Environment Hobbies

Introduction

Many of us worry about the environment, but few are natural activists. Through hobbies, our interests can effortlessly promote a sustainable lifestyle.

Over all 50 countries, 64% of people said that climate change was an emergency.—The Peoples’ Climate Vote | United Nations Development Programme
[…] the results suggested that lifestyle change is more likely to be initiated and maintained when goals are not only achievable but also regulated with autonomous motivation and of intrinsic value. Conversely, lifestyle change is difficult to maintain when motives are external to the self.—Initiation and maintenance of lifestyle changes among participants in a healthy life centre: a qualitative study | BMC Public Health
Although most people have pro-environmental intentions and thus have some sort of environmental motivation, this does not mean they are willing to (frequently) perform all kinds of PEBs. People are inclined to only do the things for which they can justify or rationalize the effort they need to invest.—Frontiers | The impact of personal motivation on perceived effort and performance of pro-environmental behaviors