Environmental Value Systems
- An environmental value system (EVS) is the way that an individual, or any group of people, perceives the environment and the resources it provides them with
- That includes you - your environmental value system determines the way that you perceive and evaluate environmental issues, as well as the course of action you might decide to take regarding these issues
- A person’s or group’s environmental value system is shaped and influenced by a variety of factors, including cultural, religious, social, political, economic and environmental factors
- These factors act as flows of information into individuals within societies
- Individuals then process and transform this information into their perception of the environment and how to act on environmental matters