and inferential analyses.
The findings indicated that most respondents are aware of environmental consequences related to the disposal of apparel. Social norms influenced respondents' personal norms, as well as their behavioural intent to make pro-environmental decisions regarding the disposal of apparel. It seems that consumers' attitudes also influence their pro-environmental behavioural intent significantly. In contrast, perceived behavioural control had a weaker influence on pro-environmental intent. The theoretical contribution of this study relates to the relevance of TPB and NAT constructs in the local context. In so far as practical implications are concerned, it was concluded that government and businesses should get involved in promoting pro-environmental apparel disposal options and educating consumers about the benefits of disposing apparel in a pro-environmental manner.<br>Die klere en tekstiel bedryf speel 'n noodsaaklike rol in die vermindering van natuurlike bronne, besoedeling en ander omgewingsprobleme. Pro-omgewings pogings moet dus aangemoedig word in alle stadiums van die klere voorsienings kettings, maar meer spesifiek ook in die wegdoen fase waarin verbruikers aangemoedig moet word om omgewings vriendelike opsies te oorweeg soos skenking, herwinning en herverkoping. Die doel van hierdie studie was vroulike verbruikers se pro-omgewings klere beskikkings motivering en bedoeling te verken en beskryf in 'n Suid Afrikaanse konteks. Die hipotese en konseptuele raamwerk vir hierdie studie is gebaseer op 'n kombinasie van die Teorie van Beplande Gedrag (TPB) en die Norm Aktiverings Teorie (NAT) se konsepte as die onderliggende motiverende faktore wat bydra tot verbruikers se pro-omgewings wegdoen voorneme. Die navorsing was uitgevoer in Gauteng provinsie, Suid Afrika. Die steekproef het uit 315 vroulike verbruikers bestaan; vroulike verbruikers was van besondere belang aangesien hulle geneig is om betrokke te raak in pro-omgewings gedrag tot 'n groter mate as mans. Hierdie kwantitatiewe studie het 'n deursnit opname-ontwerp gebruik waarvoor 'n Qualtrics web-gebaseerde vraelys ontwikkel is. Die data was ingevoer en verder gekodeer om beskrywende en inferentiële statistiek ontledings te ontwikkel.
Die bevindings het aangedui dat die meeste respondente bewus is van hoe die wegdoen van klere die omgewing beïnvloed. Sosiale norme het die respondente se persoonlike norme beïnvloed, asook hul gedragspatrone intensie om pro-omgewings besluite te maak ten opsigte van die wegdoen van klere. Dit blyk dat die houdings van verbruikers hul pro-omgewings gedrags intensie ook aansienlik beïnvloed. In teenstelling hiermee, het waargeneemde gedrags beheer 'n swakker invloed op pro-omgewings voorneme. Die teoretiese bydrae van hierdie studie het betrekking tot die toepaslikheid van TPB en NAT konsepte in 'n plaaslike konteks. In terme van praktiese implikasies, was die gevolgtrekking dat die regering en besighede betrokke moet raak in die bevordering van pro-omgewings wegdoen opsies en die opvoeding van verbruikers oor die voordele van die afhandeling van klere op 'n pro-omgewings wyse.<br>Dissertation (MConsumer Science)--University of Pretoria, 2016.<br>Consumer Science<br>MConsumer Science<br>Unrestricted
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Umberson, Kirsten Kinley Tammy. "Environmentally-friendly purchase intentions debunking the misconception behind apathetic consumer attitudes /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2008. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9728.
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VanLandeghem, Edward. "An investigation into consumer perceptions of surround sound in a home theatre environment." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 2006. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.
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Persson, Stefan, Ümit Dilek, and Frida Dahl. "Purchasíng of environmental friendly computers : How consumers value green characteristics based on a conjoint analysis." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-11.
