Relationship between environmental knowledge understanding towards conservation attitudes of Earth Hour Semarang volunteers

Abstract

Humans and the environment are an inseparable part. Increasing of human activities and their negative characters cause environmental damage and pollution accelerate. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship of understanding environmental knowledge towards conservation attitudes of Earth Hour Semarang volunteers. This research is a quantitative study using a descriptive correlation research design with cross sectional approach. The population in this study was 22 active volunteers from earth hour Semarang and observed using valid questionnaires. Sampling used non-probability sampling techniques with saturated sampling (census). From the research conducted, it was found that there was a significant relationship between the understanding of environmental knowledge towards conservation attitudes of Earth Hour Semarang volunteers with p value = 0.019 (α <0.05) and had a relationship strength of 0.497 or in the category of strong relationships.