Responsible environmental behaviour: a comparative study of technical and non technical college students

Environmental education is to mind is not just awareness, it is development of the behavior to make world a better place to live in, to be aware of what is happening around and above all to act without fear. A primary goal of environmental education is the development of responsible environmental behavior in citizens, both as in individuals and as societal groups. Therefore, the present study has been done to explore and compare the responsible environmental behavior of technical and non technical college students. Descriptive survey method has been used and stratified random sampling technique has been applied to select a sample of 75 technical and 75 non technical students from Punjabi University, Patiala and Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar each to make a total sample of 150 technical and 150 non technical students. Responsible environmental behavior scale has been used to collect the data. The study reveals that technical students and non technical students does not differ in their behavior towards environment. Therefore, it can be concluded that students enrolled in technical and non technical courses should be exposed to programes and courses based on fostering responsible environmental behavior.