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<p>Problem: Environmental awareness was rated as the most current trend in 2006 by the readers of Swedish newspaper DN (Olausson, 2007), and in 2005 97 per cent of the Swed-ish population thought that environmental issues will have or already have had an influence on Sweden (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, 2005). Higher awareness about environmental issues leads to more environmental friendly products and new processes by companies for lower consumption of energy and harmful materials. However, the impor-tance of the contribution of households and electronics on the environment seems to be underestimated. Therefore, it is of importance to understand how consumers consider the environmental friendliness of electronic products, and computers in specific for this thesis.</p><p>Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to examine how consumers value environmental friendliness when buying computers and how this influences their purchase decision.</p><p>Method: In order to achieve the purpose stated, a conjoint analysis was first made through an experiment in order to see how the consumer make trade-offs between certain attributes of computers. After the experiment, respondents were asked to answer a questionnaire which has been used to connect computer purchasing and environmental values to con-sumer behaviour theories.</p><p>Conclusions: The assumption on environmental friendliness being the least valued attrib-ute by consumers has not been supported by the results of the conjoint analysis done; in fact it has instead portrayed environmental friendliness as the second most important, be-fore price and performance, only after accessories. The results have also shown that envi-ronmental friendliness was appreciated in a computer, and that its existence in a computer affects the purchase decision positively. The results of the post-experiment questionnaire have illustrated that environmental friendliness of computers has a strong effect on the purchase decision when combined with other attributes, although it may not be regarded of high value by itself. While a computer by it self are likely to satisfy needs as low as social need, the environmental friendliness of computers appears to satisfy esteem needs. It has also been demonstrated that social factors could have strong effects on purchasing of green computers if more and better information were available. Further, moral obligations and at-titude to behaviour factors concerning green computers seem to be strong, while perceived control and subjective norms appear to be low in today’s society.</p>
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Said, David Michael, of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University, of Health Humanities and Social Ecology Faculty, and School of Social Ecology. "Defining the green consumer : a legitimisation of the process of marketing products with lower environmental impacts." THESIS_FHHSE_SEL_Said_D.xml, 1996. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/45.
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Everything manufactured has an impact on the environment, either by consuming unrenewable resources as raw materials, or consuming energy, or adding excess nutrients to soils and waterways, or generating greenhouse gasses, wastes or pollutants. Many environmental critics believe that the most effective way to reduce this damage is to regulate to force manufacturers to produce and distribute goods with lower environmental impacts. Others believe that consumers should be educated to demand these improvements from manufacturers. The author of this thesis believes the most effective way to persuade the private sector to reduce the environmental impacts of its products would be to convince them that this would be profitable. At this point in time, most Australian manufacturers do not believe this to be the case, otherwise there would be many more green products in the marketplace. Many marketers have a negative attitude to green marketing, while others who would like to investigate the potential of the green market lack the data to do so. The original research for this thesis takes the form of a commercial market segmentation study designed to analyse the green market and provide answers to the following questions : Which segment or segments of the Australian population are actual or potential green consumers? What are their motivations, attitudes and buying habits? What new products would they welcome in the future? The findings of the research are that at least 50 percent of the Australian market has made considerable behavioural adjustments for environmental reasons and would welcome greener products. Marketers can therefore only ignore the green market at the risk of ignoring the needs and wants of 50 percent of the population. Thus, the original research provides a map of the Australian Green Market which will legitimise the corporate decision, develop and promote greener products<br>Master of Science (Hons) (Social Ecology)
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Kim, Jiyoung. "Effects of institutional environment and social capital on rural consumers' inshopping behavior." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1218208482.
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Aiken, Kirk Damon. "Developing consumer trust in a computer-mediated environment : an investigation of market signals /." view abstract or download file of text, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3018355.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2001.<br>Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 141-147). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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CUNHA, VINICIUS LOPES DA. "A STUDY ABOUT THE PREFERENCES OF LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS BETWEEN TWO RETAIL ENVIRONMENTS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2015. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=25451@1.
