*Faculty of Education, Kumaun University, S.S.J. Campus, Almora, Uttarakhand
**Ph.D. Education (Pursuing), J.R.F., Kumaun University, S.S.J. Campus, Almora, Uttarakhand
***H.O.D., Dept. of Education, Pt. L.M.S. Govt. Autonomous P.G. College, Rishikesh
Environmental responsible behaviour includes a measure of how empowered one feels to change situations in one's life, or self efficacy An individual reveals how capable he or she feels in making an impact on an environmental issue. The present study is based on the environmental responsible behaviour of pupil-teachers of Garhwal Central University and affiliated colleges. Pupil-teachers of Birla Campus, Srinagar, Dr. B.G.R. Campus, Pauri, A.B.P. Govt. P.G. College, Agastyamuni and Govt. P.G. College Gopeshwar were selected as sample of the study. Self developed standardized tool and descriptive research method was used in the present study. ‘;t’ test and ‘;F’ test of significance were used. The present study shows that there was found a significant difference between environmental responsible behaviour of male and female pupil-teachers. The results of the study shows that no significance difference was observed between the environmental responsible behaviour of pupil-teachers on the basis of their caste, living area, family type and subject stream.
Environmental responsible behavior of citizen play most important role in maintaining lean, clean and green environment. Environmental responsible behavior and environmental ethics are very significantly correlated. Nayal and Pant (2013) found that female pupil-teachers, science stream pupil-teachers were Superior in environmental ethics than male and arts stream pupil-teachers whereas rural and urban pupil-teachers were observed similar in environmental ethics.
