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ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN UKRAINE Researcher Mariya Potabenko: ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN UKRAINE Researcher Mariya Potabenko
Environmental awareness parameters:: Environmental awareness parameters: attitude of the people to the state of the environment;
attitude to environmental movements;
attitude to the nature;
opinion on possible actions of a respondent if he/she witnesses a case of environmental pollution;
estimation of a respondent’s personal ability to change environmental state
Slide3: Ukraine
Slide4: What is your opinion about the state
of the environment in Ukraine? Attitude of the people to the state of the environment
Slide5: What is your attitude to environmental
non-governmental organisations in Ukraine?
 Attitude to environmental movements
Slide6: Estimation of the personal abilities
to change environmental state Can you practically contribute to the solution
of certain environmental problems?
Slide7: Attitude to the nature What is your attitude to the nature?
Slide8: What will you do if you become a witness of
environmental pollution by a business? Actions of a respondent if he/she witnesses a case
of environmental pollution by a business
Conclusions: Conclusions The environmental awareness depends on educational level, age of respondents and region of living. It confirms the hypothesis about different attitudes to the environment in the society and differences in environmental awareness depending on affiliation to certain social groups.
DYNAMICS OF UKRAINIANS’ ATTITUDE TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS : DYNAMICS OF UKRAINIANS’ ATTITUDE TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
Which of the following problems concern you the most?: Which of the following problems concern you the most? Standards of living,
Security of Ukraine,
Environmental problems,
Revival of Ukrainian nation,
Relations with Russia,
Criminality,
Problem of Crimea,
Situation with Russian language,
Others
Slide12: Range of the problems
Conclusions: Conclusions The level of the environmental concern highly depends on the region, linguistic-national affiliation of the residents, other social-demographic indexes.
The social, economical and political situation in the country highly influences the level of the environmental concern.
Young people and middle-aged people more concern about the environment than old people.
The educated people and women are more environmentally concerned.
Residents of the polluted Eastern regions are more concerned than residents of the Western regions.