A Study on Environmentally Friendly Behavior of Participants in Adventure Sports
This study is to discuss definition and value of ‘environmentally friendly’ outdoors in nature, attitudes, efforts for environmentally friendly behavior and changes, ...
A Study on Environmentally Friendly Behavior of Participants in Adventure Sports
This study is to discuss definition and value of ‘environmentally friendly’ outdoors in nature, attitudes, efforts for environmentally friendly behavior and changes, and problems in the process, on the basis of experiences of participants in adventure sports, in order to understand environmentally friendly behaviors of participants in adventure sports, and ultimately, qualitative research method was employed to set a stage for environmentally friendly adventure sports.
The population of this study consisted of 10 participants in adventure sports such as scuba diving and paragliding, for which in-depth interviews and non-preparatory observation were conducted, and collected through these processes were analyzed by transcription, unitization, encoding, and topicalization.
As a result, in relation with recognition of ‘environmentally friendly,’ participants in adventure sports defined ‘environmentally friendly’ as making efforts in an attempt to protect and preserve the nature, agreeing the idea that sports cannot be excluded from the duties of preservation of the nature, which has been seriously deteriorated by various sources of contamination and pollution. In addition, as for environmentally friendly values and attitudes, they showed nature-centered viewpoint of the nature, which resulted in the attitude of protection and preservation of the nature. Finally, participants in adventure sports were found to show a variety of environmentally friendly behaviors and efforts, and in the process they had a matured and better civilized citizenship. However, there were some negative elements that interfered with environmentally friendly behavior. To help adventure sports become true environmentally friendly events, efforts to eliminate those negative aspects should be done, together with continuous efforts and research on that purpose.
Key word: adventure sports, environmentally friendly behavior