A Comparative Study of Environmental Value and Energy Conservation Behaviour among Rural and Urban Adolescents

The current environmental condition in India is unquestionably debatable. Global warming, climate change, increasing sea temperature, and loss of biodiversity have been extensively debated in recent years and are among the most pressing concerns of sustainable development. The concern for the environment has risen markedly over the past few decades, coinciding with a significant shift in people’s perceptions of nature The present study was undertaken keeping these conditions in mind. Hence, the environmental value, and energy conservation behavior and their relations in rural and urban adolescences were systematically measured and compared. For this, purpose 100 rural adolescences and 100 urban adolescences of Bihar were purposively selected and they were administered, Environmental Schwartz’s value scale (E-SVS) and Pro-environmental behavior scale. The t- Test was applied to analyze the data. The results as follows: Obtained results show that a significant differences between rural and urban on mean scores of environmental value. Obtained results show that not significant differences between rural and urban on mean scores of energy conservation behavior was obtained. The study aims in making the adolescences aware of the energy conservation behavior and save environment.