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I Care About The Environment

An research article published shows that those who are pro-environment tend to have certain traits in common, such as openness, which is associated with cognitive ability and being more willing/able to learn and to develop awareness of the issues involved and the consequences of human actions on the environment. These people also showed greater honesty, humility along with greater caring for others with more empathy and compassion, with more agreeableness. They have high conscientiousness, think things through, And so it goes on..

Here's the article should anyone want to read it.. but the implication, (and my anecdotal findings) would suggest that among those who deny climate change and who are blase or uncaring regarding the environment - have the opposite positive traits.

There are limitations, of course but the research does give a good grounding for understanding why some people are more aware and care and others do not.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1745691620903019
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Sadwithasmile · 22-25, M
I must say, im terribly sorry for the attacks you are getting. Your cause is noble, I believe that you are willing to give up your comfort in the belief that you are saving the planet for everyone and tbh i agree with you on the use of combustion being bad for us. my rejection was of the researchers not your efforts or cause. Stay safe and never let anyone put you down especially not some sad middle aged MEN who think they are the best even though the most educational thing they read is the menu at the pub.
Sadwithasmile · 22-25, M
@hippyjoe1955 i went through all of the things I mentioned plus over a decade of abuse from my teachers for not being western. I have seen and experienced things no child should ever had to go through.

I got rejected from the LSE after getting in, idk why but that is the only thing i lie about because it was my dream to go there but i never will, i go to the university of york (the one in the uk not Canada) which is a “top uni” though it will never be the lse.

The city is where we are all heading, rural areas are becoming less important as food can be produced in cities. Environment doesn't mean the earth is going to melt but you said it yourself mining released toxic gases, that is an environmental problem. That is why researchers are hoping to create carbon batteries, they don’t explode and hold several times more electricity. Carbon dioxide isnt bad, it is a natural process and mega cities produce more carbon dioxide through breathing than anything else on the planet. I very much believe sunspots are the reason for global warming (though i see little temperature difference). But tell me here and now that exhaust fumes aren’t dangerous to us and they dont cause acid rains which harm wild life and farming. And that you wouldn’t prefer a life with no car, plane or other noise made because of combustion? That is sound pollution and due to the corona i have heard silence and it is beautiful.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@Sadwithasmile So you are going to blame western men for your hardship? Wow. I grew up on a ranch. Getting up at three in the morning when it was -30 c to help a cow give birth was normal for me. Who do I get to blame for the frost bite when I had to strip to the waist to reach inside the cow the get the calf re-positioned. Life is hard and it isn't fair. Get used to it. I certainly did. I remember unloading 6 tones of coal from an old truck using a shovel. It was -30 c and my hands were freezing. I was 8 years old. I was outside doing the easy work while dad was in the coal chute making room for the rest of the coal. If you think that was some kind of privilege you are welcome to take my place.
Adaydreambeliever · 56-60, F
@Sadwithasmile Lovely and supportive message. Please don't worry about me being attacked.. the people who tend to do that tend to be of very fixed and entrenched views and their modus operandi is to attack and insult - this is generally because they don't have anything other than that, i.e. no intelligent input. I can more than hold my own against them.. Indeed I can wipe the floor with them as they really aren't hard to better!

I do appreciate your input and it's always so reassuring to hear from young people who truly do understand the situations we all face.
Fernie · F
People who are trying to save the planet and all it's creatures are AWAKE and AWARE.... don't kill anything, respect all living things and know that humans are an evolutionary fuckup...our species does no good...we destroy...selfish parasites. The people who don't care about the environment are sound asleep and toxic
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
Those who [b]CLAIM [/b] to care about the environment are environmentally clueless. They think that CO2 causes the earth to retain heat and that hundreds of species are going extinct every day. Both are falsehoods the environmentally aware recognize and agitprop designed to get silly people to do disastrous things
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@Sadwithasmile China is their own worst enemy. The dangerous gases are not all from combustion. They are from the various factories etc. Have you seen the damage mining for the essential minerals that go into a battery for an electric car? Far better to run a clean gasoline powered vehicle.
Sadwithasmile · 22-25, M
@hippyjoe1955 fair enough, what about tokyo?
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@Sadwithasmile What about it? If you choose to live there then you have the obligation to do what you can do about it. That might even include moving out of Tokyo. The fact is the cities are not that big a problem since they are not that big an area. For city dwellers they may seem like they are all that is but for those of us who get out and about we see things differently. However I live in a city of a million people. I often see native wildlife on the streets and lawns. Hares, coyotes, deer, lynx, bear, moose, foxes, squirrels both ground and tree varieties. All kinds and sorts of birds. There is a blue jay nest in the tree in the back yard. Sparrows, swallows, black birds, crows, ravens, seagulls not to mention the ubiquitous pigeons.
windinhishair · 61-69, M
The article makes a great deal of sense. These are traits found more frequently in those that have an environmental consciousness. Those that don't won't see the point or understand it.
Sadwithasmile · 22-25, M
I’m having alot of doubt about this. All professors involved are from the university of Edinburgh which has recently spent crazy sums of money into being the first carbon neutral university which made it's students upset considering the university desperately needed the money to refurbish many of it’s older classes. If I’m not mistaken the outlash by UOE students was so bad that even my university put a major carbon neutral project on hold indefinitely.
Adaydreambeliever · 56-60, F
@Sadwithasmile indeed.. people make choices, sometimes those choices don't serve the best interests of all.. we live in that kind of world. I get your frustration with that.. and don't disagree. it's a really tough call..

but it doesn't change the findings...
Sadwithasmile · 22-25, M
@Adaydreambeliever dont get me wrong, I definitely support renewable energy (even though it threatens my way of life) but i fear bias due to the need for the university to justify their investment. I mean it’s like religious people (i am religious) are they kind because they are nice? Or are they kind because they are selfish and want to go to heaven? You could skew the data either way, we learn this in econometrics this and last year during my degree.
Adaydreambeliever · 56-60, F
@Sadwithasmile I get what you are saying.
JohnOinger · 41-45, M
@Adaydreambeliever So what do you think of Robert Scott Wilson & Would You Do Him
justbob · 61-69, M
Another word for "openness" might be "gullability"
justbob · 61-69, M
@windinhishair Actually, no. Not if you think about it for a nanosecond or two. Open implies seeking or at least willingness to embrace enlightenment. Enlightened means having found it.

Just sayin'
windinhishair · 61-69, M
@justbob It is certainly much closer to the mark than gullable. The gullable ones are those who persist in outdated thinking that has been proven wrong.
Adaydreambeliever · 56-60, F
@justbob you said, another word for openness might be gullibility = well no, not unless you twist the meaning! They have two different definitions and the point of the article was too that pro-environmentalists tend to be more discerning, able to read and evaluate/disseminate information objectively - tis the intelligence factor again :P It would only turn into gullibility were the person to be less intelligent and more easily led.. aka those who are more susceptible to dogma and misinformation.. like the climate deniers and certain supporters of irrational presidents :P

So to clarify - openness by it's definition means listening, learning and then making an objective and reasoned evaluation of what they have heard... quite the opposite of gullible. Perhaps your protestation on this tells us something important about your own viewpoint.
Your SW ID is probably an even truer description of you than you believe.
Adaydreambeliever · 56-60, F
@LamontCranston was that a facetious comment? I take it you were one of those who hold the opposite views, aka that you don't fall into the category of 'agreeable' 'honest' and intelligent.. LOL enough said!
english · 56-60, M
my little smarty pants 😛
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