The Level of Environmental Awareness among Students of the College of Arts at the University of Basrah in 2024

Abstract

This research represents a scientific initiative aimed at contributing to the support of the educational process and the dissemination of environmental awareness among students. It seeks to identify the level of environmental awareness among students at the University of Basrah, as an educated segment of society. This is achieved by adopting the scientific research method in designing a questionnaire form to measure the attitudes of a sample of College of Arts students toward the environment, in order to determine their interest in and awareness of environmental issues.

The research consists of two sections. The first section presents the theoretical foundation of the concept of environmental awareness and the relationship between humans and the environment. The second section addresses the field study of the level of environmental awareness among students of the College of Arts at the University of Basrah. The research concludes with a set of findings and recommendations that are consistent with a future-oriented vision and encourage students to support environmental issues.

The study concludes that there is environmental awareness among the surveyed sample members in 2024, as was clearly evident from their responses. The study also shows that some members of the sample, at the overall governorate level, vary in their environmental awareness and sensory perception of the environment. Accordingly, the role of education must be activated by introducing students to environmental problems that arise as a result of human misconduct toward the environment.