Visual Preferences and Environmental Protection

Evolutionary aesthetics applied to environmental education

Bibliographic Data

ID12525265
AuthorsBertram Swonke (a Research Group Evolutik, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume6
Issue3
Pages259-267
Publication date2000-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironmental Education Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-4622 • E-ISSN: 1469-5871
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/713664681
OpenAlexW1996167031
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

Assuming that experiencing one's natural environment is part of environmental education, against the background of evolutionary aesthetics, it is unlikely that a direct connection between experiencing nature and a 'proper' environmental behaviour exists. Nevertheless,certain elements of a person's natural environmentcause genetically pre-disposed positive or negative feelings, that can contribute directly to environmental education didactics: the desire to preserve nature and the interest in environmental protection can be raised and increased by making use of these aesthetic feelings

Aesthetics · Environmental adult education · Environmental education · Environmental ethics · Feeling · Natural (archaeology · Pedagogy · Sociology · Animal and Plant Science Education · Environmental Education and Sustainability · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban Green Space and Health

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