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O aumento do poder de compra das populações de mais baixa renda no Brasil fez as empresas perceberem a força consumidora desses indivíduos e a necessidade de se criar estratégias específicas para atender esse novo público-alvo, em vez de apenas adaptar as que eram utilizadas para as classes mais elevadas. Um setor que tem se voltado a esse segmento é o varejista. Historicamente, polos comerciais de rua (também conhecido como calçadões) sempre foram voltados a ele. Mas, de um tempo para cá, shopping centers também têm percebido o potencial de consumo desses indivíduos, oferecendo estrutura e conforto melhores do que os tradicionais calçadões. Apesar dos shoppings terem ofertas mais atrativas, consumidores de baixa renda continuam a frequentar e comprar significativamente nos calçadões. O presente estudo busca desvendar os motivos para esses consumidores ainda fazerem compras nos calçadões, em vista de haver shoppings próximos com mais conforto. Para isso, foram feitas entrevistas em profundidade com consumidores de baixa renda frequentadores de um calçadão do Rio de Janeiro. A partir das entrevistas, foi possível identificar aspectos que levam esses consumidores a preferirem calçadões a shoppings, entre eles a questão do preço das mercadorias, embora nem sempre exista diferença entre produtos no calçadão e nos shoppings.<br>The increase in purchasing power of the lower-income population in Brazil highlighted the consumption strength of this new consumer group and changed the view companies had towards them and stressed the need to create specific strategies instead of simply adapting the existing knowledge focused on upper class consumers. A key sector facing this challenge is the retail business. Historically, street retail (also known in Brazil as calçadões ) has been focused on this segment. Recently, however, shopping centers have also perceived the potential coming from this consumer group and started to offer them improved infrastructure and comfort in comparison to the traditional street retail. In spite of this more attractive consumption environment, low-income consumers continue to shop in street retail stores. This study aims to understand the motivations that lead consumers to prefer shopping in the traditional street stores instead of nearby shopping centers that offer a planned environment, with more structure and with the same stores. To achieve this objective, in depth interviews were conducted with low-income consumers of a street retail area in Rio de Janeiro. From these interviews several aspects, such as price difference, were identified even in situations where this discrepancy does not exist.
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Wu, Pianpian. "Beneficial yet Risky : Evaluate Risks of Fish Diet of Mercury Exposure to Consumers in Sweden." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Limnologi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-179112.
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For a long time, fish is regarded as an important food source beneficial for human health. But there’s nowadays an increasing concern of fish consumption for increasing existence of mercury (Hg) and methylmercury (MeHg), which can be accumulated upon fish intake and pose health threats to human. It is suggested that children and pregnant women are more vulnerable to effects due to accumulation of Hg. There have been continuous efforts done by governments and researchers all over the world, e.g. publishing national and regional advisories on fish consumption, in order to inform public related risks aroused by excess fish consumption. Sweden, as one of the earliest countries abandons the use of Hg (Regeringskansliet, http://www.sweden.gov.se), has published a national advisory on fish consumption for pregnant and breastfeeding women (Swedish National Food Agency, SLV, http://www.slv.se/). Hg level in edible fish organs is also limited for safe consumption. In order to picture a better image of this, we investigated existed databases in Sweden on Hg levels in fish, fishery statistics, consumption data, and observed Hg level in human in recent decades for human exposure to Hg in Sweden. Though mercury emission decreased, the exposure to mercury via fish consumption is still high. We believe there’s a potential risk for Swedish inhabitants, especially pregnant women and women in breastfeeding, as well as young children. It is strongly recommended a safer limit of Hg in fish products for consumption in Sweden. We hope for more synthesized knowledge of safe fish consumption that benefit for the public and promote regional/national policy in having an up-to-date fish consumption advisory in Sweden.
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JU-PING, HO, and LI FEI. "The influences of physical environment of multi-brand fashion retail store on consumer's behavior." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-20326.
