PSG ECO-Literacy Scale (Revised 2017)

Pages: 581-587
K. P. Naachimuthu, S. Bhuvaneshwari, and Geo Sebastian (Department of Psychology, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu)

An ecosystem is a natural system consisting of all plants, animals (including human), and microorganisms (biotic factors) in an area functioning together with all the non- living physical (abiotic) factors of the environment (Christopherson, 1997). The human population, which has seemingly outbalanced the overall living number on earth, uses/exploits nature to a great extent. Human habits have become unsustainable; touched the boundaries of natural tolerance. Ecologically literate society is a sustainable society which does not destroy the natural environment on which they depend. Being an Eco-literate not only is limited to knowing about one’s environment, but also to use the knowledge to live a sustainable living leads ultimately to a sustainable environment. To develop a scale to measure the concept like eco-literacy, an attempt was made and an Eco-Literacy scale that was developed, and validated (Bhuvaneshwari & Naachimuthu, 2016). This first version of the scale is revised with a new dimension of gratitude. The overall reliability of the PSG Eco Literacy scale (revised) is 0.793; test Re-test reliability score for PSG Eco Literacy scale (Revised) is 0.751; Split-half reliability score for PSG Eco Literacy scale (Revised) is 0.882. The new dimension “Gratitude” added to the PSG Eco-Literacy Scale (Revised) increased the reliability value significantly compared to the previous version i.e. 0.62 to 0.75.