Eco-certification has become an increasingly popular market-based tool in the endeavor to reduce negative environmental impacts from fisheries and aquaculture. In this study, we aimed at investigating which psychological consumer characteristics influence demand for eco-labeled seafood by correlating consumers’ stated purchasing of eco-labeled seafood to nine variables: environmental knowledge ...

In this study, individuals’ levels of personal responsibility and actual behavior towards protecting the environment were studied to examine the effects both these variables would have on the individuals’ environmental guilt or “eco-guilt.” The research measured 95 participants’ personal eco-guilt through surveys. Half received a manipulation that was used to make them feel responsible for thei...

Eco-efficiency is an important sustainable development and circular economy construct that conceptualizes the relationship between industrial output, resource utilization, and environmental impacts. This paper conducts an eco-efficiency analysis for basin industrial systems using the decomposition model approach. Using data on 10 cities in China’s Songhua River basin, we illustrate the evolutio...

Ecological security is an important basis of the entire human security system, the cornerstone for human survival. Knowing the status of ecological security is crucial for making decisions to avoid ecological disaster. Existing research, both the basic research on ecological security mechanism and information service systems, is still primitive in their abilities to resolve eco-security problem...

In recent decades, several eco-lodges have been established in biodiversity areas of Ethiopia. For example, plenty of eco-lodges are found in Amhara, Oromia and Southern Nation, Nationalities and People’s National Regional States. Most of the times, as eco-lodges are established from environmentally friendly, economically feasible and socially acceptable local materials, we argue that eco-lodge...

Ultra-High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) is charact erized by a unique combination of extremely low permeability, high strength and deformability. Extensive R&D works and applications over the last 10 years have demonstrated that cast on site UHPFRC is a fast, efficient and price competitive method for the repair/re habilitation of existing structures. More recently, an origina...

This paper offers a survey of current writing and practice within the area of Buddhist environmental ethics. Consideration of the manner in which sections of contemporary Buddhism have embraced a range of environmental concerns suggests that four fairly distinct types of discourse are in the process of formation, i.e., eco-spirituality, eco-justice, eco-traditionalism and eco-apologetics. This ...

Today’s consumers are more aware of the environmental issues caused by heavy industrialization. They demand eco friendly products which will reduce the damages caused by industrialization. They are interested in buying eco friendly products and willing to pay more (Consumers who care). The willingness to pay more on eco-friendly products differs among demographic groups. This difference is caus...

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