Carbon footprint and the knowledge, attitudes and practices of students and staff at the secondary level on greenhouse gas emissions

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https://doi.org/10.17162/au.v7i2.196

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greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, carbon footprint

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the relationship between carbon footprint levels and the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of secondary School students and the staff of a Private Denominational School. The research was carried out in three parts: the calculation of the carbon footprint of the school, following the methodology of the Protocol of Greenhouse Gases; the measurement of the carbon footprint in the study population, through the calculator of emissions of Dragonfly Management in Climate Change and Communication, and the application of a test of knowledge, attitudes and practices. The results showed that the emissions per year in the educational institution were 25.36 tCO2e and the average emission of the study population was 2.18 tCO2e. Thecorrelation analysis showed that there is a negative correlation of -0.228 between the carbon footprint and the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the population, that is when one increases, the other begins to decrease. In conclusion, according to the correlation analysis, there is a relationship between knowledge, attitudes and practices and the carbon footprint, however, it is a weak correlation, because the Person's index is below 0.5.

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Lidimed Kereine Torres Ramos, Universidad Peruana Unión, Perú

Especialista en Ingeniería Ambiental por la Universidad Peruana Unión

Natalí Carbo Bustinza, Universidad Peruana Unión

Ingeniero  Ecólogo: Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales por la  Universidad Rusa de la Amistad de los Pueblos, Moscú-Rusia. Master en Ciencias de Ecología, Medio Ambiente y Gestión de Recursos Naturales por la Universidad Rusa de la Amistad de los Pueblos: RUSIA. Actualmente se desempeña como docente de la escuela de Ingeniería Ambiental de la Universidad Peruana Unión  

Javier Linkolk López Gonzales, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Formado en Ingeniería Estadística e Informática. CIP 180841. Director del Centro de Investigación de la Facultad de Ingeniería y Arquitectura. Docente Universitario de estadística e investigación. MSc. en Metrología (línea de estadística).

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2017-09-25

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Torres Ramos, L. K., Carbo Bustinza, N., & López Gonzales, J. L. (2017). Carbon footprint and the knowledge, attitudes and practices of students and staff at the secondary level on greenhouse gas emissions. Apuntes Universitarios, 7(2), 54–63. https://doi.org/10.17162/au.v7i2.196

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2017): Revista de Investigación Apuntes Universitarios

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