This article reviews four bodies of research that shed light on how to promote active care for the environment in children and youth: research on sources of proenvironmental behavior, socialization for democratic skills and values, the development of a personal sense of competence, and the development of collective competence. The article begins…

This article reviews different research approaches to understanding the significant experiences that influence peoples environmental concern and behaviour, with an emphasis on identifying the strengths and weaknesses of existing studies. It also reviews relevant findings regarding the validity of autobiographical memory, as memory is the medium…

Presents a personal response to a set of critical commentaries on significant life experience research which formed a special issue of this journal and a symposium on the same subject at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) (2000). (Contains 29 references.) (YDS)

Reviews selected research in the form of surveys, interviews, and questionnaires on environmental sensitivity. Explores personal accounts of the sources of individuals' environmental interests, concerns, and actions. Studies questions, methods, and results for qualitative comparison. (SJR)

Reviews different research approaches to understand the significant experiences that influence people's environmental concerns and behaviors, with an emphasis on identifying the strengths and weaknesses of existing studies. Considers relevant findings regarding the validity of autobiographical memory because memory is the medium that selects and…