Global Environmental Issues Awareness and The Perceived Remedial Measures

Environment can have formative impacts on students and employees perspectives regarding environment issues. This study was conducted to explore the awareness of the students and government employees on the different environmental issues and problems and the perceived remedial measures. Specifically it sought for the answers of the following problems: 1. To determine if the two groups of respondents are aware of the environmental issues. 2. To find out the reasons why do the respondents are not fully aware of the environmental issues; 3. To determine what environmental issues do the two groups of respondents aware of; 4. To find out what are the actions or initiatives were taken by the government that the respondents aware of; 4.1 There is no significant difference of the responses of the two groups of respondents on the actions or initiatives were taken by the government that the respondents aware of; 5) To determine what remedial measures can be further done to reduce environmental problems. 5.1 To determine if there is a significant difference between the responses of the two groups of respondents on what remedial measures can be further done to reduce environmental problems. This study surveyed 90 undergraduate students and 30 graduate students and 30 government employees at Dagupan, Tabuk City in October 2014. Results of the study revealed that the respondents are aware of the environmental issues but may be they are not fully aware of the issues due to insufficient role of media/public forum, lack of environmental education, lack of government initiatives to make people aware. On what they are most aware, both the responded that they are most aware of the following environmental issues/problems such as air pollution, deforestation, water pollution, and depletion of ozone layer. The respondents said that the following actions were taken by the government to control the environmental issues such as sanitation program, agriculture fair, anti-smoking law, social forestry, and Prohibition of using Poly bag (plastic bags). The correlation showed that there is significant difference between the responses of the two groups of respondents on the actions taken by the government to control environmental issues. It was found out that the following remedial measures are suggested: Efficient public awareness, Promoting Urban Green Spaces, Enhance the promotion of Clean Energy Vehicles and high efficiency vehicles, Enhance the promotion and development of New Energy Saving Technologies, Promote Efficiency of Distribution System Nationwide to minimize traffic issues are to be considered. Based on this, the correlation showed that there is significant difference between the responses of the two groups of respondents on the remedial measures to control environmental issues.