Importance of Ecological Awareness in Sustainability: Example of Siirt University Faculties of Agriculture and Education

Abstract

The change of lifestyles and the increase of environmental / ecological problems from day by day are the important issues on a global scale. Developing the ecological awareness of the individuals who are commonwealth is an important step in solving these problems. For this reason, today, almost every stage of education of the new generation (from kindergarten to university) is given importance to ecological knowledge and it is tried to transfer this knowledge to life styles. The aim of this study is to determine and compare ecological awareness levels in undergraduate departments with ecology education and to evaluate the change of this awareness according to socio demographic characteristics. For this purpose, an ecological awareness survey was applied to 209 students who received undergraduate education at the Faculties of Agriculture and Education at Siirt University. The survey results were analyzed with SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) 20.0 package program using t-test and ANOVA test. According to the results of the analysis, there was no significant difference between the two faculty students in terms of ecological awareness. . In other words, according to the survey results, there is an ecological awareness in both groups. . But this awareness does not make a difference between each other. The results obtained from the research reveal the importance of ecological awareness and living with ecological consciousness for the solution of problems such as environmental problems, damage to nature and limited natural resources.