A research about attitudes and behaviors of university students with having different cultures towards the environment through sustainable development

Abstract

The aim of this research is to determine the environmental attitudes and behaviors of the university students with different cultures. This research was prepared in accordance with survey model. The population of the research is composed of 300 university students with different cultures studying at Near East University in 2015-2016 academic years. In this research, the sustainable development survey and the environmental attitude and behavior survey were used as the data collecting tools. The scales, applied to the students, were comprised of 60 questions. The data obtained from the surveys was analyzed by using SPSS 20.0 program. At the end of the research, it was seen that the attitudes and behaviors of the university students with different cultures towards the environment and the sustainable development are still not sufficient.