Tahap Amalan Penggunaan Lestari Dalam Kalangan Guru di Puchong, Selangor
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11113/sh.v5n1.458Keywords:
Practice sustainable consumption, sustainable development, sustainable practices, sustainable use of internal and external practicesAbstract
Waste of resources and environmental degradation are more pronounced in tandem with growing consumerism, rising incomes, technological advances and the growth in population. One strategy to address this problem is to implement sustainable consumption practices. This study aims to identify the level of sustainable consumption practices among teachers, sustainable practices according to race and income. Survey method was used involving a total of 268 teachers from eight secondary schools in Puchong selected by non probability sampling. The result shows a high level of sustainable practices by respondents. It was found that the main factors influencing internal sustainable practices are to save resources and reduce waste, while the main factors influencing external sustainable practices are the attitude to put financial ability as a constraint to cope with sustainable practices that should be done. The findings also revealed that the distribution of cross-practice sustainable use is higher to (i) the non-Malays (ii) the respondents in the middle-income range (RM3001-RM4000). The study should be given due attention because teachers as educators and citizens should possess the knowledge of sustainable practices to inspire school pupils and the community at large.
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