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The overall purpose of this research was to understand how consumers perceive physical environments from multi-brand fashion retail stores. According to Solomon and Rabolt (2008), a well-design of store environment can fulfill consumer’s shopping process with a pleasant, efficient and enjoyable experience. Since many researchers have proved that the store environment directs consumer’s shopping experience, by investigating consumer’s behavior with psychological and physical perceptions in a store is the approach for retailers to create more business opportunities in a competitive fashion industry today.Through literature review we know, the development of retail stores from eighteenth century until today, it changes by social, culture, economic factors as well as consumer behavior. From the history, it also illustrates how a multi-brand fashion retail store grows in today’s Swedish market. Customers’ interview is the important approach to know how consumers experience shopping and perceive the environment in the multi-brand fashion retail stores. Because of consumers’ demographic differences, the perceptions from the same store environment lead to either positive or negative feelings. By interviewing the store staffs, the companies’ management and store display strategies are provided and it is helpful to analyze and compare in parallel. The retailer applies appropriately store designing strategy to focus on a certain group of consumers is useful to find its target consumers as well as appealing to target consumer’s satisfaction with shopping experience. Based on the interview result, the perceptions both from consumers and retailers are discussed. According to the analysis of the results, recommendations are given for tangible and intangible improvements. In terms of visible improvements, the retailers may improve visual communication and lighting design in the store environment which enhances consumer’s attitude toward positive perception and exceptions. Sending positive knowledge is an invisible channel to influence consumer behavior, and it is sure that consumers are willing to learn what they are interested. Furthermore, improving visual merchandise management is an approach to compete increasing number of outlets in the market which could be achieved by professional employees and training processes.To design or create a better physical environment of multi-brand fashion retail store, it not only follows the retailer’s marketing strategy and company orientation, but also concerns for consumers’ needs toward positive influences. A consumer’s perception from a store environment decides his or her attitude and behavior. If consumers are satisfied with the store, they will tell an average of 5 other people, whereas disappointed consumers may talk to more people and never return to the store. (Hines and Bruce 2008) To develop a better physical environment of a multi-brand fashion retail store, it relies on interacting of influences between consumers and retailers.<br>Program: Magisterutbildning i fashion management med inriktning modemarknadsföring
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Dumalisile, Sinovuyo. "A study in consumers willingness to purchase water efficient fittings." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97320.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The continuous growth in the world’s population together with the increasing scarcity of water
resources, especially drinkable water, has cultivated an environmentally-conscious society. As
consumers are looking for eco-friendly alternatives or methods, manufacturers are including
environmentally-friendly (EF) products in their product mix to address this topic. However, there
seems to be a disconnect between manufacturers of EF product solutions and consumers.
Consumers are either not aware of EF products or they are still hesitant in adopting
environmentally-friendly products as the perception is that they are either too expensive or there is
something amiss with the product’s functionality.
It is up to suppliers and marketers of EF goods to do a better job of educating consumers about
their products.
This research study was conducted to understand the domestic consumer’s ecological behaviour
and key influencing factors when purchasing water-efficient fittings. The literature review in this
study gives us background on the status quo in terms of climate change, the green consumer, and
water supply issues. A survey was conducted amongst domestic consumers in the plumbing retail
environment to test their willingness to purchase water-efficient fittings based on their profile,
habits and key influencing factors.
The profile of the respondent showed a consumer who is more affluent. The water-efficient
consumer’s primary concern is to save costs by reducing their water bill. Cost saving is the key
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Monfort-Nelson, Erin M. "Developing environmentally sustainable apparel through participatory design." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16992.
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Master of Science<br>Department of Apparel, Textiles & Interior Design<br>Sherry J. Haar and Kim Y. Hiller Connell<br>Many sustainable garments do not engage wide consumer interest, nor encourage eco-conscious purchasing. Meanwhile, mass consumption of unsustainable apparel contributes to environmental degradation (Black, 2008). However, Niinimäki (2010) suggests that engaging consumers in the design and development of environmentally sustainable products could improve the balance between environmental design decisions and functional, aesthetic, and emotional qualities (Lamb & Kallal, 1992).
The purpose of this practice-based research was to (a) identify apparel and environmental attitudes and consumption behaviors of potential sustainable apparel consumers, (b) generate sustainable apparel design concept and product through use of participatory design methods, and (c) evaluate the sustainable concept, product, and participatory method. The sample was 10 female university students.
Consumer data was collected through an online (i.e., Facebook) ethnographic journal and a focus group. Qualitative analysis generated the target market’s ideal apparel characteristics and ideal environmental apparel characteristics as apparel offering versatility and variety within their existing wardrobes; elements expressive of their personalities; simple and inexpensive maintenance; organic or recycled materials; and less textile waste at disposal. Additionally, it was determined that participants had low knowledge of the apparel and textile industry and its environmental impacts.
Generation of sustainable apparel design ideas occurred through a second focus group session. Analysis of the focus group data, combined with the researcher’s tacit sustainable design knowledge, formed a design concept. The sustainable apparel design concept was comprised of three characteristics reflective of the target market’s ideals and design suggestions: be versatile through various temperatures; social settings, and environments; be convertible through temporary adjustment of functional and aesthetic elements; and be transitional allowing the garment to be layered for greater thermal insulation without detracting from the appearance. The sustainable apparel concept was an application of the pre-existing Design for User Interaction sustainable design strategy.
