1A fully formed environmental belief system or a way of thinking about the natural world that a person uses to justify actions towards it.
Environmental Ideology
2What 3 factors influence ideology?
Childhood experiences, a sense of place, historical and cultural context.
3Involves physical contact with natural settings and non-human species. Activities are often unplanned and non directed.
Direct Experience
4What is an example of Direct Experience?
- Reading a nature book
- Going on a field trip
- Exploring the riverbank
5Involves physical contact but under restricted, programmed, and managed co
Indirect Experience
6What is an example of Indirect Experience?
- Building a wooden fort
- Visiting the aquarium
- Watching a TV program about animals
7Lacks any physical contact with nature and instead takes place via representations that are sometimes realistic, sometimes not.
Vicarious or Symbolic Experience
8What is an example of Vicarious or Symbolic Experience?
- Reading an article about monkeys
- visit the zoo
- climbing a tree