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’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.

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