| dc.description.abstract | This study surrounds the creation of a comprehensive assessment tool designed to measure the relationships between
individual health and environmental sustainability. The existing literature surrounding health and sustainability shows
there is currently no assessment tool of this kind available. A self-reporting survey comprised of 103 questions divided
among ten categories was created based on the existing literature. The five categories for health include: Mental
Health, Physical Health, Physical Functioning, Eating Habit, and Stress/Relaxation. The five categories of sustainability
are: Recycling, Energy Consumption, Greenhouse gas (GHG) Emissions, Water Usage, and Connection with Nature. The
survey was tested for several reliability and validity measures. Participants (N=60) were students from Dalhousie
University. Results of the pilot test show the tool to be reliable and valid in many of the psychometric categories.
Recommendations to improve reliability, validity, and to create a more usable tool are included. | en_US |
