Correlation Between Environmental Knowledge and Environmental Attitude among Highschool Students

Climate change exists when changes in the earth’s climate system result in new weather patterns that remain in place for an extended time. Climate has been very much affected by human activities like industrial revolution which leads to global warming. Environmental awareness is a very serious issue in the present world. If the people will still not make any changes to their lifestyle it is not very soon. We will destroy our planet ourselves. It is very important to make people realise their mistakes and encourage them to work towards the betterment of the environment. We all together should change our attitude towards the environment and also create awareness among all. The children of secondary school should be made aware of the issues by providing them with proper knowledge and making them understands the value of the environment to lead a better life. Keeping this objective in mind researchers have administered two tests viz. Environmental Knowledge Test and Environmental Attitude Scale on the secondary school students of grade 7th, 8th , 9 h and 10th from four different schools in Sangli city. The test was administered on 100 students out of which 47 were male and 53 were females. The results were analysed through the student t-test and Pearson Product Moment test. Results revealed that those who have a high level of environmental knowledge scored a higher level of environmental protection attitude than those who have a low level of environmental knowledge. It was also revealed that environmental knowledge and environmental attitude are positively related to each other. Moreover, in the study, it was also seen that psychological intervention is very beneficial to enhance the environmental knowledge and environmental protection attitude among high school students.