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Environmental Awareness in the Workplace: An Evaluation Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

Lisa Walker
Lisa Walker*
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Sydney Water
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Abstract

This study examined the effects of Sydney Water's work based environmental education program, the CARE Update, on the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and reported behaviour of Sydney Water Customer Service Officers. A paired sample of eighty Customer Service Officers were surveyed by a combination of questionnaire and interview techniques. A comparison was made with a matched sample from the general community. Customer Service Officers who had attended the CARE Update course were more likely to support the attitudes and beliefs embodied in the New Environmental Paradigm when compared with of officers who had not attended the course and with the matched sample from the general community. However, staff who attended the course were no more knowledgeable on a number of key aspects of their job related responsibilities for environmental protection and were no more likely to report changes in their behaviours for environmental protection, either at work or at home, than were other officere who had not attended the course.

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Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 12 , 1996 , pp. 71 - 76
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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