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PSG ECO-Literacy Scale (Revised 2017)


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1 Department of Psychology PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Psychology, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
     

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An ecosystem is a natural system consisting of all plants, animals (including human), and microorganisms (biotic factors) in an area functioning together with all the non- living physical (abiotic) factors of the environment (Christopherson, 1997). The human population, which has seemingly outbalanced the overall living number on earth, uses/exploits nature to a great extent. Human habits have become unsustainable; touched the boundaries of natural tolerance. Ecologically literate society is a sustainable society which does not destroy the natural environment on which they depend. Being an Eco-literate not only is limited to knowing about one's environment, but also to use the knowledge to live a sustainable living leads ultimately to a sustainable environment. To develop a scale to measure the concept like eco-literacy, an attempt was made and an Eco-Literacy scale that was developed, and validated (Bhuvaneshwari & Naachimuthu, 2016). This first version of the scale is revised with a new dimension of gratitude. The overall reliability of the PSG Eco Literacy scale (revised) is 0.793; test Re-test reliability score for PSG Eco Literacy scale (Revised) is 0.751; Split-half reliability score for PSG Eco Literacy scale (Revised) is 0.882. The new dimension "Gratitude" added to the PSG Eco-Literacy Scale (Revised) increased the reliability value significantly compared to the previous version i.e.0.62to0.75.

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Eco-Literacy, Sustainability, Gratitude.
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Authors

K. P. Naachimuthu
Department of Psychology PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
S. Bhuvaneshwari
Department of Psychology, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Geo Sebastian
Department of Psychology, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


An ecosystem is a natural system consisting of all plants, animals (including human), and microorganisms (biotic factors) in an area functioning together with all the non- living physical (abiotic) factors of the environment (Christopherson, 1997). The human population, which has seemingly outbalanced the overall living number on earth, uses/exploits nature to a great extent. Human habits have become unsustainable; touched the boundaries of natural tolerance. Ecologically literate society is a sustainable society which does not destroy the natural environment on which they depend. Being an Eco-literate not only is limited to knowing about one's environment, but also to use the knowledge to live a sustainable living leads ultimately to a sustainable environment. To develop a scale to measure the concept like eco-literacy, an attempt was made and an Eco-Literacy scale that was developed, and validated (Bhuvaneshwari & Naachimuthu, 2016). This first version of the scale is revised with a new dimension of gratitude. The overall reliability of the PSG Eco Literacy scale (revised) is 0.793; test Re-test reliability score for PSG Eco Literacy scale (Revised) is 0.751; Split-half reliability score for PSG Eco Literacy scale (Revised) is 0.882. The new dimension "Gratitude" added to the PSG Eco-Literacy Scale (Revised) increased the reliability value significantly compared to the previous version i.e.0.62to0.75.

Keywords


Eco-Literacy, Sustainability, Gratitude.