Sustainability Consciousness Among Adolescent Students: A Comparative Study Based on CertainDemographic Variables ##plugins.themes.bootstrap3.article.main## Abstract Sustainability consciousness denotes an inclusive concept that is characterized by awareness and knowledge about environmental issues, attitudes that are favourable for safeguarding the natural and physical environment, and the manifestation of pro-environmental and eco-friendly behaviour. Now it becomes a prerequisite for the realization of the cherished sustainable development goals. The present study enquires about the sustainability consciousness of adolescent students and the demographic factors including gender and locale that affect sustainability consciousness. Adolescent students (N = 200) from the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha were randomly selected for this study and were assessed for their sustainability consciousness by employing a questionnaire. The results indicate locale and tribal-non-tribal (cultural) disparities in sustainability consciousness and point to the need for efficient environmental education for the students from lower classes of schooling itself. References Brundtland, G. H. (1985). World commission on environment and development. Environmental policy and law, 14(1), 26–30. Hekmatnia, H., & Mousavi, M. (2021). The effect of Social Pathology on Livability in Urban Areas: A Case Study of Shahindej. Geographical Urban Planning Research (GUPR), 9(1), 29–50. Padmanabhan, N., & Sherif, R. (2021). Environmental Attitudes and Behaviours Among Adolescents in Kerala. Productivity, 62(1). Juandi, D., & Ningsih, S. Y. (2020, April). Education for sustainable development: investigating the sustainability consciousness and mathematical competence in the geometry for middle school students. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1521, No. 3, p. 032068). IOP Publishing. Aral, N. (2017). A study of relationship between environmental awareness and environmental attitudes among high school students. International Journal of Recent Advances in Organizational Behavior and Decision Sciences, 3(1), 948. Bhartiya, K. T. (2017). Assessment of Environmental Awareness among general public of Assam (India). International Journal of Applied Environmental Sciences, 12(7), 1359–1365. Chinnathai, A., & Selvan, A. (2019). The manmade disasters in environment create problems of air defilement. Miracle of Teaching, 28(2), 27–30. Danielraja, R. (2019). A Study of Environmental Awareness of Students at Higher Secondary Level. Shanlax International Journal of Education, 7(3), 6–10. Olsson, D. (2018). Student sustainability consciousness: Investigating effects of education for sustainable development in Sweden and Beyond (Doctoral dissertation, Karlstad University). Padmanabhan, J., Borthakur, A., & Mittal, K. (2017). Environmental Awareness among Teachers and Students of Higher Education. Educational Quest, 8(3), 721–726. Ponnammal, R. C., & Alexander, D. T. (2019). A study on eco-friendly behaviour among higher secondary students. Research and Reflections on Education, 17(2), 2–4. Sahidullah, A. (2020). A study of environmental awareness among secondary school students. Journal of Interdisciplinary Cycle Research, 12(12), 79–87. Sai Kumari, K. (2017). Factors related to pro-environmental behaviour of secondary school students. Edutracks, 16(12), 44–47. Sarma, M., & Sharma, S. (2021). A comparative study on the environmental awareness and environmental attitude among the undergraduate students. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education, 12(10), 6310–6316. Thulassiraj, L., Pachayappan, M., & Ganapathy, S. (2018). Environmental attitude among school students: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Scientific Research and Reviews, 7(1), 313–332. Ponmozhi, D., & Krishnakumari, S. (2017). Environmental attitude of school students. Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 22(7), 3. Shri, G. U., & Tiwari, R. R. (2021). Environmental literacy among college students. Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 25(3), 128. Berglund, T., Gericke, N., Pauw, J. B., Olsson, D., & Chang, T. (2020). A cross-cultural comparative study of sustainability consciousness between students in Taiwan and Sweden. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 22, 6287–6313. WCED (1987). World commission on environment and development. Our common future, 17(1), 1–91. Download Article DOWNLOAD PDF Submission Details Published: 2026-04-21 Issue: Volume - 7 (2021) Section: Article Authors Hisi Soren Ph.D Scholar, KISS Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha Dr. Sujata Acharya Principal, KISS Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha Keywords Sustainability Consciousness Adolescent Students Demographic Variables Environmental Education Tribal and non-Tribal
