Assessment of the Awareness Level of Green Economy Principles Among Students of the Faculty of Economics at Lattakia University
Keywords:
Green Economy, Principles, Level of Awareness, Faculty of Economics Students, University of Latakia.Abstract
This research aims to evaluate the level of awareness regarding the principles of the green economy namely sustainability, justice, human dignity, earth health, social inclusion, accountability and good governance, resilience, efficiency and sufficiency, and the protection of the rights of future generations among students at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Latakia.
The research adopts a descriptive approach. The study population comprises all students at the Faculty of Economics for the 2025–2026 academic year, totaling 5,302 students. To ensure representative accuracy, a sample size of 358 students was determined based on statistical sampling formulas, employing proportional stratified sampling to distribute the sample across the four academic years. The data collection phase resulted in 317 completed and valid questionnaires for statistical analysis, achieving a response rate of 88.54%.
The research results indicate that the level of awareness among students regarding the principles of the green economy falls within the "moderate" range, with significant variations among the studied dimensions. Dimensions such as sustainability, efficiency and sufficiency, and earth health recorded high levels of awareness, reflecting a solid understanding of environmental and technical approaches. Conversely, dimensions of justice, human dignity, social inclusion, and accountability and good governance registered a moderate level of awareness, suggesting theoretical perception that lacks practical depth. Furthermore, the results revealed a knowledge gap in the dimensions of resilience and the rights of future generations, which declined to a moderate-to-low level of awareness. These findings confirm that the students' cognitive formation focuses on assets and resources, while requiring intensive reinforcement in the adaptive, social, and temporal aspects of the green transition.