The sustainable apparel design concept was then applied to the development of an outerwear garment and presented to the participants and mentors as a digital sketch. The design addressed the sustainable design concept through interchangeable envelope-style shell layers, an insertable thermal core layer, a buttoned closure at the hemline and interconnecting button points for added alignment between layers. In this garment, the researcher applied participants’ suggestions of style, materials, and inclusion of a core layer. Following sketch refinement, two prototypes were constructed. The first prototype consisted of a thermal core layer and outer coat layer. Due to challenges with the core layer fabric, the second prototype modified the core layer material and style. Additionally, in the second prototype, the shell was made sleeveless and both a bolero style jacket and lining were added. Dual button fasteners connected the layers.
During the third focus group session, participants evaluated the design concept, second garment prototype, and the participatory design methods. Participants noted that the design concept provided increased ease of garment care (which could potentially increase the frequency of laundering); ease of garment storage; and increased versatility through varying temperatures. Participants’ suggestions for prototype refinement included the addition of a kick-pleat and reduction of button alignment points.
Prototype development did not reach completion during this study. Further refinement of the garment’s pattern and fit, implementation of additional aesthetic/functional elements, and development of an intuitive transformation are necessary. Participant evaluation of participatory methods and study participation were the use of Facebook as an online ethnographic journal made daily participation easy and allowed the researcher to become familiar with their personalities, increasing their comfort at later stages of the research. Participants felt their suggestions were evident in the garment prototype and were as involved as their experience and knowledge allowed. The only participant suggestion regarding the participatory design experience was the addition of updates informing participants of the design progress between focus group sessions. Though the concept and resulting garment were not exceedingly original, participants were pleased with the fruition of their ideas. This finding indicates a willingness to participate in the design process, supportive of participatory design.
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Addai-Poku, Kwasi. "Green consumerism : a way forward in South Africa? : a case study in Pietermaritzburg." 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5541.
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The study assessed the possible significance of Green Consumerism in South Africa. Different meanings of "green" are explained. Consumer preferences for some green products was examined. An analysis of the attitudes and actions of South African consumers to green products and services was completed in two suburbs, of Pietermaritzburg, as a case study. Though there was a significant difference in total household income between shoppers in the two suburbs there was no significant difference between their respective green expenditure. Consumers generally preferred cheaper conventional products to more expensive green products. Consumers considered price as the most important factor when making purchasing choices and the higher the price differential, the more likely consumers are to select cheaper conventional products rather than green alternatives. Public education, government intervention in the form of lower taxes or subsidies for green products and encouragement of green movements are required if Green Consumerism is to become a meaningful alternative in South Africa.<br>Thesis (M.Env.Dev.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1997.
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De, Freitas Duane. "Exploring and predicting South African consumer's intended behaviour towards selecting green hotels : extending the Theory of Planned Behaviour." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25304.
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Although South African consumers are reflecting increased green purchasing intentions, the factors that will lead to their intended behaviour to select green hotels have yet to be researched. Accordingly, the research proposes to explore the predictive ability of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and then further modify and develop extended model structures surrounding the TPB, to identify and confirm an independent theoretical model that will effectively and comprehensively be able to predict South African consumers’ intended behaviour towards selecting green hotels. To answer the aim and objectives set, the research positioned itself within a non-experimental quantitative paradigm. An online questionnaire was distributed to South African consumers that stayed at a hotel at least once within a 12-month period. A total of 402 completed and error-free responses were used for statistical analysis.
Descriptive statistical analysis was used to assess, derive and understand the demographic profile of the respondents and determine the respondent’s characteristics as South Africans who intend to stay at or visit hotels. Structural equation modelling (SEM) revealed that Azjen (1991)’s original TPB is a strong predictor of behavioural intention, indicating its applicability to the domain of South African consumers’ behavioural intention towards selecting green hotels. In addition, it was found that South African consumers’ intended behaviour towards selecting green hotels can statistically be best explained by expanding on the original TPB model to include emotive and non-cognitive predictor variables, namely anticipated regret (AR) and perceived moral obligation (PMO), as direct constructs to behavioural intention as well as by including environmental knowledge (EK) as a direct predictor variable to attitude (ATT). Furthermore, it found that the relationship between behavioural intention and perceived behavioural control (PBC) was the strongest and most significant, followed by subjective norm (SN), ATT, PMO and AR. Lastly, the findings revealed that PBC, ATT, SN, PMO and AR can all act as positive and highly significant intermediaries between EK and behavioural intention.
