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Reducing energy demand in China and the United Kingdom: The importance of energy literacy
- University of Plymouth (Devon)
- Zhejiang University
- Plymouth Marjon University
As the impacts of climate change become increasingly visible across the globe, awareness of the need for cleaner energy and demand reduction is growing. Energy literacy offers a strong potential ...
- Posted April 23, 2021
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Towards energy transition at the Faculty of Education of Bilbao (UPV/EHU): diagnosing community and building
- University of the Basque Country
Purpose This paper aims to present the results of a study aimed at performing a first diagnosis of energy literacy and energy use in a Faculty of Education, by means ...
- Posted April 22, 2021
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Internal stakeholders' perspective on lean energy and environmental sustainability: the case of Notre Dame University - Louaize
- Notre Dame University - Louaize
This study will contribute to the understanding of the relationship between Energy and Environmental Sustainability (EES) Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours in order to recommend actions to be undertaken by the ...
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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A study of energy literacy among nursing students to examine implications on energy conservation efforts in Taiwan
- National Taiwan Normal University
- Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology
- Ming Chi University of Technology
Nurses' energy literacy should be developed during schooling to ensure their involvement in sustainable healthcare. In this study, we explored nursing students' energy literacy and the relationships among knowledge, affect ...
- Posted May 13, 2020
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Knowledge, agency and collective action as barriers to energy-saving behaviour
- University of Plymouth (Devon)
Energy saving is becoming a rising priority as a response to climate change and fossil fuel depletion in recent years. However, despite energy-related behaviour change being an important part of ...
- Posted July 19, 2019
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Founder, Students on Sustainability
- University of Calgary (AB)
I founded Students on Sustainability, a student society at the University of Calgary that educates grade school students on sustainability topics linked to climate change, and supports student action projects ...
- Posted May 13, 2019
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Is students’ energy literacy related to their university’s position in a sustainability ranking?
- University of Plymouth (Devon)
University rankings are increasingly important internationally, and in the UK include a sustainability ‘Green League’. However, there is little evidence about experiences of studying in ‘sustainable universities’. We report an ...
- Posted Nov. 7, 2017
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Fostering STEM literacy through a tabletop wind turbine environmental science laboratory activity
- University of Southern Maine (ME)
Increasingly, national education policy is focusing on improving science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) literacy by using energy as a subject matter. In particular, The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS ...
- Posted May 5, 2017
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Beyond Conservation-Reimagining the Purpose of Energy Education: An interactive issue of Journal of Sustainability Education
- Prescott College (AZ)
A major challenge to human quality of life in the 21st century is going to be our successful ability to shift the burden of our energy resources and the way ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Developing partnerships with students around energy use: the role of energy literacy
- Simon Fraser University (BC)
- University of Plymouth (Devon)
Carbon reduction and climate change are key agendas in UK higher education (HE), as they are internationally. Existing research has highlighted the importance of developing partnerships for sustainable development in ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Fostering Sustained Energy Behavior Change And Increasing Energy Literacy In A Student Housing Energy Challenge
- University of Hawaii at Manoa (HI)
We designed the Kukui Cup challenge to foster energy conservation and increase energy literacy. Based on a review of the literature, the challenge combined a variety of elements into an ...
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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