The study contributed towards theory by identifying and assessing the psychographic factors that will best explain the consumer decision-making processes leading to behavioural intention in context to green hotel selection. The study further extends its contribution by adding value to environmental sustainable literature in context to an emerging economy, namely South Africa. Although South African consumers are reflecting increased green purchasing intentions, the psychological factors that will lead to the intended behaviour towards selecting green hotels have not received much attention in research. It was, therefore, important and theoretically valuable to not only investigate the predictive ability of the original TPB, but to also modify, develop and extend model variations surrounding the TPB to thoroughly explore the predictive ability for South African consumers’ intention to select green hotels.<br>Life and Consumer Sciences<br>M. Sc.
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Feng, Lung-Chun. "The effectiveness of green marketing." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-3609.
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Green marketing has been a main topic of discussion for several years. Most studies conducted in this area have focused on the benefits of green marketing for a normal company. However, no studies have considered the effectiveness of green marketing by a negative brand like BP.
This study aims to reveal the effectiveness of green marketing after pollution. An experiment was conducted to evaluate participants’ attitudes toward the marketing strategy. Although the results were not significant, some interesting findings were revealed and are addressed at the end of the paper. They imply that individuals with green awareness are less influenced by both green marketing and an economic-assistance strategy in BP’s case, compared to individuals with lower green awareness. Overall, all participants in this study preferred the economic-assistance strategy, which means that green marketing is not effective for a corporation involved in pollution issues.<br>text
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Wiwattarangkul, Pornpat. "An analysis of consumer support for environmental certification of hardwood products." 2002. http://etd.utk.edu/2002/WiwattarangkulPornpat.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002.<br>Title from title page screen (viewed Feb. 28, 2003). Thesis advisor: Kim L. Jensen. Document formatted into pages (viii, 72 p. : ill., col. maps). Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-63).
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Bartman, Celeste Camille. "Environment Canada’s environmental choice program (ECP) : using information about the way consumers think about the ecologo to increase the program’s utility for consumers." Thesis, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4393.
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Environment Canada's Environmental Choice Program (ECP) was
officially announced in June of 1988. Its purpose is to help
consumers find products and services that reduce the burden on
the environment. Companies can apply to have a product certified
with the EcoLogo where appropriate guidelines exist. The EcoLogo
symbol takes the form of three doves intertwined into a maple
leaf with the accompanying words: "Environmental Choice". A 1994
poll conducted for the ECP found that only 37% of Canadians have
some level of either aided or unaided awareness of the EcoLogo
(Environics Research Group Limited, p.10).
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how consumers think
about and respond to the EcoLogo in the hope that the insights
gained will be used to tailor the program to better inform
consumers. Specifically, answers are sought to three research
questions: 1) are there any consumer characteristics that help
explain low recognition of the EcoLogo, 2) what is consumer
understanding of the EcoLogo, EcoLogo products and the EcoLogo
Program, and 3) what do consumers need to make the EcoLogo
program a credible source of environmental information to act on.
The methods used to investigate this topic included two focus
groups, forty structured interviews, inquiries to relevant
programs and a library search.
Three consumer traits were found to be impediments to consumer
recognition of the EcoLogo: the frequency with which consumers
comparison shop, the detail to which consumers read product
labels, and overriding consideration for non-ecological product
traits. Consumers understand the EcoLogo represents a connection
with the environment; however, they lack the knowledge that the
Canadian government is responsible for the EcoLogo. Consumers
need additional help in three areas: understanding the
environmental information found on products, accessing
information that gives the EcoLogo credibility, and accessing
information about quality, performance and safety of EcoLogo
products. These are referred to as "unheard messages".
A three step recommendation process i s made to the ECP. First,
licensees should be informed of all relevant research results.
Second, the EcoLogo should be made more prominent on products.
Third, additional efforts should be made to communicate the three
unheard messages.